You’ve probably heard of the law the pesky Pareto principle. It’s also called the 80/20 principle, because about 80 percent of results flow from 20 percent of causes. For example, we send 80 percent of our emails to 20 percent of the people in our address book, and we wear 20 percent of our clothes - our favourite outfits more than 80 percent of the time. Police investigations reveal that 80 percent of accidents are down to 20 percent of drivers, and that 80 percent of crime is committed by 20 percent of criminals. In business, 80 percent of profits come from 20 percent of customers and 20 percent of products.
Richard Koch has written a number of books around the 80/20 principle such as, “Living the 80/20 Way” and “The 80/20 Principle”, and this weeks’ tip is courtesy of Richard Koch…
We all have lots of habits. Most of them don’t make us more content or help us thrive. But there are a few habits that reliably do.
Select five habits from the following short list and make them into things you do all the time. Your life will benefit exponentially.
Habit Payoff…
• Daily exercise - will lead to much better health, you’ll feel great and look and feel more attractive.
• Daily intellectual exercise – will keep you alert, raise your intelligence and you’ll enjoy thinking.
• Doing one altruistic act a day – will make you happy and someone else happy…win-win!
• Quiet thinking at start of the day - clears mental clutter and helps you make better decisions.
• Daily nurturing of your lover – will keep him/her with you and make them happy.
• Be generous to friends – will deepen the relationship and make you feel good.
• Deciding never to worry – will give you peace of mind and with a reduction of effort.
• Always to act and not worry - or not act and not worry.
• Habitually asking yourself – will provide startling progress in any situation.
• How to get More with Less
