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Lisa Newton — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:02:45 +0000

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By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:31:00 +0000

But if the businessman focuses on the top 20% of his customers, of course he’ll get more business there.

A bit of the tail wagging the dog.

Nevertheless, this is a good post. Thanks.

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By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:01:02 +0000

Susan,

That lesson on filling the jar goes hand in hand with the 80/20 principle. It’s so easy to get bogged down with the urgent and unimportant. Since the truly important is rarely urgent, it tends to get pushed off and we miss out on growth the growth that we’re seeking.

By: Susan Tiner

Susan Tiner — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +0000

This reminds me of the Stephen Covey story of putting the large rocks in the jar first, retold here:
http://theraiser.blogspot.com/2007/10/stephen-coveys-big-rocks-first-things.html

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