A “Pareto” Man + A “Quick Win” Woman = A Perfect Union

A while ago Pinyo at Moolanomy was busy edu­cat­ing his read­ers about the Pareto Prin­ci­ple and a con­cept called Quick Wins.  I love learn­ing new things, espe­cially when I can relate them in some way to my own life and expe­ri­ences.  When I read about Quick Wins and then back­tracked to learn about the Pareto Prin­ci­ple, I had one of those ever-wonderful “ah ha!” moments.

My hus­band was not famil­iar with the term Pareto Prin­ci­ple but it’s a con­cept that is sec­ond nature to him.  Here’s a man whose entire life’s phi­los­o­phy is, “don’t sweat the small stuff.”  He never thinks about how to save an extra dol­lar or two.  And he has no inter­est in pur­su­ing an extra buck or two of income.  He goes straight for the gold — how can he save hun­dreds, if not thou­sands; how can he earn hun­dreds and thou­sands more.

Now, you might expect me to go on to describe The Hus­band as a big-picture kind of guy.  He’s not.  He’s a down-to-earth, feet-flat-on-the-ground plug­ger.  He’s a one-detail-at-a-time kind of guy.  I guess that’s no sur­prise since his back­ground is applied mathematics.

The Hus­band doesn’t have an entre­pre­neur­ial bone in his body.  He knows exactly how much his time is worth and knows, there­fore, that he can earn a lot more in an hour of work than he is likely to save in an hour no mat­ter how good the deal.

I, on the other hand, am a Quick Wins woman.  My lifestyle and per­son­al­ity are bet­ter suited to find­ing the quick and easy ways of sav­ing money or, as equally impor­tant, max­i­miz­ing value on money spent.   I’m the one who sweats all the small stuff.

I love research­ing prod­ucts; I love eval­u­at­ing pros and cons; and, as I rarely get more than 1/2 hour of unin­ter­rupted time, I love find­ing quick and easy “wins.”   

I’m the big-picture part of the team.  I’m the one who likes to look at all 5,328 ways to approach a prob­lem and eval­u­ate which solu­tion will pro­vide the most desir­able results. I take plea­sure in know­ing price points and sale cycles, ie. when it’s worth­while to delay a pur­chase or go across town for it or if we’re bet­ter off pay­ing just a higher price right here and now.

Our strengths com­ple­ment each other; we don’t dupli­cate efforts and we don’t step on each other’s toes.  Together, as Pareto Prin­ci­ple Man and Quick Wins Woman, we make a great team

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