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The 80/20 Principle, Expanded and Updated: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch
mag_lange's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
I found a lot of inspiration from this book and enjoyed reading it. I am still however, reluctant to give it a top rating because I disagree with probably the most important point.
Robert Koch discusses how we should remove 80% and focus on the 20%, I however believe that the 80% work is what makes it possible for the 20% to exist and they both need to exist. There are also some weird mistakes in simple percentage calculations.
Robert Koch discusses how we should remove 80% and focus on the 20%, I however believe that the 80% work is what makes it possible for the 20% to exist and they both need to exist. There are also some weird mistakes in simple percentage calculations.
lcelvenes's review
4.0
This book, if the author is to be believed, was one of the first on the 80/20 principle, and as such it is an important book.
The principle is more widely known today, that 80% of the results we achieve, comes from 20% of the effort. Also known as the Pareto principle, it is a figure that can be found in a lot of relationships that we encounter in life (though sometimes 80/20, 95/5, 70/30, etc.).
Having known about the principle for a while, I wanted to read the book as a source for more in-depth perspectives. Koch definietly covers quite a few areas,like business, personal life, money, career, and happiness among them.
I give the book 4 out 5 stars, though I don't know if it's quite a 4. At times I found the arguments could have been better and stronger, and Koch also repeats the line that 80% comes as result of 20% of the effort to the point of it being rediculous. There probably a couple pages (at least) of this sentence (or some form of it). I'm no stranger to "repetition being the mother of skill", but it's just too much here. We get it! Ease up.
What is great, however, is a focused perspective on the different ways that his principle has an influence on our lives, and how we can become more aware of it, which pretty much was my intention for checking out the book.
There's a new chapter in this version of the book, and one that has been removed, however this new chapther is a list of comments from reviewers (both positive and critical ones), but I didn't feel that Koch really answered too well on the critical ones, making the chapter a little bit pointless.
Still, for anyone not familiar with 80/20 thinking, or wanting to know a little bit more, it is worth a look.
The principle is more widely known today, that 80% of the results we achieve, comes from 20% of the effort. Also known as the Pareto principle, it is a figure that can be found in a lot of relationships that we encounter in life (though sometimes 80/20, 95/5, 70/30, etc.).
Having known about the principle for a while, I wanted to read the book as a source for more in-depth perspectives. Koch definietly covers quite a few areas,like business, personal life, money, career, and happiness among them.
I give the book 4 out 5 stars, though I don't know if it's quite a 4. At times I found the arguments could have been better and stronger, and Koch also repeats the line that 80% comes as result of 20% of the effort to the point of it being rediculous. There probably a couple pages (at least) of this sentence (or some form of it). I'm no stranger to "repetition being the mother of skill", but it's just too much here. We get it! Ease up.
What is great, however, is a focused perspective on the different ways that his principle has an influence on our lives, and how we can become more aware of it, which pretty much was my intention for checking out the book.
There's a new chapter in this version of the book, and one that has been removed, however this new chapther is a list of comments from reviewers (both positive and critical ones), but I didn't feel that Koch really answered too well on the critical ones, making the chapter a little bit pointless.
Still, for anyone not familiar with 80/20 thinking, or wanting to know a little bit more, it is worth a look.
dhruv1996's review
4.0
The book is a good one but it follows the rule it explains(80/20 principle).So according to me one does not need to read complete book to get the most out of it.
legendre's review
Skimmed through after the halfway point. Way too repetitive about parts that could be summarized in one chapter.
frantufro's review
3.0
The 80/20 Principle is definitely a concept you must use every day to optimize the things you're doing. The book has some great insights but there is a lot of overhead and repetition. It has value but it could be summarized in 5 pages. That said I'd recommend you read this and take notes do you don't have to go through it again.
daria_reading's review
2.0
The principle was clear after reading a few chapters, the rest of the book just seemed to repeat everything. Kind of ironic.
koob's review
1.0
80% of outcomes is from 20% causes of the 100% privileged.
I had to quit fast once the audio guy started talking of the data - the 'dah-ter' - following his rendition of a rap featuring the 80/20 principles.
If you're looking for profit and success, tally ho, off you go.
I'll turn off this road back to inquiry, community and wellbeing.
I had to quit fast once the audio guy started talking of the data - the 'dah-ter' - following his rendition of a rap featuring the 80/20 principles.
If you're looking for profit and success, tally ho, off you go.
I'll turn off this road back to inquiry, community and wellbeing.