EfficiencyEffectiveness

Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode

of the universe.

• Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals.

• Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not ) in the most economical manner possible.

Being Effective V/s being Efficient

What you do is infinitely more important than how you do it !

• Doing something unimportant well does not make it important !

• Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important !

Being Effective V/s being Efficient

Being overwhelmed is often as unproductive as doing nothing !Focus on the important few and

ignore the rest.

• Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness?

• Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and excitement?

Pareto 80/20

• If I had a heart attack and had to work only two hours per day, what would I do?

• If I had a second heart attack and had to work only two hours per week, what would I do?

• What are the top three activities that I use to fill my time with to feel as if I’ve been productive?

• Who are the 20% of the people who produce 80% of my enjoyment and propel me forward, and which 20% cause 80% of my depression, anger and preoccupations?

Pareto 80/20

We spend too much time with those who poison us with pessimism, sloth and low

expectations of themselves and the world.It is often the case that you have to fire certain friends or retire from particular social circles to have the life you want.

This is not being mean; it is being practical !

Poisonous people do not deserve your time.

To think otherwise is masochistic.

“Dedication” is often just meaningless work in disguise !

• A task will swell in (perceived) importance & complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.

• The end product of a shorter deadline is almost inevitable of equal or higher quality due to greater focus

Illusion of dedication & Parkinson’s Law

The Killer Combination

Limit tasks to the important

to shorten work time

Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important

The Killer Combination

Identify the few critical tasks that contribute most to

goals achievement and schedule them with very

short and clear deadlines

If you don’t do this in Life,

The unimportant becomes important