NPR This is the indicator from Planet Money. I'm Darien Woods.

And I'm Whelan Wong.

Darien, do you consider yourself a productivity hacker?

Uh, no.

Do you?

I do not, but I have been just through osmosis exposed to all this

advice out there about how to get more done and be super efficient. You know tips

like set a timer for 25 minutes to do focused work or make all your

meals for the week on Sunday. Okay I like to get a good night's sleep that's my

very vanilla productivity hack. You cannot go wrong with a good night's sleep and you know there's

another tip that is also pretty evergreen it's called the 80-20 rule and if you

go online you can find people touting this rule for all kinds of personal

improvement.

20% of our time in our business accounts for 80% of the revenue.

That is the 20% input that will give me 80% of the results.

You regularly wear 20% of the clothes you have for 80% of the things you do.

Great advice for you is in half your closet to do podcasting in.

I was going to say.

So the 8020 rule is also known as the Parado principle,

and it traces back to the work of an Italian economist who lived over a century ago.

And before it became this rallying cry for productivity influences, the Prado principle took hold in the business world.

For decades, it's shaped how companies manifest. principle took hold in the business world.

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