Episode Summary
We all know the 80/20 rule—a small percentage of your actions create most of your success. But have you ever stopped to ask: What if a small percentage of your actions are actually causing most of your stress, setbacks, and frustration?
In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of productivity—the 20% of your activities, habits, and relationships that might be holding you back. You’ll learn how to spot these high-cost negatives, eliminate them, and free up more time and energy for the things that actually move you forward.
Get 40% off Magic Mind. Go to https://magicmind.com/anthony40
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule—but what if 20% of your actions are sabotaging the other 80%? While we focus on maximizing positive results, we often ignore the hidden forces draining our energy, time, and motivation.
In this episode, I break down:
How a small number of decisions, habits, and relationships create outsized stress and setbacks.
The warning signs that an activity or person is part of your “negative 20%.”
How to cut the noise and take back control of your time, energy, and productivity.
If you’ve ever felt busy but stuck, this episode is for you.
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Episode Summary
We all know the 80/20 rule—a small percentage of your actions create most of your success. But have you ever stopped to ask: What if a small percentage of your actions are actually causing most of your stress, setbacks, and frustration?
In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of productivity—the 20% of your activities, habits, and relationships that might be holding you back. You’ll learn how to spot these high-cost negatives, eliminate them, and free up more time and energy for the things that actually move you forward.
Get 40% off Magic Mind. Go to https://magicmind.com/anthony40
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule—but what if 20% of your actions are sabotaging the other 80%? While we focus on maximizing positive results, we often ignore the hidden forces draining our energy, time, and motivation.
In this episode, I break down:
How a small number of decisions, habits, and relationships create outsized stress and setbacks.
The warning signs that an activity or person is part of your “negative 20%.”
How to cut the noise and take back control of your time, energy, and productivity.
If you’ve ever felt busy but stuck, this episode is for you.
Ep-014: Force concentration, picking your battles, and how to win a battle against a bigger, more powerful enemy.
80/20 Productivity
42 minutes 36 seconds
2 years ago
Ep-014: Force concentration, picking your battles, and how to win a battle against a bigger, more powerful enemy.
Episode Summary
If you are like me, you also have limited resources at your disposal. But often it feels like you are trying to achieve more than you have resources to assign—perhaps against difficult odds.
Force concentration is one of the most central concepts in an 80/20 approach to life, work and doing more by doing less. It is a strategy that armies, naval fleets and even camera companies have used to win impossible battles against bigger, stronger enemies and competitors.
In this episode, I unpack the strategy of force concentration and how we can use it in our personal lives.
Some of the main points—The Vital Few (TVF) Timestamps:
The impossible campaign—25 soldiers Vs 100 soldiers
Origins of Force Concentration and applying Lanchester’s Laws (02:20)
Force Concentration in business—How Canon beat Xerox at their own game (and what we can learn from it) (14:20)
The 300 Rule—Lessons from Leonidas and Spartans (15:42)
How force concentration puts a twist in the 80/20 story (21:45)
Applying force concentration the 80/20 way to your life (24:38)
OTAT—One thing at a time and the power of quick wins (25:35)
Innovate and Improve along the way (31:05)
Leave the big boss for last (34:39)
You and what army? (38:50)
TLDL and wrap up (39:49)
Notes and References
Lanchester’s Laws:
https://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/sjmiller/public_html/105Sp11/handouts/Lanchester_MathWarfare.pdf
Lanchester F.W., Mathematics in Warfare in The World of Mathematics, Vol. 4 (1956) Ed. Newman, J.R., Simon and Schuster, 2138–2157; anthologised from Aircraft in Warfare (1916) )
Force Concentration in The Battle of Trafalgar: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Trafalgar-European-history
The New Lanchester Strategy in Business: New Lanchester Strategy: Sales and Marketing Strategy for the Weak by Shinichi Yano https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/1573210048/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i2
Canon Lanchester Strategy: https://customerthink.com/how_canon_used_the_new_lanchester_strategy_to_defeat_xerox/
Anthony’s Book: The Law of The Vital Few https://anthonysanni.com/the-vital-few-book
80/20 Productivity
Episode Summary
We all know the 80/20 rule—a small percentage of your actions create most of your success. But have you ever stopped to ask: What if a small percentage of your actions are actually causing most of your stress, setbacks, and frustration?
In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of productivity—the 20% of your activities, habits, and relationships that might be holding you back. You’ll learn how to spot these high-cost negatives, eliminate them, and free up more time and energy for the things that actually move you forward.
Get 40% off Magic Mind. Go to https://magicmind.com/anthony40
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule—but what if 20% of your actions are sabotaging the other 80%? While we focus on maximizing positive results, we often ignore the hidden forces draining our energy, time, and motivation.
In this episode, I break down:
How a small number of decisions, habits, and relationships create outsized stress and setbacks.
The warning signs that an activity or person is part of your “negative 20%.”
How to cut the noise and take back control of your time, energy, and productivity.
If you’ve ever felt busy but stuck, this episode is for you.
