That Moneymaker-Shakin' Thing Again

From User Education Resources for Librarians, a pointer to a terrific item on working smarter, not harder.

The juiciest part (as far as I'm concerned):
The 80/20 rule says that 80 percent of your results come from just 20 percent of your efforts. Companies find most profits come from a few customers. And you'll find most of your output comes from a few of your tasks. So what? Well, look at the math. If you double the time you spend on real-output-producing activities and stop doing the others, you'll double your output and spend 60 percent less time! If you started with a ten-hour workday, you'll get twice as much done, working just four hours.

This is not just limited to profit-making ventures; 80 percent of the benefits of what libraries do comes from just 20 percent of our efforts. The trick is figuring out which activities are REALLY those 20 percent and focusing on those.