In this episode we talk about the 80-20 rule and how you can use it to see an almost instant increase in your productivity.

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Tiny Leaps Big Changes. list because you are now listening to tiny leaps big changes. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps Big Changes, where I share simple research-backed strategies you can use to get more out of your life.

My name is Greg Klunis and back in episode 3 of the show I had a fantastic guest named

Pierrette Ashcroft come on to drop some serious knowledge bombs on productivity and how to get more done

This episode has been extremely well received so if you haven't listened to it yet, I highly recommend that you do.

Now there was one really important thing that she said though. I think a lot of people think of

productivity as getting their work done efficiently and I agree with that but I would

also add another important point and that is that you're getting your most important work done.

It's not about being busy but accomplishing what's going to bring value to you.

This statement stuck with me and it got me asking another question that's just as important for being productive.

How do we actually figure out what area to focus on?

This is where the Pareto principle, otherwise known as the 80-20 rule, becomes useful.

Simply put, the 80-20 principle is the observation that most things in life fall into an uneven

distribution.

When applied to productivity, it states that approximately 80% of your results will come from 20% of your efforts. A 2014 article on the Forbes website by Dave Levinsky titled Pareto Principal

How to Use It to Dramatically your business, provides one of the

best explanations of the Pareto Principal in action.

And I quote, the Pareto Principal is very simple, yet very important. It is named after Italian economist Villefretto Pareto, who in 1906 found that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population.

What was most important about Pareto's findings

was that this 80-20 distribution occurs extremely frequently.

For example, in general, 20% of your customers represent 80% of your sales, and 20% of your time

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