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Greg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
Bill Marriott: Success Is Never Final—His Life and the Decisions That Built a Hotel Empire: Success Is Never Final--His Life and the Decisions That Built a Hotel Empire
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Many factors play a role in bringing these goals into harmony, but one has a preeminent position: the ratio of junior, middle-level, and senior staff in the firm’s organization, referred to here as the firm’s leverage.
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
80/20 Principle in my hit parade. 1 Strategy 2 Quality 3 Cost reduction and service improvement 4 Marketing 5 Selling 6 Information technology 7 Decision making and analysis 8 Inventory management 9 Project management 10 Negotiation
Richard Koch • The 80/20 Principle
On the other hand, an improvement in competitiveness in the firm’s core businesses will have a much higher return on investment since the firm can capitalize on it by applying it to a larger volume of business.
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
Simplify Your Focus
Jeffrey Rice • Your Future ADHD Self: An ADHD-Friendly Guide to Planning and Goal Setting
Projects obey the law of organizational complexity. The greater the number of a project’s aims, the effort to accomplish the project satisfactorily increases, not in proportion, but geometrically. Eighty percent of the value of any project will come from 20 percent of its activities, and the other 80 percent will arise because of needless complexit
... See moreRichard Koch • The 80/20 Principle
Remember that there are typically many paths to achieving your goals.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
model all of the great masters of history and strip away all the layers of complexity from your days. Simplify. Streamline everything. Become a purist. Less really is more. Concentrate on just a few work projects so you make them amazing versus diluting your attention on too many.