Quotes About Optimization

80% of the consequences flow from 20% of the causes

The minimum effective dose (MED) is defined simply: the smallest dose that will produce a desired outcome.

My original intention with The 4-Hour Workweek (4HWW), The 4-Hour Body (4HB), and The 4-Hour Chef (4HC) was to create a trilogy themed after Ben Franklin's famous quote: "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." People constantly ask me, "What would you put in The 4-Hour Workweek if you were to write it again? How would you update it?" Ditto for 4HB and 4HC. Tools of Titans contains most of the answers for all three.

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? 2. Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

self-correcting business architecture

Por suerte, multiplicar los resultados por diez no siempre requiere un esfuerzo diez veces mayor. Los cambios grandes pueden llegar en paquetes pequeños.

What 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? What 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcome and happiness?

NR: To prevent work for work's sake, and to do the minimum necessary for maximum effect ("minimum effective load").

Nuestro objetivo no es crear un negocio lo más grande posible, sino un negocio que nos moleste lo menos posible.

No te esfuerces por corregir tus debilidades; potencia tus fortalezas.

emprendedor en el sentido más puro del término, tal como fue acuñado en 1800 por el economista francés J. B. Say: alguien que traslada recursos económicos desde un ámbito donde producen menos a otro donde rindan más.

Timothy Ferriss

There are two synergistic approaches for increasing productivity that are inversions of each other: 1. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time (80/20). 2. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's Law).

Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss

Timothy Ferriss

determining which 20% of activities/tasks produce 80% of the results you want),

1. Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? 2. Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

What is the 20% of my belongings that I use 80% of the time? Eliminate the other 80% in clothing, magazines, books, and all else. Be ruthless—you can always repurchase things you can't live without.

learned here. First, per-hour cost is not the ultimate determinant of cost. Look at per-task cost.

crear un vehículo automatizado de generación de dinero sin que nos lleve tiempo. Eso es todo.

Do not work harder when the solution is working smarter. I

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