Don't say "yes" to everything ...
According to the Pareto principle, 20 percent of the effort produces 80 percent of the results; however, 20 percent of the results consumes 80 percent of the effort.
Stop saying "yes" to every task . Just focus on most important task that yield some result . Lower the activation energy for habits you want to adopt and raise it for habits you want to avoid.
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7 Things You Need To Stop Doing To Be More Productive, Backed By Science
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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 Pareto Principle
... or the 80/20 principle was coined in the early 1900s by Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist. He observed that the pea pods in his garden were producing peas at this rate. 20 percent of the pea pods produced 80 percent of the peas. This output was then observed by him on a larger sc...
Universal Law
The Pareto principle has been seen working in various fields, and domains:
- Sales and Marketing departments recognised that 20 percent of the customers brought 80 percent of the products, and 20 percent of their sales force made 80 per cent of the sales.
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