Achievement and Happiness the 80/20 Way

 by: Rasheed ALi

If there was ever a principle that was responsible for the most happiness and achievement in the world, it would be the 80/20 Principle.

The 80/20 Principle or Pareto Principle was discovered in 1897 by an Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto while he was searching for patterns of wealth and income in England.

What he found was that 80 percent of the wealth was enjoyed by only 20 percent of the population. Additionally, it was consistent in different countries and in different times.

This has been found in present day as well and in almost any activity that we perform, business or otherwise.

In other words, 80 percent of your results in a given activity, are generated by 20 percent of your input or effort. Just the same, 80 percent of revenue or profits are generated by 20 percent of your efforts or sales.

The 80/20 relationship can also easily be documented in personal achievement and happiness.

Most people have never taken the time to count their achievements or much less figure out what makes them happy. If they did, they would have realized that there are very few things that contribute to most of their happiness. They would also have found that there are very few things that they have done that has resulted in most of their achievements.

A great example of the 80/20 Principle in achievement would be to look at some achievement that you’ve made in your life, and write down all of the things that you did that “truly” got you there. If you’re looking at it honestly you’ll see that it took consistent effort on very few things to get you most of your results.

My website http://www.RasheedAli.com is another great example. I could have spent a lot of working hours and even more money to get my traffic up, but in reality it took very little work and money to get my Alexa traffic rank from over 3,000,000 in the world to currently 212,901 and climbing every week! It has taken very few, small but effective steps to achieve this. You will find this time and time again in your life if you take a closer look. What you may have thought of as hard work may have been a few effective actions combined with many ineffective actions. By the way, this was done in less than three months.

Now, although achievement makes us happy, what else does?

A serious “Happiness Analysis” is also something all of us should do at least once in our lives. If you documented the things that contribute to your happiness then number the things that make you the happiest, you will find that there are only a few things that contribute to most of your happiness. In other words 20 percent of the things that make you happy, contribute to 80 percent of your happiness!

With that said, if you were to spend more time doing the things that result in most of your happiness or achievement, you WILL double or even triple your results!

About The Author

Rasheed Ali was once a homeless runaway on the streets of NY and is now dedicated to helping people from all walks of life to reach their ultimate potential by conquering any and all obstacles through his Conquer Your Adversity Newsletter. You can subscribe at http://www.RasheedAli.com

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When this year began, there were people in Florida
digging through ballots upon ballots searching for
chads they could count.

Near the end of this year, a firefighter, police
officer or just some guy named Chad stood up to be
counted on that September day.

It was a year where we started out feeling so safe,
secure and able to do anything we wanted. Then came
the fears of opening envelopes, getting on planes or
shopping in the malls. We realized so much of what we
have, we take for granted.

It was a year when the most important thing to
television viewers was to either watch Friends and
record Survivor, or watch Survivor and record friends
on Thursday nights. Funny how that is the furthest
thing from anyone’s mind today.

It was a year where lines at the Red Cross to donate
blood were longer than lines at the DMV, Post Office,
License Bureau, fast food drive-throughs, express
checkouts, toll booths and banks before Y2K – combined.

It was a year when the World Series was more than just
a game. It didn’t really matter to most of us who won,
as long as the games were played. Sentiment was with
the Yankees and the city of New York. But our underdog
spirit for a young team in the league like the Arizona
Diamondbacks was just as strong.

It was a year when the hot news story of the year was
US Congressman Gary Condit and his relationship with a
Washington intern. So many of us were hoping that part
of the story would just go away. Guess we need to be
more careful what we wish for.

On a more individual level…

It was a year when perhaps we lost someone near and
dear to us whom we’ve known all our lives. Maybe we
didn’t get the chance to see them as often as we may
have liked over the years, but we are glad to have
known them. Likewise, maybe someone we never really
cared for over the years left us, just as we were
starting to understand them and ourselves.

It was a year where we lost touch with some, and yet
found others.

It was a year where something good happened to us at
least once. But for some reason we didn’t quite believe
it was really happening to “us,” so we let it fade.

And it was a year where we went with the flow. Didn’t
makes waves. Sat back to see where we would end up.
Kept hoping for a better tomorrow. Tried to stay out of
trouble. Got out of the wrong side of the bed way too
often. Cried over spilled milk. Complained about the
cost of tea in China. And we kept hoping something good
would appear on television, but never did anything
about it, and kept watching it anyway.

While 2001 is certainly one of those years we would
love to pretend never took place or just forget, we
know we can never do that. Nor should we really want
that to actually happen.

So when that ball begins to drop at 11:59pm in New York
City on New Years Eve, take that minute to just sit and
feel it. Think about the year that was and the year
ahead. So much is uncertain. The only things we know
are what have already taken place.

So don’t be afraid to have ideas and dreams of a better
tomorrow. Create some sort of image or monument of your
own to live up to. And if you ever lose your way or
that inspiration, take out this chapter on 2001. It’ll
be easy to find. It has that red, white and blue
ribbon as it’s bookmark.

Now….. Let’s Roll!

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Decorate Your Love Life
By Cynthia Perkins, M.Ed.
© 2003

Christmas time, Winter Solstice or whatever holiday you celebrate
provides you with an abundance of ways to have fun with your partner
and spice things up in the bedroom or whatever room you like. With
all the gift giving and decorating, you can use this as an opportunity
to decorate your love life.

