Thursday, April 13, 2006
Insights Into Life
As we go about out daily activities we often get insight into life. We recognize things that were obvious but we never noticed or paid attention to. I keep getting these little insights as I write my blogs each day. How about the Pareto Principle? That is the 80/20 rule that says 80 percent of the benefit comes from 20 percent of the activity.
This is really something to start thinking seriously about. That also means that 80% of the time is NOT spent on the best activities. What are we doing each day that gives us the most benefit? Do you ever think about dropping some activities because the are not moving you forward.
Activities can be be anything you are involved in including family activities. Is 80% of your family time in front of the TV? Do you see where this applies to anything you are doing. I sure do. It is probably why I am not farther ahead in my online enterprises than I am. I spend 80% of my time doing things that are not in the major areas I need to concentrate on.
80% or more of my income currently comes from Ebay. What does that tell you? What does that tell ME? Maybe I need to get really serious with Ebay, spend 20% of my time on internet marketing and make a living where my expertise is. Then as time goes by watch as the IM income increases.
My goal is to use only IM for generating income. However, realistically speaking, this should not be the area where 80% of my time is spent now.
So, when I spend too much time reading IM books or spend too much time in forums, I am being counter productive. Maybe if you just upped an quit your job to make a living on line it would be similar to me if I only concentrated on IM to the exclusion of Ebay, where almost all of my money comes from.
Looking a things more carefully can tell you a lot about the activities you are involved in. Evaluate, plan and take actions on those plans and you can enhance the quality of your life today and it will extend into the years ahead.
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