[[Pareto Principle]] | [[Time Management Techniques]] # Pareto Analysis https://www.usa.edu/blog/time-management-techniques/ Variation of the the [[Pareto Principle|80/20 Rule]], this version being "20% of actions are responsible for 80% of outcomes". **How it works:** 1. **List some of the problems you are facing.** For example, maybe your grades are slipping. 2. **Identify the root cause** of each problem. Maybe your grades are slipping because you spend too much time on social media or any other sort of distraction. 3. **Assign a score to each problem**: Assign higher numbers to more important problems  4. **Group problems together by cause**: Group together all the problems caused by spending too much time on social media.  5. **Add up the score of each group**: The group with the highest score is the issue you should work on first.  6. **Take action**.