Most Important Task (MIT)

Biological Parallel

Target prioritization appears across predators in vastly different lineages. Lions scanning a wildebeest herd don't track all individuals—they identify the single weakest target (injured, young, or isolated) and commit fully, ignoring closer but healthier prey. Peregrine falcons in stoops exceeding 240 mph lock onto one pigeon despite dozens in the flock; switching targets mid-dive means missing all of them. Orcas hunting seals will bypass multiple easier opportunities to isolate the one optimal target. Even orchid mantises, with minimal brain capacity, show single-target fixation—their ambush predation strategy requires absolute stillness focused on one approach vector. The convergent pattern: predators that try to keep 'multiple priorities' catch nothing. Biology's answer to productivity is brutal focus: one target, full commitment, reassess only after resolution.