Use all the willpower at your disposal to make yourself happy. Construct the right stories about yourself - and believe them!

Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined.

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.

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.

What could you achieve that would make you proud, that no one else could do with the same ease?