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.

There is no shortage of time. In fact, we are positively awash with it. We only make good use of 20 per cent of our time.... The 80/20 principle says that if we doubled our time on the top 20% of activities, we could work a two-day week and achieve 60 per cent more than now.

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

If we want to sum up the theory of evolution by natural selection in two words, which have great relevance for all societies and businesses, we should simply remember: diversity works.

Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.

Creation occurs when ideas and individuals collide and collude.

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