Effectively using the 80/20 Rule with Aggressive Meditation

I'm sure most of you reading this are familiar with the 80/20 Rule. For example, 80% diet, 20% exercise. There are many other variations of this based on what the activity / goal is. But how exactly do you apply the 80/20 Rule to Aggressive Meditation? 

What I mean by the 80/20 Rule with Aggressive Meditation is 80% action, 20% motivation. And that is just the baseline for those getting started. Ideally, as you begin to master the practice that ratio should really be more like 90/10 or 95/5. The point here is to be aware of the effects that motivation have on us and to make sure we do not create a false sense of accomplishment. 

I believe this is why certain people, like Mel Robbins, feels that motivation is garbage. It's great to feel motivated and inspired but if you take no action it creates a false sense of accomplishment. There is a TED talk where Derek Sivers talks about the best thing to do when you have some new lofty goal or ambition. Keep your mouth shut instead of telling people. This is generally the opposite of what most of us do and he brings up some interesting psychology behind why.  To make a long story short it creates a psychological effect that makes you feel like you accomplished something which in turn makes motivation much more challenging. 

There is a similar effect with too much motivation. You can trick your brain into thinking you feel better because you accomplished something. But when you are consciously aware of this, and use the 80/20 Rule, you will find that sweet spot that puts your state in the right place to take action.

Just enough fuel in the tank to keep the engine running. Be brutally honest with yourself and make sure you aren't tricking yourself into a sense of false accomplishment. Action above all.