To get better results, do less but do it better.
Many of us work in an endless stream of tasks, emails, notifications, meetings, multitasking in the process, never pausing and never ending. Pursuing more and more every day.
Information overload is killing our brains.
Then the day is over, and you are extremely exhausted, and often have very little to show for it. And you start the next day, ready for a mindless stream of tasks and distractions, again.
I'm sure you've heard of the Pareto principle , known also as the 80/20 rule: focus on the few things that get you the most benefit.
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The Pareto Principle or 80/20 Principle says that 20% of your activities will account for 80% of your results.
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