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PaPa Principle!

Today is not a preparation for tomorrow…Today is the main event….Leo Babauta

According to Tim Ferriss (author of “The 4-Hour Work week”) , the only productivity tip you will ever need is this :
“Take an A-4 sheet paper…Fold the sheet into 4 such that it can be tucked into your shirt pocket…Now write an important task that you got to do …and then…start doing it right now !!!”

While this productivity tip(!!!) sounds simplistic , it is too profound and works out absolutely amazingly because of the following two principles that it encapsulates…


Pareto Principle (also called 80-20 Rule) : Only 20% of our activities produce more than 80% of results…In our productivity tip, we did just that …we just chosen one activity that we considered important as an activity that is absolutely required!





Parkinson Principle : “Work expands to fill the Time available”…stated as a corollary, set yourself incredibly tight deadline to compete the  work , otherwise you wallow in the task towards quest for perfection…In our productivity tip, we set out to do that right now …(and of course to completion!)

Check this out and let me know how it worked for you!
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