This misstates the Pareto Principle as generally applied to productivity. It’s not about putting forth less than 100% effort, it’s about putting more effort towards the most impactful actions and less effort towards less impactful actions.
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Asst. Professor of Politics. Writes here about productivity, learning, journaling, life. Author of Long Term Person, Short Term World.
Nowhere in the division into important and unimportant tasks is there any reference to time. No productivity guru says: “Work only on these 3 things, but put in 80 hours.” How is a book telling me I can get by with 4 hours a week instead of 40 not an allusion to less effort?
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