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Efficient or Effective?
Many people fail to make the best use of their time because they
fail to see the difference between being efficient and being
effective.
Efficiency is doing things by the book. It may be the way to do a
job in the least amount of time. Because of this, efficient people
pride themselves on being good time managers. However, they
are often slaves to routines and may be blind to the fact that the
job may not need to be done at all.
Effectiveness means taking a wider view of things than the
blinkered approach of efficiency. It means taking time to think
through goals and purposes and creating choices not just
following rules. Effective working is smart work, not necessarily
hard work.
The Pareto Principle
When you need to decide, "what is the best use of my time right
now?", one answer lies in the Pareto Principle. Vilfredo Pareto
was an Italian economist who, in 1906, discovered that 20% of
the people in his homeland controlled 80% of the country's
wealth.
So, in the Pareto time management principle,
• 20% of your tasks (ie your top tasks) should require 80% of
your time
• 80% of your results should come from 20% of your actions
• 80% of your time should be spent with 20% of the people you
know.

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