# Pareto Principle ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Created**:: [[2024-03-24]] **Supports**:: [[Timothy Ferriss - The 4-Hour Workweek (Highlights)]] ## Synopsis The Pareto principle (also known as the 80/20 rule, the law of the vital few and the principle of factor sparsity) states that for many outcomes, roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of causes (the "vital few").[^1] [^1]: [Pareto principle - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle)