Eat That Frog - Chapter 3 - Apply the 80/20 Rule to Everything

• "We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright." - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
• 80/20 rule is called Pareto Principle after founder, Italian economist Vilfredo Parento in 1895
• Number of tasks versus importance of task
• Focus on activités, not accomplishments
• Before you begin work always ask yourself:
• "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?"
• Rule:
• Resist the temptation to clear up small things first.
• Motiviate yourself
• Effective, productive people discipline themselves to start on the most important task that is before them.