The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less

The first 14 Chapters went through a good range of applications, but the last two opened it up. Chapter 15 with Happiness made the most sense and Chapter 16 showed that reviews and feedback can be taken and applied to the 80/20 Principle when putting it into action. But review and change are required to make progress and correct any wrong moves or thoughts! Nobody is God and we all make mistakes. Start with Lifestyle (p180) the best way to get Life/Balance right. Liked the Authors style of writing and will look out for him at the Roebuck on Richmond Hill! after cycling through the park. The pragmatic application of the theory in this book is like most books giving an Authors view.

80/100 because all the principles made sense (both in work and personal lives) but the 1 star lost was due to the fact that the book doesn't use modern examples of where the principle applies. The version I bought was reprinted in 2011 and there was no mention of factors that have such a huge impact today, and where the 80/20 principle could have a lot to say.For example, no mention of the Internet, Google, Apple, etc. It was if the post 20th Century didn't exist. Richard sings the praises of taking certain things and making them better - if he took the lack of 'modern stuff' and updated the book, then publicised it with a big message of "including how it applies in the Internet age", then it'd likely get more sales.This of course doesn't take anything away from the fact that it's still a great book. It's just that there are many great books that are dated (Think and Grow Rich for example) and would benefit from a refresh.

The 20th anniversary of a business classic, brought up to date. It exhaustively lays out the application of the 80/20 principle in your business and private life. I have to say I am a great fan of the book and the principle. It is not exactly intuitive that life does follow that principle, but generally speaking, it is better to do those things which yield greater results than those which do not, and it is worth spending some time just thinking about this in most areas of your life. Some argue against the principle and there is a rather half-hearted attempt at the end of the book to deal with some of the objections. Richard Koch did not invent or discover the principle, the much neglected (sadly) Italian economist Pareto did and Koch pays due homage to the man. There are numerous illustrations of the principle in the book, and some have criticised it for this, but for me, this is what makes the book and the principle well worth reading and studying even if you have the older edition

The essence of the 80/20 rule is that 80 per cent of your success is probably coming from 20 per cent of your activities and effort. The advice, therefore, is to put laser focus on those activities and efforts and ruthlessly cut out the rest.This is the staggeringly simple idea behind the book. It really doesn't need the hundreds of pages to bring this through. There is certainly some material to make you think, but there's also a lot of filler there which has the fingerprints of a consultant (and consultancy is what the author spent his career doing) simply rehashing the point, and devising unnecessary ways of complicating a simple principle.Simply: do what works. Pursue the things you're good at, the things that bring you success, and stay away from everything else. There's a lot of needless chat about many other topics which at times feels irrelevant.A useful general idea and thought provoking book, even if a little repetitive, irrelevant and impractical in places. An ok read.

There are some additional reflections in this ten year update of the business classic, but nothing earth shattering, and I thought the part IV of the book from the original version was quite interesting in its own respect, trying to reflect on some of the political consequences of 80/20 thinking. Something that would make Koch's approach significantly more useful, I think, is to combine it with the philosophy of Luke Rinehart's "Dice Man" (1971), designing all decisions in life to be random, but to design the event space according to 80/20 principles. As is particularaly clear in this updated version of the book, although 20% of the actions lead to 80% of the results, sometimes we have to use some of the remaining 80% actions as what may be the perfect 80/20 solution for games only played once may not be so for repetitive games.

or at least that was true for me.I first heard about the 80:20 principle years ago and thought that I understood it. I didn't know ... even 20% of the power of this principle!Insightful and inspiring.If you only read 5 business books, 4/5ths of what you learn will come from this book.

I was fairly skeptical about the title but my interest was sufficiently peaked to follow through and purchase the ebook. I have any number of people promoting digital products to "improve my client base(s), my blog content etc (I do not, yet, have a blog. This ebook on the other hand raises many questions and provides the answers too. I do recommend the book in spite of my earlier reservations pre purchase.

I found the 80/20 principle very easy to comprehend as it resonated with some of my own thoughts and practices which I can now build on with confidence. I would recommend the book to anyone young or old who wants to get more out of life whilst also serving the course of humanity. I gave the rating because for me the book provided all the answers to living a fulfilling life.

The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch is an eye-opening masterpiece that challenges conventional thinking about productivity and efficiency. Koch's exploration of the Pareto Principle not only elucidates the concept but also demonstrates its remarkable power in transforming one's approach to work, life, and success.This book is a game-changer, revealing how a minority of efforts or inputs often lead to the majority of outcomes. You must buy it.

This book has to be in the top three books of all the books I've ever read on changing my paradigm of thinking. When you really understand what's inside this masterpiece you'll see everything you do in your life in a completely different way... it's that powerful! All I want to do is say, "Thank You" to the author, Richard Koch; this book beat all my expectations!

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80/20 Principle made me so much more productive

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