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Originally Posted by ratbastid
The theory goes that 80% of consequences stem from 20% of causes. It's also known as "the law of the vital few". It's commonly misused to imply that the same outcomes can be realized with 20% of the effort--which isn't at all what the theory says.
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I have allocated "effort" as my causes and "success" as my consequences.
The top 20% of my effort is "focus", which in theory, will produce 80% of my "success".
The bottom 80% of my effort is "fun" and "buffer". These will than account for the other 20% of my "success".
Within this bottom 80% of "effort", my goal is to maximize "fun" and minimize "buffer".
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
It's further theorized that the top 80% of that 80% are caused by the top 20% of those 20% of actions. Distilling out the "top 80% of that 80%" turns that into a "64-4" law (80% of 80% is 64%). So you could cut out all but 4% of your focus, which would leave you with 64% of the results you could otherwise accomplish.
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If I allocate 64% of the remaining 80% of effort(the other 20% is "focus") to fun than this should produce 4% of my remaining 20% of "success"(the other 80% is locked in by "focus".) With the remaining 16% of the 20% "success" being produced by the bottom 80% of my "effort" I would allocate to "buffer" producing the completing portion of "success" which would be 20%.
CAUSES (Effort)
-Focus (20%)
-Fun (64%)
-Buffer (16%)
CONSEQUENCES (Success)
-Focus (80%)
-Fun (4%)
-Buffer (16%)