The 80 20 Rule Nothing in life is 100%.

Nothing in life is 100%.  In life we have a reasonable portion. Life serves us a reasonable portion of strength, health, money, happiness. I thank Him for a reasonable portion of Life, Health, and Strength on today. Nothing in life is 100%. A reasonable portion of life is more like 80% "reasonably good". 20% of our existence is challenging to intolerable. Consequently, a balanced life is 80% normal and 20% full of woe.  Focus! What creature is this to the Left? How do we know? A check up from the neck up.   Nothing in life is 100% The 80% of reasonable Life, Health, and Strength seems to fulfill most of us. The 80% becomes significant. It looms more significant than the 20% of woe. We seem to exaggerate the times of reasonable Life, Health, and Strength in our life. Anniversaries, birthdays, wedding ceremonies, graduations help us exaggerate the pleasant moments in life.  Nothing in life is 100%. The 80% reasonable Life, Health, and Strength portion usually fulfills mankind. Most of us focus on and think of the 80%. Our moods and feeling are determined by our focus. As a man thinks, so is He. Present focus determines present feelings. Your mood is birthed by your chosen focus. Focus! What creature is this to the Left? How do we know? A check up from the neck up. Deception and Imbalance: Nothing in Life is 100%. However, the 80% usually fulfills us. The 80% of reasonable Life, Health, and Strength seems to fulfill most of us. The 80% becomes significant. It looms more significant than the 20% of woe. Deception and Imbalance: But, eventually the 20% looms bigger than the 80%. The exaggerated 20% becomes bigger than the 80%. When does your 20% become larger than your 80%? Your Imagination? And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. What creature is this? How do we know? Even a small child will notice that Alice's neck is too long (below), or that she became huge compared to the house. In the sculpture to the left, the workshop participants easily recognized a giraffe, and the author confirmed and added that the giraffe's name was Lovey :-) Children told me they knew it was a giraffe because it had a long neck. This recognition of the relationship between the length of the neck and the size of the body is a beginning of proportional reasoning. At this stage, reasoning is qualitative, that is, children use "non-quantity" words such as "long" or "too big" or "smaller." Later, children can build on the same ideas when they make quantitative estimations. How many arm's lengths should be from the floor to the ceiling in the house? Definitely not one (poor Alice), but how many, really? Manage This Issue Pareto's Principle, the 80/20 Rule, should serve as a daily reminder to focus 80 percent of your time and energy on the 20 percent of you (work) that is really important. Don't just "work smart", work smart on the right things. The principle is simple, but counter-intuitive: Nature creates imbalances. This is true for money (20% of people have 80% of the wealth), crime (20% of criminalscommit 80% of crimes), energy usage (15% of population uses 85% of energy), competition (20% of suppliers have 80% of market share) and even carpet (20% gets 80% wear and tear) Work on the 20% of you that builds you up. Your talents, gifts, positive attributes. Put a distance between you and the thoughts, memories, places, people and circumstances that tear you down. what ever is of a good report, think on these things. Encourage yourself: Click here: Overcoming Loneliness Your attitude is the behavior and mood created by something you have chosen to focus upon. Your attitude is more powerful than your gifts and talents Your attitude is the force that determines you multiply or decrease, grow or die, attract or repel, the company of other successful people Meditate on the Word Surround yourself with Godly music, friends, that attract the presence of God. Pursue Godly Goal and dreams Keep daily appointments with God in prayer and meditation.