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Living the 80/20 Way, New Edition: Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More Paperback – April 15, 2014

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"The 80/20 principle is the cornerstone of results-based living. Read this book and use it."—Timothy Ferriss, New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek

80 percent of what we want is generated by just 20 percent of what we do. In this highly practical book, bestselling author Richard Koch shows how to identify and focus on our most personally productive 20 percent, and jettison the unproductive 80 percent - work less, worry less, succeed more, enjoy more.

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April 15, 2014
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1857886186
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'The 80/20 principle is the cornerstone of results-based living. Read this book and use it.' —Timothy Ferriss, New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek

'Koch has sold more than a million copies of his book The 80/20 Principle. He has written 19 other books, including his latest, Living the 80/20 Way. He oversees 10 current investments, including fantasy sports business Fanduel, hair removal products firm iPulse and German car sales website WKDA. All this has built Koch a $250 million fortune.' — Forbes

'The trick is to apply 'less is more' and 'more with less' to ourselves, our work and our relationships. This volume does not urge the reader to do more - measuring, managing, talking or whatever - but to do less in total by doing things differently.' —Independent on Sunday

'Full of helpful techniques and observations. If you are looking to kick-start the New Year, this is a great place to start. Highly recommended!' —Hot Brands, Cool Places

'Intensely practical. This book is for anyone interested in succeeding personally as well as professionally.' —Professional Manager

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Richard Koch is a highly successful author, investor and entrepreneur. A former partner at consulting firm Bain & Co., and co-founder of The LEK Partnership, Richard "retired" at age 40, going on to make large returns from businesses as diverse as Betfair and Plymouth Gin. He now lives the 80/20 way between Gibraltar, Spain, Portugal and South Africa.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nicholas Brealey Publishing; Illustrated edition (April 15, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1857886186
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1857886184
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8 inches

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Richard Koch is the author of The 80/20 Principle, which has sold more than a million copies, and been published in approximately forty languages. He is also a successful entrepreneur and investor whose ventures have included Filofax, Plymouth Gin, Belgo restaurants and Betfair, the world’s largest betting exchange. He was formerly a partner of Bain & Company, and co-founder of LEK Consulting. He has written more than twenty acclaimed books on business and ideas.

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Mike Young

This is an excellent book on productivity

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2012

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This book will help you boost your productivity while getting you what you want in life. The author hits the nail on the head. If you do not have a white collar business background, I highly recommend reading this book.

Please note that this is substantively a re-write of Koch's The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less book targeted for individuals to use to improve their lives. If you've read The 80/20 Principle, this book may seem to be a "dumbed down" way of saying the same things.

However, people learn in different ways. I've given out copies of both books and invariably found that more people "got it" when reading Living the 80/20 Way than reading The 80/20 Principle. If you come from a white collar business background, you may prefer the latter. In contrast, Living the 80/20 Way is written for the masses.

What about Koch's The 80/20 Individual: How to Build on the 20% of What You do Best ? To me, it seemed to be misnamed. The book was a dry read that appeared to be targeted at corporate managers who like to play buzzword bingo by adding 80/20 to their lexicon of synergy, leadership, paradigm shift, outside-the-box, Six Sigma etc. In other words, the type of book some B school professor might assign to the future pointy-haired bosses (hat tip to Dilbert) of the world.

In sum, if you have a white collar business background, get The 80/20 Principle. If not, Living the 80/20 Way is the better choice. Skip The 80/20 Individual.

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Holly

Stressed and too busy--read this book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015

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It's the 80/20 rule we all know applied to your life. You could probably figure it out for yourself but the book puts it together in a concise way. It provides insight and permission to stop doing things, let go of things and simplify. If you're too busy, too rushed, too cluttered, too...everything. This is a good place to start.

You have to be ready to hear the messages and make the changes. But if you are ready to get rid of the drama, the stress, this book provides insights into how to get your life under control.

9 people found this helpful

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Usefull, but sometimes too verbose

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2006

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This book is about applying Paretto's 80/20 in our life (love, work, etc..)

I would separate the book into two parts:

the first part is quite boring and too philosophically written (though, the whole book is very easy to read). The author is repetitive, sometimes too abstract. Some statements are really fun and ironically saying mind-blowing, like: "if you are poor, money can make you happy". The whole book is full of such an unnecessary, useless statements.

The second part is, where the things are happening. The author forces the reader to think, how could she apply the 80/20 in life. There are lot of quizes, summaries, tables to fill and questions to answer. For example the author forces you to rethink, who are you, what do you want from life, and how to achieve it. IN A FUN WAY!. This type of self-discovery has tredemous value for the reader.

the funny thing is, that the 80/20 is explained in an undirect way (by showing examples of applicability). There are no hard to understand theories, statistics, etc...

Recommended

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eva b

Taking charge

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2015

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So helpful, in changing my approach. Making a choice between what is essential and what is not has helped me to "clear the clutter" in my life - I no longer have a to-do list. I avoid "loose ends" I make a distinction between what I should do, and what I choose to do. Life has become simplified. I highly recommend this book to anyone who feels "over-loaded, over-worked, and not "in charge".

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Boat Bloke

Very much like "The 80/20 Principle", good info and an easy read

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2016

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This is a good book, though I like "The 80/20 Principle" better. It might just be there was enough overlap, and I had recently listened to the other title, which made me feel like there wasn't much new content to be learned. Overall though this author is great, writes in a simple and easy way, and shares some great ideas and techniques for ridding life of clutter and focusing on the few things that bring the most meaning and purpose.

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Amanda

Is that comic sans?

