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Creating a productive schedule
Avoiding procrastination
Prioritizing tasks effectively
What is Parkinson’s Law?
Parkinson’s law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
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Being happy
We all strive to be happy. Once happy, happier. According to The Law of Expectations, happiness is equal to reality minus our expectations.
Expectations lead to stress, making us less happy. But, although low expectations may leave us contented, they are of no help when sca...
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How to use Parkinson’s Law
- Set your end range.
- List all the steps to get there
- Cut the deadline into 3–5 mini-deadlines.
- Finalize your nuanced deadline
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Parkinson’s Law is layered, like an onion
Time management described through Parkinson’s Law is comprised of three fundamental truths of human behaviour: to do our best, be happy, and to act only when motivated.
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“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” the English humorist and historian Parkinson wrote in 1955.
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“It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” British naval historian and author Cyril Northcote Parkinson wrote that opening line for an essay in The Economist in 1955, but the concept known as ‘Parkinson’s Law’...
Set an ending time for tasks
Parkinson’s second law: Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Setting a micro deadline for daily tasks holds your brain accountable to the tick of the clock.
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