Hey, what's up I am Muchelle B. I really love videos
where I can deep dive into like specific topics, so in this video
I'm deep diving into the 80/20 principle because it's something
I'm really excited about, really interested in, and I feel like anyone who has a bit of an analytical side that wants to improve,
simplify, just make their life better in general would appreciate it. Alright. Let's go. I'm pumped. First of all
What is the 80/20 rule? So, the 80/20 rule essentially...
20% of the activities and things that you do in your life bring 80% of your happiness
20% of the things that you buy bring 80% of the convenience or happiness or ease in your life the ratio of
80/20 it really just sounds nice. It's not always that specific
It could be a 70/30 split - it could even be a 99/1 split, like 99 percent of your results come from
1% of your efforts. So the 80/20 rule is essentially about working out the 20% of your life
that's the most productive, the happiest, the most energetic, and then doing more of that
It's also about figuring out the like crappy 80% then avoiding or reducing that 80%. So now for the fun stuff,
this is how you can actually use the 80/20 principle in your life. Firstly, you can 80/20 your relationships.
Have a good close look at all the relationships in your life. Your partner is probably the most important person to look at and
next you're close friends that you spend the most time with. Have you chosen the right people? Which people are in the 20%
that bring you the most happiness and the most joy of all the people that you know? Who isn't doing anything for you, is making
your life actually worse, and sits in that 80%. The second thing that you can look at is their productivity.
So maybe you're working on building a blog - I have used this example before, but it's just such a good one.
There are so many things that you could do to be building your blog, to be growing your audience. You could be working on it
24/7 by rights. Or you go ahead pick the top two things that are the most
effective at growing your blog
and you could stick to doing those consistently and well. James Clear, who is a huge blogger - I'll link his blog in the description -
he ditched almost all other promotion efforts and focused solely on getting big sites like
Lifehacker to repost his content and link back to his side. He could have promoted all of this stuff over Facebook, tried
really, you know, crazy Pinterest images, made Youtube videos to accompany his blog,
but rather than focusing on doing everything he liked, honed his efforts in on the
20% that brought him the best results and did that consistently and well. A third thing that you can 80/20 is your happiness,
so have a look at your life, have a think about when you are at like, your peak of happiness.
When do you feel the most joy? Like, when are you the most at peace with yourself? Figure out the 20% of activities and things that
you do that bring you the most happiness. Another thing that you can apply the 80/20 rule to is your money and your spending habits.
Basically, to 80/20 your money, it's looking at where your money goes currently. Figure out
what purchases in amongst
all of those have had the biggest contribution, that you've used the most, that have like, made you the happiest. And to figure out
what purchases had done the opposite. Then, start to focus almost 20% of purchases that make you a better person and buy items that actually fill
your happiness buckets,
don't take away from them. The next thing that you can 80/20 that I have 80/20'd without really knowing it is my possessions.
You probably wear 20% of your clothes 80% of the time. Probably wear 20% of your shoes
80% of the time. You probably wear 20% of your accessories
80% of the time. Work out what the 20% is. What is this stuff that
you always go back to you, that you love, that spark joy, and figure out how you can 80/20 your possessions.
So you can follow my Simplify your Life challenge - link in the description. The next thing that you can apply the 80/20 principle to
is reading books. A lot of the time 20% of a book's contents provides 80% of the value - the core,
important messages. If you're someone that follows my channel
there's probably a whole bunch of books that you want to read. Is there a way that you can
80/20 your reading so that you can read them and digest them faster? And lastly your distractions.
What are the 20% of distractions that cause 80% of your disrupted time. How can you eliminate, avoid, or decrease them. Maybe
Facebook is the biggest time sucker in your life, or maybe it's Instagram. Could you turn your phone off?
Can you set up a social media blocker?
How can you 80/20 your distractions,? So when it comes to the 80/20 rule
I think that if you applied it in like absolutely every area of your life
you could pretty easily make yourself unhappier. For example,
if I wanted to read a fiction book using the 80/20 rule I could, by rights.
But I really wouldn't enjoy that at all
I love reading fiction books, and I like reading them slowly and fully.
But if you choose the areas that you want to apply the 80/20 rule to with thought and with intention a hundred and ten percent,
it could be life-changing. I'll leave a link to the 80/20 book by Richard Kosh in the description below
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Do you think that the 80/20 rule is a viable thing that you could apply to your life? If you haven't already,
subscribe to my channel, follow me on Instagram. All the things, all the links are in the description down below.
I appreciate you guys so much, and I will see you soon.