Concepts

While a list is a valid mental model, I’d say that a list is not the best user interface.

Pairwise prioritization is a method of selecting the priorities using pairwise comparisons.

Objective Reduce psychological overwhelm experienced when organizing and prioritizing TODO lists. Reduce analysis …

For the purposes of prioritization, no two tasks can be equally important.

A resistant task is a task that you have a hard time completing even though you understand it’s important. The …

You sit down to work. You have a free hour. You open your to-do list, which has 30 items on it. You stare at it for 30 …

“Absolute priorities” refer to assigning to tasks priorities like “low”, “medium”, …

A powerful tool for thinking about importance is the Eisenhower Matrix. Eisenhower’s genius was in de-conflating …

Since importance is such a central concept of Task Compass, let’s try to define it.