The Pareto Principle
The Pareto Principle states that 80% of your results will be generated from 20% of your focused efforts.
This was discovered when economist Vilfredo Pareto noticed that 20% of his garden peapods produced 80% of his peas. Translated into your own life, you could benefit from spending more time focusing on tasks that yield greater results , and less time on the things that don’t.
Next time you find yourself working late, ask yourself, “Which 20% of my actions can contribute toward 80% of the end goal? “
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