The Pareto Principle in Action

The Pareto Principle in Action

The Pareto Principle, named after an Italian economist-sociologist, Alfredo Pareto, states that the significant items in a given group normally constitute a relatively small portion of the total items in the group. The ratio that holds true in most cases is 80:20. For...
Ten time management myths: Part 2.

Ten time management myths: Part 2.

Myth #6. The biggest time wasters are interruptions, which include email, meetings and rush jobs. I call that a myth because none of those are really time wasters – not if you follow my definition of a time waster, which is an activity, within our control, that does...
Ten time management myths: Part 1.

Ten time management myths: Part 1.

Myth # 1. We can manage time. The biggest myth is that we can manage time.  We cannot influence time one iota. Time is managed perfectly by itself. We can only manage ourselves in the time we have available. We are given 1440 minutes each day to use as we please.  We...