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#780 - Tim Ferriss - The Lessons, Hacks & Books That Changed My Life

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Difference Between Efficiency and Effectiveness

Effectiveness defines what actions are taken, while efficiency pertains to how those actions are executed. It emphasizes that performing tasks well does not equate to their importance or leverage in achieving goals. A practical example illustrates this distinction: when learning a language, focusing on the thousand most frequently used words yields better conversational fluency than meticulously studying an irrelevant vocabulary set, regardless of the quality of study. The choice of tasks and materials takes precedence over the methods employed, highlighting that the outcomes of what you choose to do are far more critical than the execution methods of those choices.

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