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What,
exactly, is the 80/20 rule?
Essentially, it is a principle that states that in many
areas of life, 80% of the consequences originate from
20% of the causes. This was first discovered in Italy in
1895 by the economist Vilfredo Pareto, who had been
studying the economy of his own town and noticed that
80% of the wealth was owned by 20% of the population.
The 80/20 rule does seem to apply to a
wide range of different systems and groups, and this
includes projects and tasks: 80 percent of the total
value is typically contained in only 20 percent of the
items. This means that the principle can be applied to
time management, because some tasks give you a much
higher return on your investment than others.
If you want to prioritize your tasks
in the most effective way, you need to apply the 80/20
rule and discover that 20 to 30 percent of your projects
and tasks give you the greatest return on your effort.
Obviously, these are the tasks that you should be
working on first.
Using the ABCD prioritization system,
Achieve Planner can help you apply the 80/20 rule when
you identify the tasks with the greatest return, and
separate them from the less important ones. Since it
automatically sorts the tasks based on priority, you
will naturally work on the most valuable tasks first.
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