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

by Richard Koch

delegate or outsource as much as possible in our daily lives and be encouraged rather than penalized by tax systems to do this (use gardeners, car mechanics, decorators, and other specialists to the maximum, instead of doing the work ourselves) • choose our careers and employers with extraordinary care, and if possible employ others rather than being employed ourselves • only do the thing we are best at doing and enjoy most • look beneath the normal texture of life to uncover ironies and oddities • in every important sphere, work out where 20 percent of effort can lead to 80 percent of returns • calm down, work less and target a limited number of very valuable goals where the 80/20 Principle will work for us, rather than pursuing every available opportunity. • make the most of those few “lucky streaks” in our life where we are at our creative peak and the stars line up to guarantee success.