You know how sometimes you suddenly keep hearing the same phrase over and over again? It’s been that way for me this week with the so-called “80/20 rule.” I keep stumbling over it in the media, and yesterday my friend even mentioned it over coffee. (Actually, she may have been talking about her favored ratio of java to milk, but still — those same numbers again! It was eerie, I tell you.)
Anyway, as you may know, the 80/20 rule is a principle (sometimes called the Pareto Principle) that holds that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. In other words, 80 percent of your revenue comes from 20 percent of your customers. 80 percent of your work is done by 20 percent of your employees. Could be that 80 percent of your calories are coming from 20 percent of your food intake (damn you, blueberry cheesecake!) And so on.
It got me thinking: Is there a way to leverage the 80/20 rule to make yourself more productive or efficient? Turns out I’m not the only one to wonder. Tim Ferriss writes:
80% of your desired outcomes are the result of 20% of your activities or inputs. Once per week, stop putting out fires for an afternoon and run the numbers to ensure you’re placing effort in high-yield areas.
read more:Improve Your Life With the 80/20 Rule | Team Taskmaster | BNET
Anyway, as you may know, the 80/20 rule is a principle (sometimes called the Pareto Principle) that holds that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. In other words, 80 percent of your revenue comes from 20 percent of your customers. 80 percent of your work is done by 20 percent of your employees. Could be that 80 percent of your calories are coming from 20 percent of your food intake (damn you, blueberry cheesecake!) And so on.
It got me thinking: Is there a way to leverage the 80/20 rule to make yourself more productive or efficient? Turns out I’m not the only one to wonder. Tim Ferriss writes:
80% of your desired outcomes are the result of 20% of your activities or inputs. Once per week, stop putting out fires for an afternoon and run the numbers to ensure you’re placing effort in high-yield areas.
read more:Improve Your Life With the 80/20 Rule | Team Taskmaster | BNET