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Pareto Principle Explained
How to Use the Pareto Principle to Achieve Anything More Quickly
When I came online as an entrepreneur in 2006 I was entering a whole new world. Having worked previously as a classroom teacher and running my own real estate business as a broker and residential appraiser, I was unaware of what was required for me to succeed. When I had the Pareto Principle explained to me during those first few months it was glaringly apparent that I needed to make some shifts and changes in my thinking, attitude, and actions.
Our modern world recognizes being busy as being important. It seems the more running around you do, the more urgent tasks you have, the more respected you are. Think about it — have you ever talked about how busy you are when someone asked you how you were? Probably. We all do it.
As a college student I had a job in the luggage and camera section of a department store. The supervisor told me on the first day that I must always appear busy in order to keep the job. She thrust a clipboard into my hands and explained how to walk around the area and make notes when I wasn’t helping a customer. Her advice was to “always keep moving and look like you’re deep in thought about how to make our department perform better in sales.”
