I Say Pareto, You Say Pareto …
Fine in principle. What about practice?
Have you heard of the Pareto Principle (also called the 80-20 rule)?
It says that for many things, 80% of the results come from 20% of the causes.
In business, this means 80% of your revenue comes from 20% of your clients.
I’ve found this principle extremely useful.
But does it work for [...]
Dark Days
Lightning seems to be striking everywhere. Twice.
Today I was going to ask if cheques were redundant.
But given what’s happening in Christchurch, this seems callously frivolous.
I kept babbling through the recent floods, fires and cyclones.
Why stop now?
Good question.
Maybe it’s the sheer accumulation of tragedies.
Or the variety.
Or the fact they’re happening all round us.
Maybe it’s the [...]
Go the guts
Do you feel and follow your instincts?
It’s cold, dark and raining. You’re tired, hungry and far from home.
A car pulls up: bright, inviting. The clean-cut driver smiles.
He offers a lift – just into town. Nora Jones croons.
It looks safe, but something in you goes click.
‘No, thank you.’
Long road
Having endured the GFC, we may be tempted [...]
