Comments on: The 80/20 Rule http://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/ Thoughts on growing startups and small businesses. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 5 Ways You Can Cure Yourself Of ‘Someday’ Disease - Work smart, play smarthttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-36 5 Ways You Can Cure Yourself Of ‘Someday’ Disease - Work smart, play smart Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:02:40 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-36 [...] or learn to play the piano but how genuinely motivated are you to do something about it? What really matters to you? What do you really want to do? Don’t spread yourself thin. Identify the vital [...] [...] or learn to play the piano but how genuinely motivated are you to do something about it? What really matters to you? What do you really want to do? Don’t spread yourself thin. Identify the vital [...]

]]> By: Site Llliigghhhtt « Smarter Life Crisishttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Site Llliigghhhtt « Smarter Life Crisis Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:45 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-35 [...] of the stuff you read gives 80% of the value. Stop reading everything.  Check out Paul Singh’s blog for more [...] [...] of the stuff you read gives 80% of the value. Stop reading everything.  Check out Paul Singh’s blog for more [...]

]]> By: 7th Heavenhttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-34 7th Heaven Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:38:06 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-34 [...] Read On [...] [...] Read On [...]

]]> By: qatechhttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-33 qatech Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:20:44 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-33 Very interesting... and i agree! Very interesting… and i agree!

]]> By: optimizationhttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-32 optimization Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:53:29 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-32 Hey PaulI loving your blog (stumbled upon) so much I decided I'd subscribe so I can read more of your posts in the future. Have heard about the 80/20 rule but never really took the time to look into it, so buying the book as a result of your writing.Keep up the good work :)Cheers Aidan Hey Paul

I loving your blog (stumbled upon) so much I decided I’d subscribe so I can read more of your posts in the future. Have heard about the 80/20 rule but never really took the time to look into it, so buying the book as a result of your writing.

Keep up the good work :)

Cheers
Aidan

]]> By: Paul Singhhttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Paul Singh Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:03:52 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-31 @Bro. B: I think you might want to re-read the section about how *not* to use the 80/20 rule. :) Please keep in mind that the intent here is to see what activities generate the most results and give them the appropriate attention. @Bro. B: I think you might want to re-read the section about how *not* to use the 80/20 rule. :) Please keep in mind that the intent here is to see what activities generate the most results and give them the appropriate attention.

]]> By: Bro. Bhttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Bro. B Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:46:54 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-30 "... for many events, 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes. Business management thinker Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy went to 20% of the population. It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., '80% of your sales comes from 20% of your clients.'"Juran and Pareto are talking about two completely different things. Had Pareto found that 90% of Italy's income went to 10% of its people, would Juran have said that 90% of effects come from 10% of the causes? This makes no sense, as the direction of cause and effect is reversed in each usage of the numbers, the numbers "80" and "20" being the only element the two concepts have in common. It comes of as arbitrary, wholly made up, and designed to sell books.It's not even sneaky.80% of the sky is polluted by 20% of humanity, see how that arbitrary assignment of someone else's numbers works? 80% of cats are tormented by 20% of fleas. 80% of cakes are baked by 20% of chefs. It's all absurd and I can say I got the idea from Pareto, even though he probably never considered pollution, cats, fleas, or chefs and was only pointing out social inequality.It also implies that “… for many events, 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes. Business management thinker Joseph M. Juran suggested the principle and named it after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who observed that 80% of income in Italy went to 20% of the population. It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., ’80% of your sales comes from 20% of your clients.’”

Juran and Pareto are talking about two completely different things. Had Pareto found that 90% of Italy’s income went to 10% of its people, would Juran have said that 90% of effects come from 10% of the causes? This makes no sense, as the direction of cause and effect is reversed in each usage of the numbers, the numbers “80″ and “20″ being the only element the two concepts have in common. It comes of as arbitrary, wholly made up, and designed to sell books.

It’s not even sneaky.

80% of the sky is polluted by 20% of humanity, see how that arbitrary assignment of someone else’s numbers works? 80% of cats are tormented by 20% of fleas. 80% of cakes are baked by 20% of chefs. It’s all absurd and I can say I got the idea from Pareto, even though he probably never considered pollution, cats, fleas, or chefs and was only pointing out social inequality.

It also implies that

]]> By: Eileen Brown's WebLog : Lessons you’ve learned in lifehttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Eileen Brown's WebLog : Lessons you’ve learned in life Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:51:25 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-29 [...] The 80/20 rule. [...] [...] The 80/20 rule. [...]

]]> By:   Some Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier in Life | Cultivate Greatness Leadership Training, Personal Development, & Life Hackshttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-28   Some Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier in Life | Cultivate Greatness Leadership Training, Personal Development, & Life Hacks Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:45:53 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-28 [...] The 80/20 rule. [...] [...] The 80/20 rule. [...]

]]> By: Jonathanhttp://www.resultsjunkies.com/blog/the-8020-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Jonathan Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:39:01 +0000 http://paulsingh.wordpress.com/?p=13#comment-27 This seems like a pretty liberal interpretation of Haddad's Theorem. If singling out the significant 20% was an option, would we really spend so much of our lives on the 80? This seems like a pretty liberal interpretation of Haddad’s Theorem. If singling out the significant 20% was an option, would we really spend so much of our lives on the 80?

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