It’s January 24th in most of the world. If you’re part of the small percentage of people who hasn’t already given up on your new year’s resolutions, GOD BLESS YOU.
You’re a rare individual.
I want to share a weird twist on the 80-20 principle that you can apply to your resolutions — or anything else you want to do.
I saw a top 10 list of resolutions for 2020 (taken from a survey of 275K Americans):
1. Actually doing my New Year’s resolution
2. Trying something new
3. Eat more of my favorite foods
4. Lose weight/diet
5. Go to the gym
6. Be happier/better mental health
7. Be more healthy
8. Be a better person
9. Upgrade my technology
10. Staying motivated
For most people, at least 7 of these things will involve reading books, watching videos or buying courses.
They gotta learn a better diet, discover the secret to staying motivated, etc.
But here’s the thing (and where 80-20 comes into play):
I want to encourage you to…
… Learn LESS in 2020.
Why?
Because too often, we wait to start doing what we resolve to do… because we want to learn a little more first.
You know, to make sure we do it the right way. (That’s what we tell ourselves, at least.)
Before you know it, you’ve listened to hours of podcasts — and you’re probably more confused than when you started.
It’s easy to spend 80% of your time “learning”… and then struggling to spend 20% on execution.
Chances are you already know 80% of what you need to know. And that’s 100% good enough for you to get started.
And you’ll learn the rest once you’re in motion.
When you make your decisions in 2020, get into action as quickly as possible.
Read fewer books. Read more people. Read more rooms. Get more hands-on learning and derive data from that.
If you do that, 2020 will be like no year you’ve ever experienced before.