The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

How a lawyer found a needle in a haystack using AI

First name + Hawaii = impossible search. But ChatGPT solved it in 2 seconds the problem in a few seconds.

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Ernie the Attorney
Oct 07, 2025
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A lawyer in my ​online group​ needed to find a tele-health psychiatrist for his client.

All he remembered? First name. Hawaii.

He asked ChatGPT. Two seconds later: full name, contact info, everything he needed.

That’s when it struck him.

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