What is the 80/20 rule
Every now and then someone will reference the 80/20 rule, in conversation or in a video or something, and they will always dutifully explain what it means, but I’m pretty sure whenever they start explaining it I black out and my brain does this:
So here are a few of the explanations I have come up with to try to keep up whenever anyone mentions the 80/20 rule:
80% of the work takes 20% of the effort
80% of the work takes 20% of the time
The last 20% of the work takes 80% of the time
The first 20% of the work takes 80% of the time
80% of the work requires 20% of the knowledge
80% of the knowledge gets you to 20% of the work
80% of the work is figuring out what 20% is
80% of a given project is 20% of a larger project
20% of effort is 80% of the point
The last 20% of anything doesn’t matter
The last 80% of anything doesn’t matter
80% of 20% is something
But 20% of 80% is nothing
80% of ducks are actually geese
20% of geese are actually cranes