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Sunday Thoughts: The Last 10%

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@Alfred_Lin: The Last 10% The last 10% is 90% of the work and also 90% of the reward. -- Every MBA cohort gets introduced to the Pareto Principle somewhere in the first year: 20% of your inputs produce 80% of your outputs, or 20% of your customers generate 80% of your revenue. It's interpreted as 20% of your effort yielding 80% of the result. Do less, get more. The pattern is real. The math is tidy. The room always nods. Personally, I hate how popular the 80/20 rule has become. In many contexts, it is genuinely useful. If you're running operations at a mature business, eliminating the long ta

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