Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.

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.

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

If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives, and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.

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.

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.