Upended Pareto
You're probably already familiar with the Pareto principle, or 80/20 Rule, as it's also called, which suggests that 80% of your results come from from 20% of your efforts, or words to that effect. Well here's a variation on the theme, one that I call, the Upended Pareto:
So pick a situation you're dealing with and ask yourself, "What is the 20% that does matter?"
Start there and see if you're not better off for doing so.
Your job is to identify the 20% that does matter ... and work exclusively on that."Eighty percent of whatever's wrong with a situation doesn't really matter."
So pick a situation you're dealing with and ask yourself, "What is the 20% that does matter?"
Start there and see if you're not better off for doing so.
posted by Barry Zweibel at 9:31 AM
3 Comments:
It's an interesting thought, but it is true, in general 80% of people aren't successful, only the 20% who really try are
Bookmared the blog thanks for sharing
Look up Sturgeon's Law for another way to define this.
I looked it up. According to wikipedia:
Sturgeon's Law is an adage derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon: "Ninety percent of everything is crud".
Talk about a pessimist!
Thanks, anonymous.
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