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Today, this approach to information flows and business processes is sometimes called “reengineering” or “business-process transformation.” Whatever it is called, the underlying principle is that improvements come from reexamining the details of how work is done, not just from cost controls or incentives.

The Top 10 business applications of the 80/20 Principle

figuring out what people valued most, tripling down on it, and ruthlessly eliminating everything else.

You will accomplish more with a singular focus than by ricocheting through your inbox.

to really get essential things done we need to start small and build momentum.

This is the third aspect of how social habits drive movements: For an idea to grow beyond a community, it must become self-propelling. And the surest way to achieve that is to give people new habits that help them figure out where to go on their own.

Everything is up against everything else all the time.

By focusing on one pattern—what is known as a “keystone habit”—Lisa had taught herself how to reprogram the other routines in her life, as well.