The 80-20 Learner
Remember that originally, Pareto simply observed that land ownership was unequally distributed. However, this doesn’t mean that knowing this allowed him to predict who would be rich in the future and who would own land. It also told him nothing of why land was distributed that way, or how it might be changed. In other words, his law was purely desc
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Finding Your Optimal Challenge Level
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
It’s even better if you can identify unifying principles behind these smaller facts.
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
Memory
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
The aim is to work smarter rather than harder.
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
Understanding this principle helps you identify the key inputs that have the most impact and allows you to focus and optimize them.
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
But the 80/20 rule works well with books that are purely data-based—for example, manuals and textbooks.
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
various learning algorithms perform best when the training error rate is around 15.87%, which translates to a training accuracy of approximately eighty-five percent.
Peter Hollins • The 80-20 Learner
The key is to be organized.