Spiritual Underpinnings of the Pareto Efficiency Principle

Divided attention is the result of abandoning the present moment for the sake of a future goal. Undivided attention is the result of abandoning all future goals for the sake of the present moment.

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Have you noticed that we tend to wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time? That 20% of our clients bring 80% of our income? And that 20% of our efforts account for 80% of the results?

It’s called the Pareto principle — one of those universal ratios that seem to pop up everywhere. Basically, it means that the minority of the cause accounts fo…