3 Productivity Hacks To Work Smarter Than 99% Of People

The "80/20 principle" for founders

Traction: 80% distribution, 20% product

Growth: 80% retention, 20% acquisition

Revenue: 80% existing customers, 20% new leads

Pricing experiments: 80% positioning tweaks, 20% actual price changes

Brand building: 80% customer experience, 20% logo design

Sales: 80% listening, 20% pitching

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If you get 10% more done and 1% better every day compared to someone else, the compounded difference is massive.

I’d rather have 1 percent of 100 peoples’ income than 100 percent of my own. If you’ve ever thought you’ll succeed if you just work a little harder, put in some extra time, or just do more of what you’re doing right now, then it’s time you lifted your head and took a look around you. Millions of people work hard, but they’re not really getting anyw

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• Working differently is usually more productive than working harder.

“How to 80/20 your work:

(1) Make a list of the 10 things you spend the most time on.

(2) Circle the two that truly drive your results. Do more of those.

(3) Look at the others. Eliminate ruthlessly. Automate or outsource what you can. Press pause on the rest.

(4) Repeat.”