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2013

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The book says: Quit spending time doing unimportant things. (And what's important is up to each person.) And then brag about yourself. (Really, Koch, get over yourself.)

I think this book would be useful to anyone who hasn't been introduced to simple living, but if you've read anything on simple living, I think this might be too repetitive. (And the book itself is rather repetitive.)

Also, the physical layout of the book was so distracting to me that it made it hard to read! Some pages feature three or four fonts on a page, and I'm pretty sure that's comic sans popping up. Comic sans? Really? I actually checked to see if this was a real publishing company or a vanity- or self-publisher. The images and charts are also poorly printed, ending up very blurry.

Perhaps the publisher should invest in an editor. I know that the font issues, use of a font preferred by five-year olds, and blurry charts have turned me off of any other books by the same author and publisher. But perhaps they think it's unimportant. If so, Mr Koch would be proud.

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Brygida

Very interesting book

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2018

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This is another book about 80/20 rule I have read and I want to say it belongs to these better ones. Simple language and simple ideas that we may put into our life easily. I recommend it strongly especially for people who want to change their life into easier or more productive way, but staying sane.

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Ingo Leung

Highly Pragmatic

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2007

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I previously applied '80/20 principle' at work while formulating some product marketing strategy, but never thought of applying it to my personal life; Koch's 'Living the 80/20 Way' offered me a surprisingly pragmatic guide to do so. The book is a quick read, & packed with insights, exercises & examples. It's mind provoking & made me think about how I should re-configure my life. I look forward to continuously applying the principle to my life & achieve 'more with less'.

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Robert

New age waffle. Nothing useful here.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2018

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I was hoping for some insight into how the author optimised living. Sadly no such information.

A lot of purported examples of where the 80:20 rule supposedly applies.

A lot of “inspirational” cases missing any useful information. For example- Einstein was allegedly expelled from school and got a lowly job which is why he became a great scientist. Firstly untrue, secondly misses out relevant details like Einstein teaching himself calculus at age 12. So no information about how & why Einstein became a great scientist, and no obvious connection to the 80:20 rule.

The author is promising something for nothing, which probably explains the books popularity. Unless explained how to do this (e. g. 4 hour workweek or Early Retirement Extreme) the author is selling snake oil.

Basic takeaway is to work out what is important for you and prioritise it while eliminating unimportant and unproductive things from your life. I suggest that this book can best be eliminated from your life!

11 people found this helpful

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Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2014

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Koch has written a lot about the 80/20 principle. First he had some pages about it in his strategy books, then expanding and elaborating on the idea in "the 80/20 principle", seeing it as one of the fundamental laws of business, life, the universe and everything in "the power laws", trying to start an 80/20 revolution with "the 80/20 individual" and his more political and sociological writing such as "the third revolution" and "suciede of the west". More recently he has returned to strategy, finance and management with "the 80/20 manager".

"The 80/20 way" is a slightly different book in the sense that it is not written for a business audience, but rather for people in general. A consequence of this is that the examples are more focused on issues like how to get an education, how to get a job, how to save and invest money, how to build a personal relationship and how to obtain happiness by simple living. In fact, part 2 of the book deal with these five topics in this particular order, which seems more or less like the natural order of how most of us address these issues, and he then illustrates how the 80/20 principle can be used in each particular case.

Interestingly, when Koch writes about self-discovery, authenticity and education, the first of the five chapters in the middle of the book, he doesn't mention his own education at Oxford and Wharton, but rather chooses to illustrate the points by talking about his career as a management consultant and how various experiences from that period helped him understand aspects of himself in terms of why he was now living a different kind of life. As he already talked about Oxford and Wharton in "The 80/20 principle", these new insights was helpful for getting a fuller picture of a man who lives the 80/20 way. When he is not talking about himself, or people like Warren Buffet or Ronald Reagen, most of the people he has interviewed are rather ordinary people with modest ambitions. This is a mixture that works very well, and gives the book great balance.

The first part of the book, by the way, explained the three steps of how to live the 80/20 way. The first step is to focus on the 20% goals that produces 80% of happiness and achievement ("less is more"). The second step is to use the 80/20 principle for finding the easiest way for reaching the goals ("more with less"). The third step is to carry out the plan in the simplest way possible, once again using the 80/20 principle by focusing on the small and easy things that produce great results.

The third part of the book contains a simple template that illustrates how the ideas of 80/20 goal setting, 80/20 planning and 80/20 action can be implemented. An excellent example of a person wanting to become an expert on animal care illustrates how it can be used.

Personally, I think this is one of Koch's best books and it is by far the best self-improvement book I have ever read. His section on personal finance has been of much help for me over the years, which is a summary and a reflective extension of "Your Money or Your Life" (Dominguez & Robin, 1992).

13 people found this helpful

J. Carter

A Must Have Read for the Busy Person

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 2, 2011

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Curiosity made me read this book. Surprise caught me out when I realised that my well-organised days could be more productive by making some radical changes in my work practices. Unlike most books which seem to re-state the blindingly obvious, this includes case studies which stick in your mind and pop up at times when you're making business decisions - so that it has real usefulness in your working or business life. Of course, these ideas can also be applied to home life, but the book is mostly about getting more work-life balance by simply being smarter about what you choose to do with your time.

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Martin Thompson

The Paretto Principle for the average Joe

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2015

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Richard Koch leaned the Paretto Principle, lived by the rule and has made it easy for the average Joe like me to follow. I re-read this book every so often when I start to slip back into the old ways. Highly recommended!

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LS Innovation

Life changing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2013

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I love this book... it changed my outlook on life and made me enjoy it more... I am coming back to it from time to time to keep me motivated. I cannot recommend it enough.

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