Smoking is probably the second largest health risk today; second only to improper diets. In the United States alone, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – in nearly all cases due to smoking – ranks as the third or fourth most common cause of death (depending on your sources). 1000 Americans die every day because of smoking. [...]
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Perfection Comes First
It’s January 1999; more than ten years ago today. The new multicolored iMac is going to be released tomorrow, and Steve Jobs is practicing his product presentation. A journalist from Time is sitting in the audience, taking notes and following along. Everything seems to be going well until the five computers are rolled onto the [...]
The Pareto Principle – 80/20 in Action
In many fields of study, one comes across a principle named The Pareto Principle, or “the law of vital few” or “the principle of factor sparsity”. It states that roughly 80% of an effect comes from 20% of the cause – or vice versa. It tells us that 20% of a company’s clients or customers [...]