Twenty Unique Ways to Use the 80/20 Rule Today http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/05/twenty-unique-ways-to-use- the-8020-rule-today/ I'm sure most people are familiar with Pareto's principle,developed by an Italian economist and most commonly known as the 80/20 Rule.While Pareto originally used the rule noticing that 80%of the wealth was owned by 20%of the population,the rule has applications in almost every area of life. There are many ways you can use this rule.Here's twenty: 1.Work Tasks -Write down all the broad categories of tasks you do at your job.You can make a little table that shows the amount of hours spent at each category (say,1 hr for E-mail,1 hr for contacting clients,etc.and on another column write down a value estimate for what percentage you believe it contributes to your productivity.Eliminate,simplify or delegate low %'s and focus on high %s. 2.Food Record your eating habits for a week.Calculate up the calories of the different items of food.I've done this before and I've found it surprising how some treats contribute a high percentage of your calorie pie for no nutritional value,when other vices consumed in smaller portions take up only a sliver but still offer a tasty treat. 3.Daily Time Log Do a time log on your activities for an entire day.Record the stop and start point for any activity.Then broadly shuffle the different activities into categories.Figure out what parts of your day aren't contributing to either productivity, entertainment or personal happiness and cut them out. 4.Reading -Look at the last few dozen books you've read.Rate them according to the amount of useful info or entertainment value.LookTwenty Unique Ways to Use the 80/20 Rule Today http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2007/06/05/twenty-unique-ways-to-use￾the-8020-rule-today/ I’m sure most people are familiar with Pareto’s principle, developed by an Italian economist and most commonly known as the 80/20 Rule. While Pareto originally used the rule noticing that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the population, the rule has applications in almost every area of life. There are many ways you can use this rule. Here’s twenty: 1. Work Tasks – Write down all the broad categories of tasks you do at your job. You can make a little table that shows the amount of hours spent at each category (say, 1 hr for E-mail, 1 hr for contacting clients, etc.) and on another column write down a value estimate for what percentage you believe it contributes to your productivity. Eliminate, simplify or delegate low %’s and focus on high %’s. 2. Food – Record your eating habits for a week. Calculate up the calories of the different items of food. I’ve done this before and I’ve found it surprising how some treats contribute a high percentage of your calorie pie for no nutritional value, when other vices consumed in smaller portions take up only a sliver but still offer a tasty treat. 3. Daily Time Log – Do a time log on your activities for an entire day. Record the stop and start point for any activity. Then broadly shuffle the different activities into categories. Figure out what parts of your day aren’t contributing to either productivity, entertainment or personal happiness and cut them out. 4. Reading – Look at the last few dozen books you’ve read. Rate them according to the amount of useful info or entertainment value. Look