- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; New edition edition (21 May 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857881680
- ISBN-13: 978-1857881684
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 172,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The 80/20 principle is the cornerstone of results-based living. Read this book and use it. --Timothy Ferriss, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek
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The 80/20 principle - that 80 per cent of results flow from just 20 per cent of the causes - is a principle adopted by many effective people and organizations. This text shows how you can achieve more with less effort, time and resources, by concentrating on the that 20 per cent. The pattern of predictable imbalance crops up throughout life. In this text, Richard Koch uses a wide range of examples from business, personal and social spheres, to demonstrate the 80/20 principle
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
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Potentially life changing - in a repetitive way,
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This review is from: The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less (Paperback)
I gave this book 5 stars not because it's brilliantly written but because it has the potential to change your life. It really has. The book itself proves the 80:20 rule - because it's very repetitive and could have been written in 20% of the space. But it has something very important to say in that 20%. I liked Koch's attempt to relate the 80:20 rule to your personal life - I'm certainly going to change some aspects of my personal life as a result. But be warned - in the wrong hands this book could be dangerous. You need a certain level of self-awareness before reading it or the advice that he provides could be seriously mis-used. So an important, potentially life altering book - that I highly recommend if your IQ can stand it!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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An inspired call to achieve more by doing less,
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This review is from: The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less (Paperback)
Eighty percent of the books I buy I fail to read.This is one of the twenty percent of books that I own that will have a positive effect on my life and those around me. Richard Koch gives a great analysis of the simple rule, espoused by management consultants for years, that a small part of your effort causes a dissproportianate amount of effect. The 80/20 principle is a great read for those of us who dont like to work too much, as it gives us the reason why we can still be so sucessfull. It will also be a gem for the overworked because it will show you why those around you who achieve without stress are managing to do it. The 80/20 rule is nothing new to many of us. This book, however, opens the possibilities of its usage to the limits. It also provides a great link to Chaos theory and how the two philosophies are interdependent. It is a fantastic opportunity for anyone to embrace the idea that planning to succeed may not always involve maximising effort. As a 80/20 practitioner for some while it has been a pleasure to see these ideas carefully scripted in an inspiring book. Buy it now and do less and achieve more.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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ADDED IMPLICATIONS FOR YOU FROM THE 80/20 PRINCIPLE,
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This review is from: The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less (Paperback)
I have always found the 80/20 principle to be a valuable starting point in finding ways to improve performance. What I liked about this book was that it drew out more of the implications of that principle than I had previously thought about. If you are not familiar with the principle, this will be a good introduction. If you are familiar, you should probably stick to the implications. The review of what you know may feel a trifle repetitive. Another suggestion is that if you keep repeating your focus on the top 20% in each situation, you will make your results geometrically better (more like 1 percent providing 95 percent). If you know people who are not familiar with the principle who are a bit, perhaps, disorganized, this book would be a good gift. Teach this to your children, and you will increase the likelihood that they will move out when they are grown, because they will be able to afford to.
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