Work extends to fill the time allotted to it, so consider reducing the amount of time you have to do something.
This can help you finish tasks more quickly and make it easier to start due to the sense of urgency.
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A collection of several tips and techniques I’ve come across that help prevent procrastination.
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Similar ideas to Parkinson’s Law
It states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
It started from the observation that the duration of public administration expands to fill its allotted time span, regardless of the amount of work to be done. The same has been obs...
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. The most important factor while managing time is the time to completion, the deadline that is assigned to us.
Example: If we have to finish a report in two weeks, we ...
It states that work expands to fit the amount of time allotted to it.
For example, if you have 2 days to finish a task, it will take 2 days to finish. If you only give yourself 2 hours to finish the same task, it will take 2 hours.
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