To give your lover a real treat, you can wrap your naked self in
wrapping paper or a big red bow or cover your birthday suit with a
variety of small bows strategically placed and lie underneath the Xmas
tree to be unwrapped.

There are numerous variations you could add to that scenario, such as
hanging or inserting candy canes in “special places” or
melting chocolate and pouring it over those “special places,”
(after it has cooled, of course), to be licked off.

Visit your local adult toy store and fill a stocking with a variety of
your lover’s favorite naughty toys or some new ones that you have
never tried as a couple.

Hide a special gift such as a lovely thong or sexy briefs on the Xmas
tree for your lover to find.

You could make a thong out of ribbon and use tinsel as your boa or
wrap around and dance for your lover. You could also put some bells
on your bows or your ribbon for a little added jingle.

Share a box of holiday chocolates by feeding them to one another with
your fingers and eating them off each other’s bodies. Don’t
forget to softly lick each other’s fingers clean.

Show up at your lover’s door wearing sexy lingerie or nothing
under your coat and sing them Xmas carols.

Make a homemade Xmas card and insert a naked photo of yourself.

Hang mistletoe everywhere throughout your house and kiss your lover
under every one of them or strategically place the mistletoe on your
body for your lover to kiss each area.

Making love under the Xmas tree with all the lights off except the
tree lights can be very romantic and fun.

Create a naughty Xmas land by decorating your bed and bedroom with
lights, tinsel, and icicles.

Trim your tree naked or wearing your hot Santa boxers or sexy little
Elf costume.

String some popcorn and wrap it around your body for your lover to
have a little snack.

Put some holiday lights or candles in the bathroom, turn on your
favorite holiday tunes and take a long sensual bath together.

Give your lover a homemade holiday coupon that entitles them to an
evening of lovemaking of their choice.

Present your lover with their holiday gifts wearing nothing but your
birthday suit or the sexiest underwear you can find. Don’t forget
your Santa hat!

Be sure to let your lover know how much you love them, how important
they are to you and how much you appreciate them, either by whispering
it sensuously in their ear, writing it lovingly in a poem, or
enclosing it in their Xmas card.

Oh the opportunities are about infinite. Use your imagination, be
creative and have a fun and passionate holiday.

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Guilt By Association & Wealth By It Too!

 by: Rasheed Ali

“Tell me what company thou keepst, and I’ll tell thee what thou art.” – Miguel de Cervantes (1547 – 1616) Spanish novelist.

Growing up I often heard my best friend’s father Nick say, “Show me who your friends are and I’ll tell you what you are!”

Well, that was usually followed by a long speech about why his son Frank should not have hung out with certain people.

I was like a second son to Nick so I would get to listen in on Frank getting yelled at. By that time, I had already been homeless and off the streets and working my way through High School, so I never thought of hanging out with the types that Frank did. Of course I was no angel but, I chose my friends as carefully as I could.

Frank never got the point back then, but Nick knew very well about the power of association.

You see Nick, grew up the only son of an entrepreneur and brother to six sisters. Since he was the baby boy, he got a lot of attention and love from his father. Although all of the children did, Nick got just a little more.

Nick’s father the owner of a motel and a construction company could rival the strength and attitude of the strongest of the strongmen of his day and even ours. He grew up with the same mentality of his father AND the strength to boot!

The problem with Nick was that he associated with the street gangs of his day and didn’t listen to his father when he gave him the same speech, “Show me who your friends are and I’ll tell you what you are!”

Associating with the wrong people didn’t end there though, later in life he ended up associating himself with the some of the most ruthless mobsters around and as time went on, Nick gained both the wealth and the bad habits these guys had.

Finally the days came when his acquired gambling addiction took all of the wealth away. Although he could have lost his life many times, it took the loss of his money to finally stop associating himself with these people.

“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington (1732 – 1799) US Statesman

Although Nick didn’t follow the above advice, he is still a good man and still does great things.

After all he took me off the streets, gave me a home and taught me lessons from his past.

Like Nick, many people don’t realize that wealth by association works the same as guilt.

When asked how he intends on being America’s first black billionaire, Don King said, “By hanging around other billionaires!”

The truth of the matter is that whether you want to learn something significant or learn to be more successful, the people you associate with are the probably going to be one of the major keys to your success. I’m sure you’ve heard countless stories about those “lucky” people who gained wealth and success through others who were more successful at the time. I’ve personally heard and learned about many such stories.

Association is one of the reasons that many people pay big bucks to me mentored by very successful people.

The “Key” reason peope do this is: In order to get what you want or learn what you want you must go to the source.

Find a personal or business mentor or coach and learn everything you can from them then apply it.

The other part of success by association is that you will generally attain the average success and/or wealth of your 10 closest friends. The reason for this is that by associating with people who are more successful or wealthier, you are then able to tap into their intellectual, spiritual or financial resources.

That my friend, is an enormously critical success factor. To see an example of this, look at marketing online or offline. You will see that people and businesses often associate themselves with each other (one being more successful than the other) to build both credibility and wealth.

Apply the Success By Association Principle to your business and life, then buckle up for the ride!

About The Author

Rasheed Ali was once a homeless runaway on the streets of NY and is now dedicated to helping people from all walks of life to reach their ultimate potential by conquering any and all obstacles through his Conquer Your Adversity Newsletter. You can subscribe at http://www.RasheedAli.com

rasheed@rasheedali.com

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