actualNoteContentPart: # "Block Task" link automates the busywork of hiding tasks that can't be worked on until a prerequisite is complete
  In any long-term to-do list, it's common that 25% of the tasks are sitting around until some other task gets done. Why waste visual energy parsing these tasks that aren't ready to be started yet?
  
  By creating a "Block Task" link, you can automatically remove tasks from your to-do list until their prerequisites are complete. 
  
  
  Creating a new Block Task link to hide a task until its prerequisite task is complete
  
  
  When you create a "Block Task" link, [a link is kept in the Blocking Task to the Blocked Task](https://images.amplenote.com/4f020c68-b41c-11ef-b4ea-e972ef1cda6a/8c302957-f70b-4ab4-93e7-095288b5cab9.png) . When the Blocking Task is **completed**, **dismissed**, or **deleted**, or when you delete the "Block Task" link, then the Blocked Task that it linked to will be unhidden from the note's "Hidden Tasks" tab, unless it still has other tasks blocking it. Sometimes a task has multiple prerequisites -- no problem! We'll unhide the Blocked Task as soon as all of its Blocking Tasks are completed, deleted, or dismissed.
  
  ## Creating a "Block Task" link from the task being blocked
  Often times, you will become aware that a Blocked Task should be hidden while your cursor is in the Blocked Task. No worries -- you can type in !blocked to trigger a Task Action that will let you pick which note and task are blocking this task from being worked on.
  
  After you choose the task that is blocking, we will add a "Block Task" link from it back to the task you ran the task action from. The task will be moved to the "Hidden" tab of its note until the task that is blocking it is resolved. 
  
  # "Mirror Task" link allows evolved task sharing; giving a task visibility from many contexts
  When you choose the "Mirror Task" link, we will place a copy of your original task into the note you select. 
  
  Any task that is **linked to** by a "Mirror Task" link is called a "Mirrored Task" ([further explanation]() ). Any task that **contains **a Mirror Task link can be called a "Mirror Trigger Task." For example, if Task A creates a Mirror Task link to Task B, then Task A is Mirror Trigger Task that, upon being completed, will mark Task B complete. 
  
  If Task B is a Mirror Trigger Task that links to Task C, **that too** will be marked complete! Once you understand these simple rules, Mirror links offer powerful cascading possibilities for creative users. 
  
  
  Creating a Mirror Task link to a new note
  
  They are a perfect fit for three common use cases:
  
  ## "Lead Domino" tasks
  **The first use case is what Amplenote informally calls "super tasks," or what **[**Tim Ferriss refers to as "lead domino" tasks**](https://bill.harding.blog/2024/12/11/tim-ferriss-explains-how-identifying-super-tasks-in-his-to-do-list-helps-plan-his-day/#In_pursuit_of_the__Lead_Domino_) **. **
  
  These are tasks that, if completed, would render many other tasks obsolete. For example, you have tasks to "Contact Pete about plumbing" and "Contact Jim about plumbing," both of which are Mirrored Task link targets from the Mirror Trigger Task, "Fix the kitchen sink." If you mark "Fix the kitchen sink" complete without calling Jim or Pete -- voila! Those tasks are automatically removed from your to-do list, [even if they had not been sub-tasks of "Fix the kitchen sink.]() "
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  "Block Task" link automates the busywork of hiding tasks that can't be worked on until a prerequisite is complete
  In any long-term to-do list, it's common that 25% of the tasks are sitting around until some other task gets done. Why waste visual energy parsing these tasks that aren't ready to be started yet? By creating a "Block Task" link, you can automatically remove tasks from your to-do list until their prerequisites are complete. Creating a new Block Task link to hide a task until its prerequisite task is complete When you create a "Block Task" link, [a link is kept in the Blocking Task to the Blocked Task](https://images.amplenote.com)`
   . When the Blocking Task is completed
  , dismissed
  , or deleted
  , or when you delete the "Block Task" link, then the Blocked Task that it linked to will be unhidden from the note's "Hidden Tasks" tab, unless it still has other tasks blocking it. Sometimes a task has multiple prerequisites -- no problem! We'll unhide the Blocked Task as soon as all of its Blocking Tasks are completed, deleted, or dismissed. 
  Creating a "Block Task" link from the task being blocked
  Often times, you will become aware that a Blocked Task should be hidden while your cursor is in the Blocked Task. No worries -- you can type in !blocked to trigger a Task Action that will let you pick which note and task are blocking this task from being worked on. After you choose the task that is blocking, we will add a "Block Task" link from it back to the task you ran the task action from. The task will be moved to the "Hidden" tab of its note until the task that is blocking it is resolved. 
  "Mirror Task" link allows evolved task sharing; giving a task visibility from many contexts
  When you choose the "Mirror Task" link, we will place a copy of your original task into the note you select. Any task that is linked to
   by a "Mirror Task" link is called a "Mirrored Task" ( [further explanation]()
   ). Any task that **contains **a Mirror Task link can be called a "Mirror Trigger Task." For example, if Task A creates a Mirror Task link to Task B, then Task A is Mirror Trigger Task that, upon being completed, will mark Task B complete. If Task B is a Mirror Trigger Task that links to Task C, that too
   will be marked complete! Once you understand these simple rules, Mirror links offer powerful cascading possibilities for creative users. Creating a Mirror Task link to a new note They are a perfect fit for three common use cases: 
  "Lead Domino" tasks
  **The first use case is what Amplenote informally calls "super tasks," or what ** [Tim Ferriss refers to as "lead domino" tasks](https://bill.harding.blog)`
   **. ** These are tasks that, if completed, would render many other tasks obsolete. For example, you have tasks to "Contact Pete about plumbing" and "Contact Jim about plumbing," both of which are Mirrored Task link targets from the Mirror Trigger Task, "Fix the kitchen sink." If you mark "Fix the kitchen sink" complete without calling Jim or Pete -- voila! Those tasks are automatically removed from your to-do list, [even if they had not been sub-tasks of "Fix the kitchen sink.]()
   "
noteTitle: Task Dependencies: Linking Tasks with "Block," "Mirror," "Implement Goal" connected tasks for CEO-level powers