You'll hear lots of variations on the "80/20 rule": 20% of the people do 80% of the useful work. If you do the right 20% of the solution, you'll fix 80% of the problem. 80% of your time is spent doing relatively useless stuff, but the other 20%, when you're productive, delivers 80% of the value. 80% of this blog post is probably wasted, so look for the 20% that you can learn something from. Whether the ratios are 80/20, 90/10, 70/30 or something else really isn't the point. The idea … [Read more...]