Avoid Burnout – yes there are enough hours in the day!

Do you fear burnout, long before you can reap the fruits of your success? With yesterday’s list of things to do following you into today; deadlines to meet, people to see, and promises to keep, you are forever running just to stand still.

How would it be if someone could hand you just a few more hours each day? You’d then adopt the unhurried life you yearn for and greatly increase you productivity.

Well I’ve got some news for you.

Forget ‘burnout’, the answer to increased productivity is in your own hands.

There is a simple formula that will help you achieve your goals.

I’m talking about the Pareto Principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 rule. If you apply it to your daily schedule you can free up at least two hours a day.

How?

Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto , studied the economies of a multitude of countries and in every one of them found a common principle. Essentially About 20% of the people invariably control about 80% of the wealth (the vital few controls the majority)

Following on from this other economists took things further. The implications being that if you master the "vital few" factors, you can generally reap 80% of the gains and far out-produce almost everyone who is busy focusing their attention on the 80%!(and risking burnout themselves)

So let’s apply Pareto’s observations to our life in the 21st century:

• 20% of your customers generate 80% of your revenue

• You wear the same 20% of your wardrobe 80% of the time.

• 20% of your products produce 80% of your profits

• 20% of today’s bands sell 80% of concert seats

• 20% of today’s films make 80% of the money.

• 20% of the sales team generate 80% of the sales

On the same basis, the opportunity this presents is enormous in whatever walk of life you’re in.

20% of your daily schedule is responsible for 80% of your success

So it stands to reason that if you identify the 20% and just focus on that it will have an enormous boost on your productivity. Think about it.

Let’s not confuse ‘busyness’ with ‘effectiveness’.