3629: The 80/20 Principle and How It Can Change Your Life by Mark Manson on Personal and Professional Growth

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🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3629: Mark Manson dives into the transformative power of applying the 80/20 Principle to every facet of life, revealing how focusing on the most impactful 20% can lead to extraordinary personal and professional growth. Through real-world examples and practical insights, he illustrates how trimming the trivial can help maximize results with minimal effort. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://markmanson.net/80-20-your-life Quotes to ponder: "Not all effort is created equal. Some efforts yield massive rewards; others yield little or nothing." "By focusing on the few things that matter most, we can amplify our results dramatically." "Every improvement in life comes from the identification and elimination of waste." Episode references: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown: https://gregmckeown.com/books/essentialism The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss: https://www.amazon.com/4-Hour-Workweek-Escape-Live-Anywhere/dp/0307465357 The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch: https://www.amazon.com/80-20-Principle-Secret-Achieving/dp/0385491743 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.5	This is Optimal Living Daily, the 80-20 principle and how it can change your life by Mark
1:04.7	Manson of markmanson.net. I'm your narrator, Justomalik. I read to you every day of the year
1:10.1	from the best articles and blogs I can find with permission from the authors, of course.
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1:25.8	The 80-20 principle and how it can change Your Life by Mark Manson of Mark Manson.net.
1:33.3	In 1906, there was an Italian economist named Velfredo Pareto. One day, strolling through his garden,
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