| If you want more for less, in anything that you do, it | | | | only took a small amount of focussed time/effort to |
| would be useful for you to know about the Pareto | | | | bring in those results. Think also about those |
| Principle. | | | | non-tangible results, like happiness, love, connection, |
| The Pareto Principle is simply that 80% of your | | | | learning. What activities bring out the maximum |
| results can come from only 20% of your efforts. For | | | | results in those areas for you? |
| example; if you think about exercise, you can get a | | | | Are You Wasting Time? |
| lot fitter and healthier from exercising intensely for 30 | | | | The opposite is true too, that 80% of your efforts |
| mins per day for 5 days per week, regardless of | | | | lead to only 20% of your results, this is what I call |
| what you eat. That's only 2.5 hours out of 168 hours | | | | "faffing". Many of the activities that gobble up our |
| in a week to get big results. (Obviously you would | | | | time don't actually produce good results or make us |
| get even better results by eating healthy, organic | | | | happy. |
| veggies, fruits, legumes and lean meats, but | | | | The key to getting maximum results is to notice |
| whatever) Even if you're sitting around on the couch | | | | which activities bring you the best results and spend |
| for the rest of the week, just that tiny investment | | | | more time doing those things by ignoring, delegating |
| will pay you back in big results. | | | | or deleting the other 80% activities that don't yield |
| Another example is cramming before an exam. A | | | | results. |
| better option might be 10 mins reviewing each lesson | | | | A simple question you could ask yourself is: |
| each week as you learn it! Or if you're in business | | | | - What results do I get from doing this? |
| and you look at how much money you're making | | | | - Are the results worth the time I'm spending on it? |
| from each client, you will notice that around 20% or | | | | - What activities bring me the best yield / biggest |
| less of your clients bring in 80% of your income. | | | | results? |
| So how can we use this info to get max results in | | | | Start to take more notice of what results you are |
| the best time? Think about your own life and where | | | | getting from the time you spend, spend more time |
| you get your maximum results. You might notice the | | | | on high yield activities and forget the rest. |
| common denominator in those areas is that it usually | | | | |