The 80/20 Rule - Redux

[Wilko]

How long has it been since we gave the Pareto Principle a good flogging? It's definitely time for a do-over.

Although its application can be much broader, the Pareto Principle is generally taken to mean that 80% of our (positive) results come from 20% of our actions. At the risk of telling you to suck eggs, it also implies that 80% of our actions are largely wasted. Pretty simple stuff, let's get into it:

Best bang for buck:

Worst bang for buck:

(see what I did there?)

 

[Wilko]

Best bang for buck: Only investing energy in women who are highly interested.

Worst bang for buck: Unconsciously spamming anyone with a vagina. True for online or traditional approaches.

Your turn.

 

[9asus2]

Best bang for buck: (Over time) Going out and approaching, the experience should compound up until a certain point (3,5,10 years idk)

Worst bang for buck: Hopefully no one on this site would even dream of this, but, trying to "win" a girls affection

 

[Wilko]

As an aside, I thought this was pretty cool:

The phrase "bigger bang for the buck" was notably used by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary of Defense, Charles Erwin Wilson, in 1954. He used it to describe the New Look policy of depending on nuclear weapons, rather than a large regular army, to keep the Soviet Union in check.

 

[Wilko]

Best bang for you buck: Hookers

Haha, too good to pass up. Now for real:

Best bang for your buck: Failure. You can't succeed at anything without trying and failing so you know what to avoid in the future.

Worst bang for your buck: Chit chat. This is where most guys absolutely lose in the dating game. Since we're talking about ratios here, I'll bring up the 70/30 rule - talk 30% of the time, and listen 70%.

Goddamn dude. That is solid, solid advice.