Unlock Success with the 80/20 Rule: Focus on What Truly Matters! 🚀

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Apologies that this email is coming out to you a little later than usual.

As I mentioned last week I have had a lot of in-person networking and training events that I have been attending.

I’ve had a great week, and met lots of really interesting people, however one of the down sides of being away from my desk is not being able to get things like this newsletter written!

In today’s email:

• Only read 20% of this email: Apply to your business and your life and see changes happen.

• Making it work for you: Put the Pareto Principle into practice

Only read 20% of this email

Take a fresh look at exactly what you’re spending your time and effort on. It’s something I review on a regular basis; 

Remember Ben Hunt-Davies (Olympic Gold medallist) and his famous mantra, “Will what I’m doing right now, this minute, make the boat go faster?” 

Translated into your business, the 80:20 rule says that: 

•    80% of sales come from 20% of your customers, 
•    80% of the profit comes from 20% of your products, 
•    80% of responses come from 20% of your marketing 
•    80% of the issues come from 20% of your customers 

When was the last time you looked hard at how you spend your day and asked yourself: “Am I spending 80% of my time doing the 20% of things that will make the biggest difference - and if not, how can I get there? 

Because, believe me, it’s much smarter to identify these things and to focus on them than it is to try and hammer away at everything (which, incidentally, is what most people do and most people, are not super-successful.) 

Try and do everything and, no matter how hard you work, you’ll never get the same rewards or achieve super-success. 

Take a look at what you’ve spent your time on over the past few days. If that’s too hard, then keep a log of what you do, every 10 minutes, today. It can be truly enlightening. 

Once you recognise that 80% of your outcomes come from 20% of you inputs it’s liberating.  And the impact of identifying the key 20% of activities that can really drive your business forward and then forcing yourself to focus on them has a game-changing impact on your results. 

I’m not saying it’s easy – nothing worthwhile ever is – but it doesn’t half make a difference to every aspect of your life. 

Go on. Have a think.   

Identify your 20% and then ruthlessly allot B-I-G chunks of time to those activities.

…and it’s what you should do as well. 

What’s stopping you? 

Have a great week,

Will it work for you? The 80/20 Principle

My steps for success

• Identify the 20%: Identify the 20% of tasks or activities that will produce 80% of the desired outcomes. 

• Focus on the important tasks: Focus on the tasks that have the most impact and spend more time on them. 

• Eliminate inefficiencies: Highlight and eliminate inefficiencies. 

• Use your strengths: Highlight your strengths and use them to create more value. 

• Start your day with important tasks: Start your day with the important tasks so you have the willpower to do them. Eat that Frog!

• Use active learning: Use active learning methods like summarising, teaching others, and solving problems. 

• Evaluate and re-strategise: After a test or exam, review your performance and adjust your approach if needed. 

As always implementation is the key to success. The aim of these sessions is to get you taking ACTION.

If you don’t already know me, my name is Emma Lovelock, I run an award-winning Pilates Studio in Hertfordshire, UK and I am on a mission to help other business owners in the wellness/fitness industry become more knowledgable in running a business and to give the tools and systems to make them more money, with less stress and save them time.

P.S. Whenever you’re ready, there’s four ways I can help:

• Join my monthly accountability call and see your productivity go through the roof. Register your interest here.

• If you want to know the 6 secret steps that every studio owner/fitness professional should know but probably doesn’t Watch this Free webinar .

• Monthly Coaching : Need some accountability in your business? Having a business coach is the best way to make sure you take REGULAR action Click here to find out more about my mentoring and coaching packages.

• Not sure what you should be doing to have a successful wellness business?Need some guidance? Book a 121 call and we can see how I can help.

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