The Pareto Principle, developed by Joseph M. Juran and named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, states that 20% of causes lead to 80% of consequences. The blackpill community uses the Pareto distribution to point out that the top 80% of women pursue the top 20% of men for sexual relations, leaving the bottom 80% to be betabux for the bottom 20% of women or incels. In the age of rampant hypergamy, there is a lot of truth to this idea, but the Pareto Principle is not all about doom and gloom.
In the business world, the Pareto Principle is used to determine what 20% of services or goods yield 80% of the profits for a company. Of course, the numbers are not always exact. Sometimes, it may be 5% that brings in 95%, or 1% bringing in 99%. The principle applies to other situations as well, such as a minority of donors contributing the majority of funds to a charity. In many cases, you will find distributions where a few people, actions, or causes yield the most results or consequences.
How to Use the Pareto Principle for Personal Development
The Pareto Principle for laymen is more than acknowledging that the top 20% of Chads get all of the Stacies. You can use it to discover what actions you take that yield the most results in your life.
Mediocre people live their lives day by day, either on autopilot or taking actions with little thought behind them. As mentioned in The 4-Hour Workweek, effective usage of the Pareto Principle requires measurement. Every time that you take action to get what you want, take note of how effective that action was. Once you have been on a campaign to obtain your goal, review your actions and find out what worked best and what actions were non-vital, ineffective, or wasteful.
Aside from actions, the principle can be applied to thoughts, fears, and other emotions. For instance, maybe a person wastes the majority of their time when they are bored. Perhaps one gets the most out of their workouts when they are intensely angry. Maybe the specific fear of failure may cause the majority of inaction preventing one from accomplishing their goals.
Action Step
My challenge to you, dear reader, is to take the next 30 days to discover how the Pareto Principle applies to your life. You cannot be lazy with this. You are not allowed to use the example of the top 80% of women desiring the top 20% of men.
Think of a generalized goal that you are trying to pursue in your life. This can be having better relationships, improving your confidence, improving your business or your performance in the workplace, or any other improvement that you are trying to make. Think of all of the things that you have tried or are trying to reach that goal. Think of the thoughts that flow in your mind when you think of the goal or the pathway to it. What is most effective and helpful for you? What is not working and what should be discarded?
The world is a very blackpilling place. As long as you have a beating heart, functioning mind, and breath in your lungs, however, it is your duty to keep striving for excellence. Learn to use the tactics and strategies that will get you where you need to go.