The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less

by Richard Koch

80 per cent of the results come from 20 per cent of the causes.

‘The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.’

Who you work for is more important than what you do

To engage in 80/20 Thinking, we must constantly ask ourselves: what is the 20 per cent that is leading to 80 per cent?

You can be a winner by choosing the right competition, the right team and the right methods to win.

The ideal position is to move the time spent on high-value activities up from 20 to 100 per cent. This may only be possible by changing career and lifestyle. If so, make a plan, with deadlines, for how you are going to make these changes.

The Beatles told us that ‘in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make’.