Accuracy save your to-do list

Without a list of cases now, probably hard to imagine everyday life of any busy person. It passes through us too much information. And what used to be considered a supplement and an optional auxiliary tool, now just an urgent need.

We have already talked with you about what you should not over-simplify the creation of task, because it can lead you to a dead end. Today, I would like to tell you about another issue: the investigation sloppy decomposition.

Imagine that you are using a text editor, GTask or Mind-map system took and broke the task into elementary steps, as we should do.

For example:

In the context of the entire list of the phrase "Discuss with the wife" may seem logical and reasonable: you really need to know if his wife needed the car that day. And being on the list, you know exactly what you will be discussing. But if the task to move to a simple list of actions on the day of a simple Copy-Paste, you can not remember, and that, in fact, need to be discussed.

Therefore, I would recommend always recording the necessary but sufficient minimum information directly in the problem:

I think a good habit to clarify all the details of planning time. You ideally should immediately have all the information to get started.

Do not immerse the parts during decomposition, do not be lazy, a few extra words can save you agonizing minute search and memories when you get up to the task.