Summertime!! Summer this year looks like a mission trip to Japan, preparation for school, and work. I started working at a dentist office a couple months back. At the office, they have this huge archive of records for patients. At the ends of each patient's file, we put a little colored sticker that marks what year they came in last. It pretty much looks like a rainbow. When pulling the charts though, it always feels like I pull some of the same ones over and over even though there's hundreds to choose from. I went home later that night, and had a discussion with my dad. I was telling him about the class of kids that I tutor, and how most of them are okay, but a few of them are fatty bratties. He then presented me with: The Pareto Principle: This is a phenomenon that states that 80% of the consequenses result from 20% of the causes. It started when he noticed that 80% of the fruit in his orchard came from 20% of the trees. At the dentist office, 20% of the patients come in 80% of the time. Maybe they have weak teeth, poor eating habits, or a lot of free time. Either way, there are some patients I've seen about 10 times, and still tons that I've never seen. If I were to give an estimate, I'd say maybe 81.263% that I've yet to see. At the place I tutor, 20% of the kids in my class give me 80% of my headaches. My dad (who is quite the skilled manager) said that you don't need to focus on the whole class to make them pay attention. You just need to put all your energy into the 20% of the class that's bad. I started looking for other things to apply this principle to. 
When you're driving in your car listening to music, you're all about equal opportunity. Therefore, all 6 little buttons for radio stations get pressed with the same frequency. Yes?? No! I know for me, 20% of the stations on my radio, I listen to 80% of the time.  When you're picking out an outfit, you cycle your clothes so that you wear everything in your closet the same exact amount. Yes?? No! Think of the article of clothing that touches the wall to the far right of your closet, then pair it with the article of clothing that touches the far left of your closet. Now wear that. Yea... not so much right? 20% of the clothes in your closet, you wear 80% of the time. For the person who owns this wardrobe, it's purple on purple every single day.  When your driving down the street, you stop at the same amount of stop lights for the same amount of time. Yes?? No! I know on my street, it's the same 20% that stop me 80% of the time. And homework, just because most of us are done for the year. The same amount of classes give you the same amount of homework every time. Yes?? Definitely not! 20% of your classes give you 80% of your homework. If you have five classes, that 20%=math. Happy Summer! | 
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