During the first quarter of 2024, I wrote a few articles recently published in the business section of the Gujarati Newspaper Divya Bhaskar.  The articles (most of them with English translations) are compiled below.  Many of our students have learnt how this idea is incorporated in most of the modules we facilitate (more details here) starting from the SEE Life Priority matrix, The index trauma for identifying and addressing trauma and eventually in life-coaching.  The concept is also an integral part of the preparation we do for Inner Child Integration Therapy and Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories. Please go through the

By Dr Gunjan Y Trivedi Many of you wrote to me inquiring about how to use Pareto (80/20) analysis in your business.   I will share some methodologies to help you apply a similar approach to your work. Before we discuss an example, let’s be clear about the objectives.  Remembering the bird from Dronacharya’s test during the training of Pandavas, we should be clear about the two crucial steps.  First, what’s our objective? Once we are clear about the objective, the second step is to achieve the objective.  Dronacharya spent much time probing whether each budding prince knew the

by Dr Gunjan Y Trivedi. As printed in Divya Bhaskar (Gujarati) newspaper Examples of Pareto (80/20 rule) in our daily life Over the past month, I've discussed the Pareto Principle, which states that 80% of the outcomes stem from 20% of the efforts or focus areas. Last week, we delved into applying the Pareto Principle to attain work-life balance using the SEE Life Priority Matrix. We pinpointed two criteria, Importance and Satisfaction, to categorise key areas of life like physical and emotional health, career, finances, relationships, social life, and hobbies. By employing these prioritisation principles, we recognised how