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• Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.

  Richard Koch

  Drawing, Boards, Needs

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.132, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Chose the niche that you enjoy, where you can excel and stand a chance of becoming and acknowledged leader.

  Richard Koch

  Success, Leader, Becoming

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• In business the 80/20 principle is behind any innovation, any extra value. It is an entrepreneurial principle, a formula for value creation utilized not only by entrepreneurs, but by most managers and organizations.

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  Organization, Entrepreneur, Innovation

  Richard Koch (2003). “The 80/20 Individual: How to Build on the 20% of What You do Best”, p.13, Crown Business

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• Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

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  Simple, Chance, Chances Are

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.85, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• We tend to think of innovation as difficult, but with the creative use of The 80/20 Principle innovation can be both easy and fun!

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  Fun, Thinking, Creative

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• Those who seize the day become seriously rich.

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  Seize The Day, Rich

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.109, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• People think that creativity is largely a matter of talent, experience, or luck. They are wrong. Talent, experience, and luck are all key elements, but there is something more fundamental, accessible, and powerful that you can use to multiply your creative effect.

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  Powerful, Creativity, Thinking

  Richard Koch (2003). “The 80/20 Individual: How to Build on the 20% of What You do Best”, p.12, Crown Business

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• Make the choice that you want to be happy. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to other people too.

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  People, Choices, Want

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.193, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.

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  Race, May, Rats

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.147, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.

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  Work, Snakes, Train

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• There is no rush. If we think intelligently about what we can achieve with our time, we can be relaxed, even lazy. In fact, being lazy - having plenty of time to think - may actually be a precondition for achieving a great deal.

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  Work, Thinking, Lazy

  Richard Koch (2011). “Living the 80/20 Way, New Edition: Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More”, p.33, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Only do the thing we are best at doing and enjoy most.

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  Enjoy

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less”, p.39, Crown Business

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• If we want to sum up the theory of evolution by natural selection in two words, which have great relevance for all societies and businesses, we should simply remember: diversity works.

  Richard Koch

  Two, Theory Of Evolution, Diversity

  Richard Koch (2013). “The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws of Nature: The Science of Success”, p.34, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Most of us don't work out what we want. And most of us end up with lopsided lives as a result.

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  Work Out, Want, Ends

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.144, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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