I’m sure most people are familiar with Pareto’s principle, developed by an Italian economist and most commonly known as the 80/20 Rule. While Pareto originally used the rule noticing that 80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the population, the rule has applications in almost every area of life. There are many ways […]
Seven Ways to Live a More Balanced Life
I believe life balance doesn’t come so much from how you work, but how you rest. Unless you are working 80 hour workweeks in a toxic environment, the answer to the level of balance you have between life and work isn’t going to come from how you spend time in the office but what you […]
What Are Your Goals?
I enjoy receiving reader comments, either through the comment form at the bottom of my posts or through e-mail. Occasionally I’ll get an e-mail from someone asking for advice in solving a problem or for more resources of information. I’ve found these little glimpses to be helpful in knowing where to take the content of […]
Friday Links 07-06-01
From the Web Thinking Errors – A good look at the psychological errors in reasoning. These biases seem to plague our thinking but can’t be controlled. Here’s two: Conjunction Fallacy – The probability of two events happening simultaneously must be lower than each one happening on it’s own. For example, if I asked you the […]
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