062 - Using the Pareto Principle to save you time

Series: Why you aren't fitting it all in - Part 2. 

The problem isn’t actually that you can’t fit it all in. Yes, yes, I know you don’t believe me. But the problem is thinking that you HAVE TO fit it all in. Because you think it is ALL necessary. And this simply isn’t true.

Because - typically, out of everything we are actually doing in our business, there is usually only around 20% of it that is responsible for creating the bulk of the results.

So the remaining 80% is mostly just filler stuff. Fluff. Inconsequential stuff. Ineffective stuff. That isn’t really working. Or that isn’t contributing majorly to how successful your business is.

This rule of thumb, if you like, is known as the Pareto principle.

You’ve also potentially heard of it being called the 80/20 rule. And in terms of productivity and time management, it is an incredibly useful principle and tool/way of thinking about things that will help you free up some space in your calendar AND in your mind.

So today I help you work out what your 20% is so that you can focus where you need to in order to get great results without drowning yourself in tasks that you convince yourself you need to fit in.