iCoach » productivity http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com Rapid Life Coaching, Rapid Results Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:07:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The 11 Minute Rule http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/the-11-minute-rule/ http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/the-11-minute-rule/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:07:20 +0000 iCoach http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/the-11-minute-rule/ At times I would spend hour after hour, day after day, and week after week putting things off. I would make endless excuses such as not having enough time, not considering the task to be of importance, and making up other excuses that are simply too embarrassing to mention :( And yet when I finally started the task, I wondered why in the world I had put it off for so long.

Today I use the 11 Minute Rule. I tell myself that I will work on the task for ONLY 11 minutes, and then if I choose to I will stop – or NOT. It’s funny though, how 11 minutes soon turns into 30 minutes, 1 hour, and by the time I know it the task is done :)

]]> http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/the-11-minute-rule/feed/ 0 Making Sense of the Pareto Principle http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/making-sense-of-the-pareto-principle/ http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/making-sense-of-the-pareto-principle/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:41:49 +0000 iCoach http://icoach.mastermindmatrix.com/making-sense-of-the-pareto-principle/ I first came across the Pareto Principle (otherwise known as the 80/20 Rule) while studying Marketing at University. It states that 80% of “effects” come from 20% of the “causes”.

This means that 80% of the tasks I focus on will result in 20% of the outcomes I experience. Therefore in order to boost my effectiveness throughout the day I must begin focusing on the 20% of tasks that will reap me 80% of the rewards – and sleep the rest of the day ;)

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