The following extract from Victoria Lynn Schmidt's blog, Characters Journey makes a lot of sense to me. But does make me wonder if this blog is attributing to the 20% or the 80%.
Note: Victoria calls it the Pareter Principle but it's actually the Pareto Principle named after the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who in 1906 observed that 80% of property in Italy was owned by just 20% of the Italian population. It was later generalised and given the more catchier name of The 80-20 rule.
Characters Journey: "Ever heard of the Pareter Principle? It explains how successful results come from 20% of your hard work and the other 80% is just wasted effort. In business this is a well known principle and has been proven true time and time again. As writers I think we can all relate to this principle whether it's wasting time on chores that don't really need to get done or wasting 80% on starting numerous writing projects without getting any of them completed. Boy if we could just foucs on that 20% all the time how wonderful that would be!
The question is - 'How do you know what the 20% is that will get you results without having to waste the other 80% to get there?'
Calm your mind. Pure and simple. When you are calm you develop 20/20 vision and can see which actions will give you that 20%.You can calm your mind before you decide what needs to be done in a day, or which projects to work on, with meditation, deep breathing, soft music or any number of calming activities you enjoy. In one sense Julia Cameron's daily pages serves to accomplish this task, I know many of you love to write daily pages and swear by them.
Just a thought. Being more productive with your time will help you get those projects completed."
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