80/20 Rule

The Thinking Behind The Tweet The economy would get a serious boost if 10% of business people would apply the 80/20 Rule and spend more time doing work…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Focus on change leaders. Focus on self-motivated people. Focus on confident people.

On the Nature of Decisions Every one of us makes numerous decisions every day. Many of our decisions are small, like - “What shirt should I wear today?” Some…

The 80/20 Rule: implies simplicity. implies reduction. implies compromise.

I think there are 2 types of busy in business: 1. There's good-busy 2. There's ?-busy When business people tell me they are 'too-busy' I am uneasy because I…

Nike says, "Just Do It!" While that may lead to better health, more energy and more fun it sure creates inefficiencies when it happens at work. The tech…

What do you need to do to get your sales people juiced up about the amazing opportunities you see everywhere you look? First, does that question resonate…

Opportunities : Give yourself opportunities...keep your mind open to consider changes...understand opportunities often come in problem disguises Ensure you…

There are many ways to construct a training and staff-development plan for the people in your business. Here is one way to start. Think about how the 80/20…

Thought Tweet #845 Do you know the actions that will cause your company to succeed? The Thinking Behind The Tweet Do you know the actions you need to do in…

Thought Tweet #840.5 " I'm too busy ". That's a real good way not to be thinking. The Thinking Behind The Tweet I favour abundance thinking over scarcity…

Many big businesses are struggling with downsizing, rightsizing , and other kinds of sizing activities that are aimed at reducing costs and building…

Roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

Leaders succeed when they know how to set clear Goals , describing the Vital Results they desire. In some cases Vital Results could be as narrowly focused on…

It started with rocks and sticks. In our early days, we used them to do work. And now, with really-advanced technologies, tools are creating really-advanced…

Bosses complain about people not taking initiative, not taking advantage of opportunities, and not nipping problems in the bud. Bosses observe people doing…

Leaders need to narrow their focus and dig deep into work-tasks. For Routine work-tasks we need to establish systems and processes. Many business gurus have…

For many years, self-help and business gurus have cited a Harvard Business School study summarized as follows: In the 1950's, Harvard interviewed students in…

Thought Tweet #471 Better to be stuck on sticky problems than to be burned by fire-fighting. The Thinking Behind The Tweet In business, we need to save our…

You: the Leader The Situation: The business is in a start-up mode, or a re-directed mode, and everyone seems to be struggling too much. Preamble: You don’t…

Below, when I state numbers I am basing them on my experiences. I agree with the thinking behind the 80/20 Rule [Pareto’s Principle/Law/Rule]. So, I have…

Why you must give this idea your best thought We ask people, “What’s the best thing you could deliver to your Clients?” We hear a variety of answers: Top…

Jill Schichter of Lexicon Canada presents at Trovo Resources Last month, I had the pleasure of attending a Jill Schichter education event, organized by our…

The first two, equally-important, Rules of Procrastination For Success are: You must minimize, with a view to totally eliminating, the annoyance factor for…

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