PRTO

You have one task list. You need two distributions.

Most task managers help you get through your list, which is the wrong question. PRTO helps you find the 20% that drives 80% of your results and protect it. The 80% stays captured but out of the way.

  • Your top 20% stays ranked under a lens you chose, not whatever felt urgent
  • Keep day job, side project, and personal in separate areas, which means you stop pretending it's all one list
  • Pick your top 3 and work from a clean focus view, so you're not re-deciding every morning

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Everything feels equally urgent, and no tool helps you see what actually matters.

The problem isn't that you're disorganized. It's that you're prioritizing without a lens.

One list, no frame

You open your task list and forty items stare back. You re-read, re-rank, re-decide, and twenty minutes are gone before you start. A 20% found without a lens is just 'anything that felt urgent.'

The belief: more effort equals more results

Hustle says output matches input. But if 80% of your tasks produce 20% of your results, then 8 of those 10 hours generate almost nothing. Society rewards visible effort, not visible selection, which is why hustle feels virtuous and leverage feels lazy.

From one distribution to two

The hustle model is one list, more hours, a ceiling you can't break. The leverage model separates causes from effects, finds the 20% that drives 80%, and protects it. PRTO is built on the two-distribution model.

80%of your tasks produce 20% of your results
20%of your tasks drive 80% of your results
Top 3the constraint that forces honest selection

PRTO makes the 20% visible.

Declare your lens, find your top 20%, and pick your top 3. When new work lands, you place it in seconds because the structure is already there.

How it works

Step 1
Group by Area
Keep day job, side project, and personal in separate areas. You keep them in their lanes and prioritize within each.
Step 2
Add Everything
Capture all your tasks without worrying about priority. The 80% stays here, captured but out of your way.
Step 3
Find Your Top 20%
Declare your lens, then drag the tasks that produce most of your results under that frame into the 20% column. You're separating the high-leverage minority from the low-leverage majority.
Step 4
Pick Your Top 3
From your 20%, pick the 3 items that matter most right now. The constraint forces honest selection, which means if all of it is a priority, nothing is.

How PRTO makes the method repeatable

Every feature exists to make the two-distribution model something you do without thinking about the model, not to add another layer of complexity.

Break tasks down without limits

Split big tasks into smaller ones, then split those again, and keep going as deep as you need. There are no limits on how many levels you can create.

Prioritize at the right level

Prioritize the chunks of work that make sense, big or small. When it's time to work on one, the smaller pieces underneath are right there waiting.

Declare your lens

Before you find your 20%, declare what you're measuring against: goals or urgency. The same task list produces a different 20% depending on the lens, which is why a 20% found without a frame isn't really a 20%.

Pick your top 3 for today

Pull your top 3 tasks into a clean focus view and put them in order: first, second, third. You'll know exactly what to work on today, every day.

Track what's done and what's left

Mark tasks complete and watch your progress update across all areas, so you can see what's done and what's left without losing how you organized everything.

Notes that stay connected

Notes stay connected to related tasks above and below, so the reasoning behind your work never gets lost when you break things down.

Why PRTO is different

01

Selection over effort

PRTO doesn't help you do more. It helps you find the 20% that compounds and protect it. The 80% stays out of your way, which means you're working on what matters, not what's loud.

02

A lens, not just a list

You declare what you're measuring against before you find your 20%, which means your priorities are based on a frame you chose, not whatever felt urgent.

03

Triage new work in seconds

New items get placed by cascading comparison: less important than your top 3? Compare against your 20%. Less important than your 20%? It goes to everything else. You're placing one item, not re-prioritizing.

What you get
PRTO
Workflowy
Trello
Notion
Asana
Obsidian
Todoist
Zero setup required
Start working immediately, no configuration needed
Unlimited task nesting
Break tasks down as deep as you need
Built-in prioritization system
Prioritize without building your own system
Visual drag-and-drop ranking
Drag tasks to rank them, not just move columns
Prioritize at any level
Rank big chunks or small ones, your choice
Priorities stay ordered
Your ranking persists day to day
Top 3 daily focus view
Pick your top 3 and work from a clean view
Notes connected to tasks
Keep reasoning tied to the work it explains
No daily re-deciding
Open the app and start working, every day

Who PRTO is for

Built for people with a day job, a side project, and a personal life, who are tired of pretending it's all one list.

Recommended

People who want leverage, not hustle

Have a day job, a side project, and a personal life, and juggle all three
Believe in leverage over hustle but can't stick to it with existing tools
Think in terms of outcomes, not hourly checklists
Want to find their top 20% under a frame they chose, not whatever felt urgent
Have read Essentialism or 4-Hour Workweek and thought 'this makes sense but I can't stick to it'
PRTO might not fit if you...

Prefer complex tools or calendar-first

Want a calendar-first or due-date-driven system
Need detailed progress tracking, metrics, and reports
Prefer complex systems with automation
Are looking for team task management (it's coming, but not yet)
Want to do more, not less; PRTO is a selection tool, not a productivity booster

With PRTO:

Find your 20%
Declare your lens, then separate the high-leverage minority from the low-leverage majority.
Protect your top 3
Three items, ranked, stable. The constraint that forces honest selection.
Keep contexts separate
Day job, side project, personal: each in its own area, prioritized within its lane.
Stop re-deciding
Your priorities stay set. Open the app and start working, every day.

FAQs

Stop hustling. Start leveraging.

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