Ten Tasks

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 19:21
Mark Forster

I don’t know that I’ve ever described this method - if I have, I can’t find it.

After long experience with “long list” systems I’ve found this one to be the best of the lot.

It goes like this: 

1. Write out your initial list. Keep it quite short at this stage, but more than ten tasks. Keep adding tasks.
2. Count the first ten. Draw a line in the margin to show where they end.
3. Circulate round the first ten actioning all those that stand out.
4. When no more stand out, count the next ten and draw a line to show where they end.
5. Circulate round the ten tasks as in 2.
6. Keep doing this until you reach the end of the list. Delete the old markers.
7. Go back to the beginning and count ten active tasks.
8. Carry on as in 3-6 above 

This is a bit like AF1 except that there is a constant initial page length of ten tasks.

Questions?

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