If the “80-20 Rule” is not the most over-used cliché in business today, I don’t know what is.  No matter what the situation, the “80-20 Rule” is the magic solution to your problem.

Too much on your to-do list?  Use the 80-20 Rule.  Do the 20% of things that get you 80% results!

Are your customers driving you crazy?  Use the 80-20 Rule.  Serve only the 20% that brings in 80% of your revenue.

And so on . . .

The problem with the 80-20 Rule is that it seldom addresses the real problem.  We accept the advice at face value, nod our heads in agreement and use the principle to quickly eliminate a bunch of work from our lives.  Afterward, we aren’t much better off than before.  Here’s why . . . [click to continue…]

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