Implementing 80/20
Phase I: Self-analysis
Reflect on where your current focuses are. How do these impact you in different areas in life?
Phase II: Identify the 20 Percent
Link those good or bad results to the source of your activities.
Phase III: Focus on the Fat Tail
Eliminate or at least, minimize destructive routines and focus your time and energy on the top 20% habits that lead to good progress
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3. Apply the 80/20 Rule to Everything
The Pareto Principle or 80/20 Principle says that 20% of your activities will account for 80% of your results.
Resist the temptation to clear the small tasks first; instead, start your day by asking, “Is this task in the top 20% or bottom 80% of my activities
The 80/20 rule reversed
Sometimes figuring out your 20% — what activities you will get the vast majority of your return on — is too hard.
It’s sometimes easier to identify the 80% of things not bringing you sufficient value and stop learning and doing them.
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