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WHAT IS 80/20 RULE AND, HOW CAN WE CAPITALIZE ON THAT?

What the heck is 80/20 Rule anyway? I have learned something that changes the course of procrastination S o for those unfamiliar with 80/20 rule as known as Pareto Principle, allow me to elucidate it is the law of the vital few or the principle of factor sparsity. It essentially states that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes, mindboggling it is right. I was amazed when I first came to know about this. It isn't just some theory on paper that we are supposed to agree, it applies to everything that is happening around us. Here are few instances 80% of the global economy is owned by 20% of its population , same goes for individual countries, don't believe me? let me demonstrate 80% of sales come from 20% of your customers, ever been to a gas station? you will see plenty of vehicles coming for petrol refill as compared to vehicles coming for diesel refill, and of those vehicles coming for diesel refill, most of them are Trucks and Buses

This is why they are succeeding in shoving sales jobs down our throat

5 REASONS WHY THEY ARE SUCCEEDING IN SHOVING SALES JOBS DOWN OUR THROAT 1.   They have managed to falsely prove that marketing and sales are one and the same thing, and the worst part is that people fall for it.  below is the illustration that distinguishes former from the latter   (just to be clear, I am not against sales job but I firmly disagree the high qualification credential that they require to fill that position. 10th/12th pass with good communication skill, technology savvy, adaptability, and willingness to learn should do the trick) 2.  The underlying assumption is prevented from surfacing, the top management institutes have equity in the job landscape for prominent positions which leaves the mediocre institutes with the leftovers i.e sales job. Like I mentioned earlier sales is a skill, it doesn’t require higher qualification to fill the positions. I have literally encountered engineers and MBA aspirants occupying sales positions. MBA as a qualif