Though, back then I did practice some things that don’t fall under any of these categories, for the purposes of this article I’ll strip my practicing down to the following five items: I’m using them to highlight how efficient, or inefficient, that particular item I was practicing was in contributing to my progress. Note that the percentages used in these examples are somewhat arbitrary and may not even add up. To demonstrate how this is done I’m going to examine my own guitar practicing, during a period in my life when I thought that a lot of practicing alone was enough to become a successful musician, without giving any importance to that guitar practicing being effective. Applying the Pareto principle to practicing guitar If you play in a band, it’s good to take note of this. If for instance, all the members of a band put in as much effort as the most productive band member, that band’s success might easily skyrocket. The Pareto principle applies to all areas of life as well as to groups of people. A small part of our effort is gaining us most of what we want while most of our time is spent on activities that don’t contribute much to help us achieve our goals. Pareto himself states the numbers are not the rule themselves, they may be 90/10, or 65/35, depending on the individual person and the activity being done among other factors. Imagine if the other 4/5 produced as much! The Pareto principle, states that 80% of our efforts produce only 20% of the results we desire, while the other 20% is accomplishing 80% of what we want to achieve.Ī fifth of what you’re doing is achieving 80% of the result. The Pareto Principle (also known as the 80/20 rule) Now, the more you practice the guitar the sooner you’ll become good on your instrument, but as you’ll see below, the same person can get better in a much shorter time with more effective guitar practicing. Then I will use my own guitar practicing (back in a time where I didn’t care about effectiveness) as a case study to show you how practicing guitar can become more effective with the right changes to your practice schedule. In this article, I will explain what the Pareto principle is all about. That for each hour you’re spending practicing you’re most likely gaining less than you would if you actually applied the Pareto principle. What if I told you, the time you spend practicing guitar, is probably way less effective than it could be?
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