The 80/20 Rule states that you get 80 percent of the value out of something from 20 percent of the information or effort. (It's also true that you're likely to exert 80 percent of your effort getting the final 20 percent of value.) Understanding this rule saves you from getting bogged down in unnecessary detail once you've gotten most of the learning you need to make a good decision.
#principleoftheday
Key to winning:
Choose to be positive and grateful. Then, just keep at it. Time is the great compounder and will do the rest.
So many people just don’t have the discipline to stay positive and grateful. Then time compounds the bitterness instead.
As Carl Jung put it, "Man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health." Yet most people instinctually avoid pain. This is true whether we are talking about building the body (e.g., weight lifting) or the mind (e.g., frustration, mental struggle, embarrassment, shame)--and especially true when people confront the harsh reality of their own imperfections. #principleoftheday
If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, it would be this: Your capacity to learn is far greater than your current knowledge.
Many people let the need to be "smart" get in the way of open-mindedness. But if you can view life as an adventure and approach disagreement with curiosity instead of anger, you'll find yourself evolving to higher and higher levels.
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High love and high structure.
I grew up in a home that was high structure but low love. My father's rules were absolute, enforced by the threat of conflict, but there wasn't warmth underneath. When I started building teams, I instinctively swung the other way: high love, low structure. I wanted everyone to feel supported. I avoided setting hard expectations because I didn't want to be my dad. It didn't work. People didn't know where they stood. Standards were fuzzy. The team drifted. What I eventually learned is that the optimal isn't one or the other — it's both. Genuine care for people combined with clear expectations and real accountability. Most people need structure to thrive. They want to know what's expected, how they're doing, and where the boundaries are. That's not mean. That's respectful. High love without high structure is actually a form of neglect.