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• George Bernard Shaw put it well: “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.”
• Wealth from investment can dwarf wealth from working With 20 percent of the money received, I made a large investment in the shares of one corporation, Filofax.
• A new and complementary way to use the 80/20 Principle is what I call 80/20 Thinking. This requires deep thought about any issue that is important to you and asks you to make a judgment on whether the 80/20 Principle is working in that area. You can then act on the insight.
• This is linear thinking. The most valuable insight from 80/20 Analysis will always come from examining nonlinear relationships that others are neglecting. In addition, because 80/20 Analysis is based on a freezeframe of the situation at a particular point rather than incorporating changes over time, you must be aware that if you inadvertently freez...
• Application of the 80/20 Principle implies that we should do the following: • celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts • look for the short cut, rather than run the full course • exercise control over our lives with the least possible effort • be selective, not exhaustive • strive for excellence in few things, rather th...