Is your work task list meaningless?

Let me guess. (Pauses.) Yes?

The notion of a work task list is a pretty big deal, if you think about it. You can call it a 'to-do list' or 'priorities' or whatever else, but the fact of the matter is: you're rolling in at 8:57am every day (or 10:21am, naitch!) and you have a series of things you need to do. Ideally, those things -- micro activities, or tasks/deliverables -- would a…