Productivity In 2020 — Part 3 — How To Use The 80/20 Rule To Grow Your Business
 

Links Mentioned:

* www.GetMeToDone.com
* www.Productiveinsights.com
* www.YouTube.com/ProductiveInsights
* https://productiveinsights.com/the-eisenhower-matrix/

Related Episodes:

* 175. James Clear On Atomic Habits : An Easy Way To Build Good Habits And Break Bad Ones
* 187. Productivity In 2020 — Part 1 How To Grow Your Business Effectively And Fast
* 188. Productivity In 2020 — Part 2 Systems

Ash Roy Video Transcript (This transcript has been auto-generated. Artificial Intelligence is still in the process of perfecting itself. There may be some errors in transcription):
Ash Roy:

00:01                     Welcome to the third episode in the productivity 2020 series. By the end of this episode, you will learn how to use the 80 20 rule, also known as a Pareto efficiency theory to help you to grow your business profitably and fast. I'll show you one simple way to use the 80 20 rule using just a pen and a paper and that's coming up very shortly. But before we dive into this episode, let's do a quick recap on the first two episodes in this series. In part one we talked about the Eisenhower decision matrix and why it's important to focus on quadrant two activities, the important but not necessarily urgent tasks that appear in your workflow. Why is it important to focus on these quadrant two tasks? Because focusing on these tasks while they're still in quadrant two means that you get to handle them before they get to a crisis situation.

Ash Roy:

00:56                     Also known as a quadrant one situation where they are important and urgent. You see quadrant one situations tend to be a huge drain on your resources, so it's best to deal with them while they're still in quadrant two before they are a crisis. Then in part two of the series, which you can check out here, we talked about systems and why they are a classic quadrant two activity. You know, episode 175 I spoke to James clear the author of the book atomic habits and in that conversation, James explained that he felt that habits are the compound interest of personal productivity. Well, I believe systems are the compound interest of business productivity and of helping you to grow your business fast and profitably. I explained that systems are a sequence of processes that may or may not include people and these processes when executed consistently in a particular sequence, produce a predictable outcome every time.

Ash Roy:

01:59                     Creating systems allows you to leverage your time and your resources most effectively and helps you to achieve your goal of building a business that's profitable, scalable, and that can work independently of you. How does it do this? It helps you to outsource certain tasks within your business at a...