There’s a rule I learned in my operations management classes that apply in real life. It’s called the 80/20 Rule. The rule goes to say that 20 percent of your activities likely create 80 percent of the significant achievements.

Take a step back and ponder on all the big stuff that happened to you. Did you notice that some small tweak in your plans often drove it to amazing completion? Or how one small decision brought about earthshaking rewards?

Here’s how to use the rule to save more time and maximize your life’s bottomline:

• Make it a habit of jotting down your top daily priorities. If you find yourself stuck in nonessentials, get back on track!
• Learn to procrastinate on procrastination.
• Cease focusing on your inadequacies- just do what you do best.
• Halt trying to be perfect- you gain more by spending time on a few relaxing and self-indulgent activities (like having a sauna or extra sleep). This revitalizes you to achieve more.
• Forget about worrying… have more fun!
• Live in the present. The future will take care of itself.
• Learn to trust in what you’ve done. Second guessing slows you down.
• Have faith in your intuition- it’s your lifeline to wondrous things beyond your logical mind. This often leads to “eureka moments”

Have you been maximizing your life’s bottomline?