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The Christian Pareto Principle by OPTIMIST IBK

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THE CHRISTIAN PARETO PRINCIPLE by Optimist IBK Text: Ps 90:12 So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. Any studious management or economy student must have heard of the Pareto principle. Which was discovered and promulgated by the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto in 1906. The principle highlights the 80/20 rule which states that it is only 20% of the activities you engage in, that will give you 80% of the results you will get in life. While 80% of your activities you engage in gives you the remaining 20% result. It also states that it is only 20% of your customers that produce 80% of your corporate revenue while the remaining 20% gives you 80% of your revenue. The principle can be applied in every area of your life especially in the area of time management. How do you cope with trying to handle different “important” things daily and still have time for God? You have to work/go to school, at the same time you have to be in church most evenings and