In our family our college sports allegiances follow the four schools from which Cissy and I and our children have graduated. It looked like all four would be football winners today … until the last minute of the Auburn-LSU game. Unfortunately, for us, LSU squeaked out a winning touchdown.
How about those Wake Forest Demon Deacons! They are the only undefeated ACC team this year. How can there still be doubters about my Deacs with records of the last two seasons of 11-3 and 9-4, including a conference championship and a bowl game win?
Despite loving basketball all my life, in recent years college football has become my favorite spectator sport. On Saturdays I usually park all afternoon and evening in front of my TV to focus on three games, while flipping to other games during timeouts. At least my fingers on my remote get a good workout!
I am reminded of the analogy of the typical church to a football game. Just as there can be 50,000 fans in desperate need of exercise watching 22 guys desperately in need of rest, so often in the church there is a great host of people on the sidelines watching a few people do most of the work.
Similarly, it seems the “80-20 Rule”, whether it is exact or not, applies to many areas of life. For example, 20% of the world’s population controls 80% of the world’s wealth. In business it is a common rule of thumb that 80% of sales comes from 20% of the clients.
Microsoft has noted that by fixing the top 20% of the most reported bugs, 80% of the users would not encounter any bugs. Hmmm … I better leave that one alone and drop the temptation to rant about Microsoft. Currently I am trying to un-install the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta, which I now realize does not work with my internet security program. So far, it seems nigh impossible to get rid of it.
Do I wear only 20% of my favorite clothes about 80% of the time? Do I spend 80% of the time with 20% of my friends? Whatever … I will settle for my teams winning 80% of the time.
How about those Wake Forest Demon Deacons! They are the only undefeated ACC team this year. How can there still be doubters about my Deacs with records of the last two seasons of 11-3 and 9-4, including a conference championship and a bowl game win?
Despite loving basketball all my life, in recent years college football has become my favorite spectator sport. On Saturdays I usually park all afternoon and evening in front of my TV to focus on three games, while flipping to other games during timeouts. At least my fingers on my remote get a good workout!
I am reminded of the analogy of the typical church to a football game. Just as there can be 50,000 fans in desperate need of exercise watching 22 guys desperately in need of rest, so often in the church there is a great host of people on the sidelines watching a few people do most of the work.
Similarly, it seems the “80-20 Rule”, whether it is exact or not, applies to many areas of life. For example, 20% of the world’s population controls 80% of the world’s wealth. In business it is a common rule of thumb that 80% of sales comes from 20% of the clients.
Microsoft has noted that by fixing the top 20% of the most reported bugs, 80% of the users would not encounter any bugs. Hmmm … I better leave that one alone and drop the temptation to rant about Microsoft. Currently I am trying to un-install the new Internet Explorer 8 Beta, which I now realize does not work with my internet security program. So far, it seems nigh impossible to get rid of it.
Do I wear only 20% of my favorite clothes about 80% of the time? Do I spend 80% of the time with 20% of my friends? Whatever … I will settle for my teams winning 80% of the time.
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