Strive for excellence in few things, rather than good performance in many.

The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.

Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

Laziness is the road to progress, but only when it is allied to intelligent thought and high ambition.

We tend to think of innovation as difficult, but with the creative use of The 80/20 Principle innovation can be both easy and fun!

There is no rush. If we think intelligently about what we can achieve with our time, we can be relaxed, even lazy. In fact, being lazy - having plenty of time to think - may actually be a precondition for achieving a great deal.

Hard work leads to low returns. Insight and doing what we want lead to high returns.