80/20 Your Life! How To Get More Done With Less Effort And Change Your Life In The Process!

by Damon Zahariades

First, limit the number of items on your daily to-do list to seven. If you can get away with five, do so. It’s okay to maintain a brain-dump list. But your daily to-do list is something entirely different. Second, only include high-value tasks on your daily list. Eighty percent of the tasks you’ll be tempted to put on your list won’t contribute to your goals. Focus on the 20% that will. Third, use only one task management system.

A growth mindset is essential if you want to take full advantage of the Pareto principle. The principle itself is grounded in the fact that improvement is perpetual. If we focus on the small number of inputs that continually produce the biggest results, we can engineer success in any endeavor we pursue.

You don’t need to become an expert on anything. Nor do you need to produce flawless results with your newfound expertise. Rather, start with a purpose, and then concentrate on the few inputs related to your training that promise to generate the majority of your results.