1MW No. 230: The 10% Rule, A Tool for Realignment, and Building Forward
The 10% Rule for Success
If you only had one-tenth the time to achieve success, how would you approach your goals?
What tasks would you let go of? What priorities would become clear?
Constraints like this force clarity. They strip away the nonessential and highlight what matters most.
Instead of spreading your energy thin, double down on what's essential. Focus your effort on the things that matter most—the actions that move the needle.
When time is limited, every action must count.
This week, act as though your time is limited. What emerges as truly essential?
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1wGreg McKeown, taking action becomes crystal clear when time constrained like that sudden adrenaline rush when working to meet a deadline.
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1wAn exceptional visual of Parkinson's Law - work expanding to fill the time available - well said Greg McKeown.
Engineering, Product and Innovation Leader | Transforming Product Development Systems into Dynamic Growth Engines
1wI built a system at a company where we constrained the number of projects allowed to be actively worked on. Lot of good outcomes. But one of the biggest plusses was it forced tougher vetting at the front end. Projects that had little value stopped sneaking in and taking up resources.