Pareto principle

(80/20 rule)

A small slice of inputs causes most of the output. Find that slice, double down, ignore the rest.

Definition

An empirical observation that for many outcomes, roughly eighty percent of the effects come from twenty percent of the causes.

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.