Definition

In many settings, 80 percent of a given effect is due to just 20 percent of the possible causes

Examples

• 010 My Brain/& Malcom Gladwell, Michael Lewis, George Packer don't use twitter

  • They don't feel like the service offers them nearly enough advantages to offset its negatives in their particular circumstances

    It's amazing how overly accessible people are — Michael Lewis

How can this metric for determination be improved using the strategies found in { Atomic Habits

• & Michael Lewis (long form journalist)

• Use of Facebook for a student

• Take care in deciding which tools you allow to claim your own limited time and attention

• Process

  1. Identify the main high-level goals in both your professional and personal life
     1. The key is to keep the list limited to what is most important
     2. keep the descriptions suitable high-level
  2. List for each the two or three most important activities that help you satisfy the goal
  3. Consider the network tools you currently use.
     1. For each tool, go through the key activities you identified and ask whether the use of the tool has a substantially positive impact or a substantially negative impact, or little impact on your regular and successful participation in the activity.
     2. Keep using this tool only if you concluded that it has substantial positive impacts that outweigh the negatives

Reference

reference: { Deep Work
page: 192
author: & Cal Newport
bib: Newport, Cal (2018). Deep Work: rules for focused success in a distracted world. Grand Central Pub.
tags: #term #tactic