Episode Summary
We all know the 80/20 rule—a small percentage of your actions create most of your success. But have you ever stopped to ask: What if a small percentage of your actions are actually causing most of your stress, setbacks, and frustration?
In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of productivity—the 20% of your activities, habits, and relationships that might be holding you back. You’ll learn how to spot these high-cost negatives, eliminate them, and free up more time and energy for the things that actually move you forward.
Get 40% off Magic Mind. Go to https://magicmind.com/anthony40
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule—but what if 20% of your actions are sabotaging the other 80%? While we focus on maximizing positive results, we often ignore the hidden forces draining our energy, time, and motivation.
In this episode, I break down:
How a small number of decisions, habits, and relationships create outsized stress and setbacks.
The warning signs that an activity or person is part of your “negative 20%.”
How to cut the noise and take back control of your time, energy, and productivity.
If you’ve ever felt busy but stuck, this episode is for you.
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Episode Summary
We all know the 80/20 rule—a small percentage of your actions create most of your success. But have you ever stopped to ask: What if a small percentage of your actions are actually causing most of your stress, setbacks, and frustration?
In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of productivity—the 20% of your activities, habits, and relationships that might be holding you back. You’ll learn how to spot these high-cost negatives, eliminate them, and free up more time and energy for the things that actually move you forward.
Get 40% off Magic Mind. Go to https://magicmind.com/anthony40
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule—but what if 20% of your actions are sabotaging the other 80%? While we focus on maximizing positive results, we often ignore the hidden forces draining our energy, time, and motivation.
In this episode, I break down:
How a small number of decisions, habits, and relationships create outsized stress and setbacks.
The warning signs that an activity or person is part of your “negative 20%.”
How to cut the noise and take back control of your time, energy, and productivity.
If you’ve ever felt busy but stuck, this episode is for you.
Ep-018: On Additive Bias and why problems are better solved by removing things instead of adding.
80/20 Productivity
35 minutes 49 seconds
2 years ago
Ep-018: On Additive Bias and why problems are better solved by removing things instead of adding.
Episode Summary
Is more really more? When it comes to problem-solving, the answer is not so obvious. More often than we might realize, adding things is actually a worse strategy for solving problems than simply taking things away. This episode discusses additive bias and the human tendency to think more is more. Especially, the episode covers why we have this tendency, how it is negatively impacting our problem-solving skills, and importantly, what we might do to overcome it.
Some of the main points—The Vital Few (TVF) Timestamps:
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What is additive bias, problem solving and how additive bias hampers creative problem solving (5:04)
Legos and why we have additive bias (17:02)
Smart subtractions and Chesterton’s Fence (07:05)
Wondering why we tend to think more is more? Evolution, status quo bias and how organizations are rigged against you (24:23)
The cost of thinking and acting like more is always more (30:06)
Level up your problem-solving—how to beat additive bias and all it’s problems (41:20)
Notes and References
Main paper: People Systematically Overlook Subtractive Changes (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03380-y )
Virtuous Laziness 80/20 Productivity Episode: https://anthonysanni.com/podcast/ep-009-zipfs-law-of-least-and-why-laziness-is-good
Status Quo Bias Research: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/rzeckhauser/files/status_quo_bias_in_decision_making.pdf
Anthony’s Book: The Law of The Vital Few
80/20 Productivity
Episode Summary
We all know the 80/20 rule—a small percentage of your actions create most of your success. But have you ever stopped to ask: What if a small percentage of your actions are actually causing most of your stress, setbacks, and frustration?
In this episode, we explore the hidden cost of productivity—the 20% of your activities, habits, and relationships that might be holding you back. You’ll learn how to spot these high-cost negatives, eliminate them, and free up more time and energy for the things that actually move you forward.
Get 40% off Magic Mind. Go to https://magicmind.com/anthony40
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule—but what if 20% of your actions are sabotaging the other 80%? While we focus on maximizing positive results, we often ignore the hidden forces draining our energy, time, and motivation.
In this episode, I break down:
How a small number of decisions, habits, and relationships create outsized stress and setbacks.
The warning signs that an activity or person is part of your “negative 20%.”
How to cut the noise and take back control of your time, energy, and productivity.
If you’ve ever felt busy but stuck, this episode is for you.
