{"id":1983,"date":"2013-05-09T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T17:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alifeofproductivity.com\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2022-09-03T02:28:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T02:28:52","slug":"higher-leverage-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbailey.com\/higher-leverage-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Hack: Focus on high-leverage activities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Takeaway:<\/b> It doesn’t matter how productive you are if you’re not doing the right things in the first place. Look around for the highest-leverage activities in both your work and home life.<\/p>\n

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A question was recently posed on the popular question-and-answer website Quora<\/a><\/span> that asked, “What’s the single most valuable lesson you’ve learned in your professional life?”<\/p>\n

\"80\/20\"<\/p>\n

The top answer<\/a><\/span> is one that I recommend you read in whole, and it promotes the virtues of the 80-20 rule. The rule says that 80% of the results you achieve come from 20% of your efforts. According to Edmond Lau, this “20% of work consists of [your] highest leverage activities”.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

The 80-20 rule is one that’s widely-known and referred to, particularly in business, where 80% of your sales often come from 20% of your customers. What really makes Lau’s answer unique, though, is his application of the principal to how he manages his time.<\/p>\n

Some of the more interesting high-leverage activities he engages in are:<\/p>\n