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There certainly is a right way to apply it. No where does that rule say the last 20 percent of reward takes 80 percent of the effort. That's grossly mischaracterizing the rule.



From the first link:

> 80% of effects come from 20% of causes and 80% of results come from 20% of effort.

that's precisely what I am saying and exactly the opposite of what the gp said.

the actual principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle




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