The 80/20 Principle

By: Richard Koch

Narrated by: Richard Aspel

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

Learn the secret of success by achieving more with less. Find out how you can tap the hidden potential of the 80/20 principle in your life.

Richard Koch is a highly successful entrepreneur and investor. His 80/20 Principle - that 80 per cent of results flow from just 20 per cent of the causes - is the one true principle of highly effective people and organizations.

In one of the decade's most original, provocative and powerful books, The 80/20 Principle shows how you can achieve much more with much less effort, time and resources, simply by concentrating on the all-important 20 per cent.

Astonishingly, though the 80/20 Principle has greatly influenced today's world, this is the first book which shows you how to use it in a systematic and practical way.

©1997 Richard Koch (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

Critic reviews

"Through multiple examples, and a punchy down-to-earth commentary, Koch offers the first really useful advice weâ¿¿ve seen in a management book for years." ( Business Age)

The 80/20 Principle

Rambles on and on describing applications of the 80 /20 rule.

I should have listened to the other reviews.

What did you like best about The 80/20 Principle? What did you like least?

So much repetitions. So long. Poor narrated. I'm not looking for someone doing voice impersonations. I am looking for information. If you want a good and concise (what this book is missing) explanation of 80/20 Rule, listen to Tim Ferris' chapter on it in his book The Four Hour WorkWeek.This book is a bore. I still have 4+ hours and am struggling to finish it. I will only finish it because I paid for it. I think I want my money back for the hours I've wasted.

What could Richard Koch have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Get another narrator.

What didn’t you like about Richard Aspel’s performance?

His stupid impersonations trying to do other accents. Also, his English accent. Most English accents are soothing. This was NOT!

Was The 80/20 Principle worth the listening time?

NO! Too long...

Any additional comments?

Can I get my money back?

Good principle but snoozer story and narration

Couldn't finish this version. Protracted examples; more suitable as a textbook not audiobook. Hard to follow or move forward to more relevant chapters.

Couldn't listen to the it

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

I forced myself to listen to an hour but couldn't stomach more. It seemed like simple platitudes strung together to sell a book. No substance. I'm not familiar with the author, but after listening to this first bit I have no interest in whatever else this person put forward.

This book should have applied it to itself

The principle is real, the authors abillity to apply it to his own bookwriting is not. Endless regurgitation and at times faulty logic makes it hard to recommend. Read the intro and you have a good grasp of what the book is about.

Mindnumbingly Simplistic

This book is terrible. The entire thesis of the book can be stated in a paragraph, and yet somehow the author has managed to stretch it out into an entire book without providing any further insight.

Tiresome to listen to

The topic is highly relevant, however the narrator is extremely tiresome to listen to, and it feels like it is a never ending listing of various examples of the 80/20 rule. I doubt that I will be able to listen through the entire book. I wish I got this as a normal paper book so I could flick through the pages instead.

Repetitive, Repetitive, Repetitive

What disappointed you about The 80/20 Principle?

How many endless, obscure examples of the 80/20 principle can you cram into one book. Apparently too many. I can fight my way through some pretty mediocre books, but I had to stop after chapter 2. Just couldn't waste my time anymore. It goes nowhere.

Not worth the time...

First, I've learned nothing in this book. The principles that are describe are so obvious that I wonder why somebody wrote a book about it.
Second, let's say some people don't think those principles are obvious and needs further explanation, I'm convince it could be explained in detail in a maximum of 1 or 2 pages.
Because I do believe the 80/20 principles is important to apply, I would recommend not loosing 80% of your time to gain merely 20% of knowledge. To prevent this, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK.

Long boring and repetitive

This book is definitely not worth it. It’s very long very repetitive and very boring. I should have read the reviews. I went off recommendations with books to read, and this was one of them. I got to chapter 3 and I cannot continue. This is a complete waste of time and money. The book continuously tells you about theories on the 20% 80% but it doesn’t give you the tools to apply to your personal life. This feels more like a statistics book.