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

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.

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

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

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

Only do the thing we are best at doing and enjoy most.

The road to hell is paved with the pursuit of volume. Volume leads to marginal products, marginal customers, and greatly increased managerial complexity.