The 8020 Way to the simple, good life

The 80/20 Way to the simple, good life

Step 1: Focus on your 80/20 destination

Step 2: Find the 80/20 route

The challenge is to find something that is both better and simpler, offering more with less. To simplify, eliminate the things in your life that cause worry or unnecessary aggravation, and give very little benefit relative to the energy or time you expend on them. Eliminate the worry of too much choice or too many ambitions ” it s just as possible to be overfocused as underfocused on goals and destinations.

Avoid your snake pits

The 50/5 Way: Getting rid of things that don t matter

Having rid ourselves of negative things, let s dump the many things in life that absorb our energy but give almost nothing back.

The 80/20 Way has a close companion ” the 50/5 Way. 50 percent of what we do usually leads to a trivial amount (5 percent) of happiness and results.

Figure 17: The 50/5 Way

Step 3: Take 80/20 action

When these steps are completed, take another three steps until you reach la dolce vita , a life that challenges and stretches you in the way you want, free from worry and the tyranny of more with more. When we realize that less is more and focus on the few things that matter, it s always possible to find more with less ” a professional and personal life that is simple, refreshing, and constructed around what each of us loves doing.