To get useful new ideas, we must go beyond our immediate circle and make contact with distant parts of the social system.

I make it a personal rule never to do anything that I don't really care about. It is surprising how much this cuts out.

To get useful new ideas, we must go beyond our immediate circle and make contact with distant parts of the social system.

Chose the niche that you enjoy, where you can excel and stand a chance of becoming and acknowledged leader.

The 80/20 Principle, like the truth, can make you free. You can work less. At the same time, you can earn more and enjoy more. The only price is that you need to do some serious 80/20 thinking.

Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.

80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.