How to keep pace with more and expend energy more efficiently, "80% rule"

Let's be honest: who is for you a reference point in the business? Someone to be? On Bezos or Jobs? Maybe Henry Ford or your grandmother? I suggest you look at someone who can be your worst just as advisor and role model (Unless you are going to the end of days work for a small salary in a stuffy office and spend their evenings on procrastination front of the TV). It - Japanese centenarians.

startup manager named Justin Jackson was faced with a career crisis at the very moment when he caught the eye of data on Okinawa. This place is famous in Japan, not only by the fact that there has long been an American military base, but also the fact that there simply is an incredible number of people who have lived and live up to 100 years.

hero of our story was a good father and diligent product manager. At work, he is literally "burned" all things were going "uphill", and he still increased and increased the pace... until one day I realized that nothing new will not and can not. He reached the point where no money, no career, no family, no new partners in the game of golf is no longer able to please. He "burned out." And then there's the business case shaken. In search of peace in the heart and in the head, Justin went to Japan. There he learned that the secret of longevity of the inhabitants of Okinawa - according to scientists - lies in the Confucian practice, which in translation can be defined as "80% rule". It goes like this:

"Eat up, as long as do not feel nearly fed (fed to 80%)"

Rule-Japanese centenarians Jackson decided to apply myself. And not only in regard to food, but also in the work. that achieve more and get more done, while not "burn out"He began to rebuild all work processes and issues so that they only spend 80% of your mental energy during the day, leave yourself a "reserve".

Mark in the 80% it has established itself by subjective observations of themselves and their productivity throughout the day. In particular, it is understood that 80% of the energy is wasted if the day 2-3 to solve the key problem. And then be focus on the small and insignificant thingsThat do not require a lot of energy and time. In other words, it is necessary to pause and stop the current phase of work at the moment when you feel that you could "do a little more."

"Rule of 80%" works flawlessly if regularly observed. It reduces the risk of "Burned out at work"It helps to become more productive and increase the interest in the results of the work done. Try it - and tell us about their experiences and their experiences on the application of Japanese rule in practice.

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