BEST Richard Koch Books & Quotes of All Time (March 2023)

by Arthur Worsley
M.A. Psychology, Oxford. McKinsey Alum. Founder & Editor at TAoL.

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Contents

1. Who Is Richard Koch?

2. The Best Richard Koch Books of All Time

3. More Books Like Richard Koch's Books

4. Best Richard Koch Quotes

5. Wish There Was a Faster/Easier Way?

Who Is Richard Koch?

Richard Koch is a British management consultant, venture capital investor and author of books on management, marketing and lifestyle (see e.g., The 80/20 Principle Summary)

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The Best Richard Koch Books of All Time

Why these best Richard Koch books and not others? To stay objective, I rank all my book recommendations by a combination of what’s most loved (Goodreads rating), what’s most popular (Goodreads review count) and what’s proven timlessly relevant (first publication date).

This isn’t a whimsical list. It’s a data-driven, crowdsourced collection of the best Richard Koch books ever published as decided by book lovers like you.

And if you think something's missing? I LOVE book recommendations so if there are any other books by Richard Koch that you think deserve mentioning, email me and I’ll be sure to include them in the next round of updates.

Until then, here are the best Richard Koch books of all time...

Best Richard Koch Books: The 80/20 Principle

1. The 80/20 Principle - Richard Koch (FREE Summary)

The Secret to Achieving More with Less

The 80/20 Principle is a perennial guide to mastering the Pareto principal and doing more with less - by management consultant, venture capitalist and best-selling author, Richard Koch.

Published 1998 // 288 pages // Rated 4.0 over 23,700 reviews on Goodreads

Best Richard Koch Books: The Star Principle

2. The Star Principle - Richard Koch

How It Can Make You Rich

Published 2008 // 272 pages // Rated 4.2 over 300 reviews on Goodreads

Best Richard Koch Books: Living the 80/20 Way

3. Living the 80/20 Way - Richard Koch

Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More

Published 2004 // 198 pages // Rated 3.7 over 900 reviews on Goodreads

Best Richard Koch Books: The 80/20 Manager

4. The 80/20 Manager - Richard Koch

The Secret to Working Less and Achieving More

Published 2013 // 288 pages // Rated 3.8 over 600 reviews on Goodreads

5. Simplify - Richard Koch

How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed

Published 2016 // 307 pages // Rated 3.9 over 500 reviews on Goodreads

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Best Richard Koch Quotes

Here are some of the best Richard Koch of all time...

"Those who seize the day become seriously rich."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

"The way to create something great is to create something simple."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

"There are people who want to achieve - and then there are sane people."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

"It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

"Golden rules for career success: 1. Specialize in a very small niche; develop a core skill; 2. Choose a niche that you enjoy, where you can excel and stand a chance of becoming an acknowledged leader; 3. Realize that knowledge is power; 4. Identify your market and your core customers and serve them best; 5. Identify where 20 percent of effort gives 80 percent of returns; 6. Learn from the best; 7. Become self-employed early in your career; 8. Employ as many net value creators as possible; 9. Use outside contractors for everything but your core skill; 10. Exploit capital leverage."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

"We can change the way that we think about external events, even where we cannot change them. And we can do something more. We can intelligently change our exposure to events that make us either happy or unhappy."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

Best Richard Koch Quotes: We can change the way that we think about external events, even where we cannot change them. And we can do something more. We can intelligently change our exposure to events that make us either happy or unhappy.

"Who you work for is more important than what you do."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

"It is not shortage of time that should worry us, but the tendency for the majority of time to be spent in low-quality ways."

- Richard Koch, The 80/20 Principle

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