Kim Lisa TaylorSecurities Attorney, Founder, Syndication Attorneys, PLLC · Corporate Securities Attorney, 2x Best-Selling Author, Nationwide Speaker | Private Placement

The 10-80-10 Rule: Stop Wasting Time on the Wrong Things 🚨⏳

1 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this short segment, the speaker introduces the "10-80-10" rule for allocating professional time. The rule divides a workday into three buckets: 10% for creative, strategic, and people‑focused activities such as idea generation and meaningful conversations; 80% for routine, administrative, and follow‑up tasks that the speaker prefers to minimize; and the final 10% for actual implementation of ideas. The speaker argues that for anyone whose business revolves around deal‑making or investor relations, the first 10%—engaging with people and discussing opportunities—is the most valuable use of time. He emphasizes a desire to spend the majority of his effort on conversations and networking rather than on the administrative work that typically consumes most of the day. The segment concludes with a brief mention of incorporating a digital business‑card workflow into this time‑allocation framework, suggesting a tool to streamline the less‑desired 80% tasks.

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Right? And I have a rule, a 10-80-10 rule. The 10% is like the creative, the thinking, the engagement with people. The 80% is mainly the stuff that I don't want to do, like following up and putting information and, you know, doing all those things. And that last 10% is the actual implementation. I only want to work on that first 10%. Like, you know, that's where I want to be. That's how I value my time. And I think if you're in the business of chasing deals or working with investors, that's where you need to be. having meaningful conversations, connecting with people, talking on the phone. That's where I wanna be, not doing all that stuff you just described. And I just, I'll just add that in that workflow with the digital business card,