There's a book, Everything In Its Place, Dan Charnas, which does a good analysis of the analogies of cooking and productivity in the office. Basically it recom

There's a book, Everything In Its Place, Dan Charnas, which does a good analysis of the analogies of cooking and productivity in the office. Basically it recommends doing the "process" tasks first, the ones that the rest rely on. In this case, it would be grilling burgers. In the office, it might be something like assigning tasks or approving PRs. Charnas recommends that planning starts by "first things first" as opposed to say, the Tim Ferriss, Brian Tracy, or Eisenhower methodology of most important things first. And often the first thing is to figure out which things come first. And yeah, the book also recommends finishing where possible. A dish 90% done might as well be 0% done, but it occupies mental space while it's not done.