Of course, this reinforces its advantage, and because it grows faster it can get even more food, until it completely outgrows all the other fish. When you put 5 fish of the same size into a pond, eventually, 1 will end up a lot bigger than the rest. That particular fish might only be slightly bigger than the rest in the beginning, but that slight edge allows it to catch more food and grow faster. The reason for these imbalances are feedback loops. If you take into account the derivatives of those words, you’ll see that 1% of the words of the English language are used for over 80% of what is said. Imbalance is the natural state of life and we all have to come to grips with that.įor example, we only use 700 words for 66% of what we say during our daily conversations. There’s a reason we were the only species to separate from all other mammals, why startups like Uber grew to billion dollar businesses in such a short time and why 1% of the population owns 50% of the money. We expect things to be linear, fair and balanced, but that’s not how nature works. You might know that the 80/20 principle says that 80% of the results come from 20% of the work (if not, now you do :P).īut that’s actually a tough thought to wrap your head around. If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: People expect life to be fair and balanced, but it’s not.
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