Clinton Skakun

“The Pareto principle (also known as the 80-20 rule,[1] the law of the vital few, and the principle of factor sparsity) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.” – Wikipedia article

The Skakun Minimalist Life Diet:

Here’s the deal: The NR(New Rich) understand that less is more. The opposite of good is not bad, it’s great. The good is the enemy of the great. Give up the good to make room for the great. Here’s how you start:

• Delete the 80% of RSS subscriptions you read 20% of time.
• Fire the 80% clients who bring only 20% income and focus on the 20% who bring 80% income.
• Find the 80% of your time that returns only 20% results and focus on the 20% actions that bring the 80% results.
• Unsubscribe from the 80% of e-mail you get.
• Only use 20% of the social networks you’re signed up to.
• Forget about the 80% of projects that are draining your time.
• Go on a News diet, adopt the mentality of word-of-mouth media “if it’s important enough, I’ll hear about it in due time.” (as far as I know, no one ever died because they didn’t watch the 6′o clock news)
• Focus on the 80% of things you can control and the 20% you can’t control don’t worry about(they’re in God’s hands)
• Give away 80% of the clothes you wear 20% of the time.
• Get a big garbage can and toss away 80% of the paper that you need 20%-0% of the time and aren’t important.
• Plan to procrastinate/take the day off during the 80% of days of the week where you only get 20% work done.
• Consider displacing(aka tossing in the garbage) 80% of anything that you only use/need/see/login to/read/help you/is of any value 20% or less of the time/money/value you’re getting out of it.

“Simplicity demands ruthlessness” – Unknowen

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“Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” Anthony Robbins

How do you speed up your productivity? You ask yourself questions. It’s an amazing method of getting you back on track. In fact, it’s so important that Donald Trump says, “When you feel confused or at a loss of what do do next, ask yourself, ‘what should I be thinking about right NOW?’, this will get you back on track in a matter of seconds!”

It’s true that one of the secrets to success is Self Mastery.

Your brain is like Google! When you ask it a question it goes though millions of database entries, looking for the best possible answer. The cool thing is, the better the question you ask, the better an answer your brain is able to give. Another thing I find about asking myself questions is that it always gives an honest answer. If you ask yourself, “What am I pretending NOT to see?” you’ll automatically come up with the answer to your question.

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Asking yourself questions is a great way to keep yourself on track in day to day life. Cutting out and letting go of irrelevant stuff can help you to simplify and relaxify your life. It can help you to find more time for the things that are fun and really important to you.

So combining these two things can be very helpful. Here are three quick questions that can help you to cut irrelevant stuff out of your life.

As you use the questions more and more they tend to start to pop up almost automatically at useful points in your everyday life.

Three questions to ask yourself daily:

• Is this really important?
• What is the most important thing I should be thinking about right NOW?
• Will this matter in 5 years?

As a result you’ll have more time for fun stuff and will be able to enjoy your life more often!

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This is kind of off topic but: There’s not enough time in a single day.

Just think if there were 48 hrs in a single day. What would you do with that time? Catch up with friends, watch more TV, enjoy yourself more, put longer hours in at work. That would be great, but those extra hours probably wouldn’t help. Why not? Because most people love wasting time, no matter how much of it they have. Too much time is spent on things that don’t give us our ROI. What your spare time gives you back depends on where it’s invested. Just like money. Robert Kawasaki said in his book, “The difference between the rich and the poor is how they spend their spare time.” And it’s so true, not only with finances but everything else. Body builders spend their free time working out, authors spend their free time writing. And when you really think of it, free time isn’t really free after all.

I’m sure all of us have wished we could freeze time. Maybe because of we cant reach a goal within the given time or because everything’s just moving way too fast. It’s not a mystery where time goes. Time goes where ever you spend it. Blowing it on small things that kill quality and doing it so much that kills quantity AND then wondering “where the time has gone” is where the time goes. In a nutshell, we need to put more value on time.

“Time flies, but you’re the pilot”, as someone once said. There’s thousands of time management books, blogs and articles out there. There’s hundreds of ways to save time. But it all depends on you and what you’re willing to do to reclaim it all.

Don’t get me wrong, just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you’re wasting time. I’m just saying, put more value in the stuff.

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Just recently I read a post at the Personal Branding Blog. They had an interview of two young entrepreneurs, Mark Bao

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and Jessica Mah. I thought this was pretty cool.

These two young entrepreneurs don’t use their age as an excuse. They’ve decided to take life by the horns a go big instead of going along with the crowed. Anyone who sees this has to admire the mind set of these two outstanding teens.

People like Mark and Jessica motivate me to action. It’s a reminder that young people can do just as well as adults when it comes to the business world. Instead of finding excuses, the younger generation should recognize the advantages they have. No wife, no kids, no real debt, a fresh start to everything. Starting young is the best time as any to start a career. If you don’t think so better take note of the y-generation.

I’ve also decided to handle things differently. Instead of using school as an excuse I’ve decided to manage it. The reality of knowing that, in ten years, I could be way busier, with family, is something that gives me energy to continue on now. If I keep at it, within ten years, I can accomplish more than I ever thought possible. And that alone is worth a try.

Some of us can sit back and say, “I don’t need the money” or “I’m comfortable”. Thing is, you’re not the only one who needs you to be successful. Think of all the starving people in this world, think of your family, think of the people around you. You may not need to reach your full potential but your life and the lives of others will benefit greatly if you decide to go big. Think about it.

Mark Bao is 16-years-old and is the President and CEO of Avecore .

Jessica

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Mah

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, 18-years-old, codes for and is the co-founder of internshipIN.com

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You can also take a look at their their blogs(I’m subscribed to both): The Mark Bao Weblog, Jessica Mah Meets Word

I’d greatly appreciate it if you decided to pass this along:)

-Clinton