Richard Koch Quotes - Page 2

I make it a personal rule never to do anything that I don't really care about. It is surprising how much this cuts out.

Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.

In business the 80/20 principle is behind any innovation, any extra value. It is an entrepreneurial principle, a formula for value creation utilized not only by entrepreneurs, but by most managers and organizations.

Those who seize the day become seriously rich.

We tend to think of innovation as difficult, but with the creative use of The 80/20 Principle innovation can be both easy and fun!

Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

People think that creativity is largely a matter of talent, experience, or luck. They are wrong. Talent, experience, and luck are all key elements, but there is something more fundamental, accessible, and powerful that you can use to multiply your creative effect.

Make the choice that you want to be happy. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to other people too.

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.

Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.

Only do the thing we are best at doing and enjoy most.

There is no rush. If we think intelligently about what we can achieve with our time, we can be relaxed, even lazy. In fact, being lazy - having plenty of time to think - may actually be a precondition for achieving a great deal.

If we want to sum up the theory of evolution by natural selection in two words, which have great relevance for all societies and businesses, we should simply remember: diversity works.

Most of us don't work out what we want. And most of us end up with lopsided lives as a result.