The Focus Bee Show (98) Pareto and Parkinson: Get More Work Done in Less Time
There are many different methods that can help you to boost your productivity and efficiency. Two of the key ways are Pareto Principle and Parkinson’s law.
- Pareto principle: the 80/20 rule. Knowing that 20% of your work contributes to 80% of your achievements. In other words, what are the main activities that enhance your performance? Once you are clear on these activities, you can focus more on them, and diminish or eliminate the rest.
- The Pareto principle shows up in many areas in our life: work, relationships, well-being, etc. By consciously looking for the 20%, you can greatly reduce your workload and only focus on the activities that matter most.
- Parkinson’s law: Work expands to fill the allotted time. If you give yourself a tight deadline by which you need to accomplish an activity, you are likely to be able to achieve it in that time.
- Parkinson’s law can force you to think differently, take shortcuts, avoid perfectionism and overcome procrastination.
Combining Pareto Principle and Parkinson’s law is a powerful combination for achieving greater results at a faster pace. They help you to think strategically and not to get caught up in less important tasks.
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