This is Stevea Robbins. Welcome to the get-it-done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

In the wonderful world of working less and doing more, the ideal life is one where you have a magical genie's lamp.

You rub it, you tell the genie what you want, and poof, it happens.

You've worked less, far, far less, and you've done more,

far, far more. This is the ideal life. And Bernice, owner of green growing things plant

stores one and two, dreams of someday having that lamp. She has so much to do, and it seems like

everything is more work. Now, it seems so easy to work more and do less,

but that way lies ruin. Bernice's genie is right in front of her. It's called the Pareto

principle, or more commonly, the 80-20 rule. Less is more, almost always. It turns out that

reality is lumpy. Not all things are created equal, not all actions

have equal consequences. Let's say you want a big, beautiful house. If you actually have a genie,

you can rub the lamp and ask for it, and boom, you've got 24-carat gold toilets. Good for you.

But what if you have the lamp, and instead of rubbing it, you put it on your shelf and you

spend your time day trading cryptocurrencies? Oh, you make enough money on paper to buy those

gold toilets, but the crypto exchange you're using gets hacked by a 13-year-old Russian high school

student and they steal your entire net worth leaving you broke. That means that right now you

have two possible actions. You can rub the lamp or you can

trade cryptocurrencies. Rubbing the lamp will get you a house. Trading cryptocurrencies will get a 13-year-old

high school student somewhere in Russia a house. Clearly, not both actions are created equal. In fact,

reality is really lumpy. What Pareto observed is that generally 20% of the inputs control about 80% of the outputs.

What that means is 20% of the population controls 80% of the wealth.

20% of your actions produce 80% of your results.

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