Comments on: Pareto’s Law, The 80/20 Rule (and My Progress in New Year’s Goals) https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:01:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: In which I Share a Very Brave Decision (and Report Progress on New Year’s Goals) | Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/#comment-19082 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:15:03 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41324#comment-19082 […] I looked at Pareto’s Principle or the 80/20 rule as a tool for simplifying one’s work and […]

]]> By: God thwarts prideful independence (but blesses leaning) | Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/#comment-19081 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:11:50 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41324#comment-19081 […] The 80/20 rule applies in the blogosphere. My husband, the mathematician did a quick analysis of my list of leading bloggers and, sure enough, the top 20 in the list had 69% of the readers. Visibility brings a readership. […]

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/#comment-19080 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:40:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41324#comment-19080 In reply to Angela Pool Funai.

Have you heard of Flylady.net who has a nice system of getting your house back into order.
I love ” 401 ways to train your children to work at home” a chore system to get those boys to help out!

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/#comment-19079 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:37:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41324#comment-19079 In reply to Debra Seiling.

Yeah, it’s true, isn’t it? Thanks for visiting Debbie!

]]> By: Debra Seiling https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/#comment-19078 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:50:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41324#comment-19078 Dear Anita, I especially liked, “For a writer, 80% of your happiness and output will come from 20% of your time at your desk. (For 80 % of your laptop time, you may well be fooling around on Twitter, Facebook, email, Amazon, stats and research). True again!” Food for thought to other writers and bloggers, as well. Thanks! Debra Seiling http://bible-passages.blogspot.com  and  http://christian-overeaters.blogspot.com 

]]> By: Angela Pool Funai https://anitamathias.com/2013/01/07/paretos-law-the-8020-rule-and-my-progress-in-new-years-goals/#comment-19077 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:49:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=41324#comment-19077 Great tips, Anita! I especially related to the housekeeping part. With five boys at home, it quickly becomes overwhelming. Instead of trying the impossible (ie, clean everything!), I will try to focus on key rooms, and even spaces within rooms.

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