Relentless Focus #

Over 125 years ago, Vilfredo Pareto discovered that twenty percent of the plants in his garden produced eighty percent of the fruit. Similarly, in his home country of Italy, twenty percent of the population owned eighty percent of the land.

Once you recognize it, you can see the 80/20 rule, or the Pareto Principle, everywhere.

Focus relentlessly on the 20% of your activities that drive the most value. Ignore the rest.

Like Russian Matryoshka nesting dolls, within that powerful twenty percent, there exists another, even more powerful twenty percent that generates eighty percent of the value.

Make the main thing the main thing.