Parkinson’s Law: Work Expands to Fill All Available Time
Farnam Street stashed this in Books
We’ve all heard of Parkinson’s Law — “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” I bet you’ve lived this. After all, who hasn’t sat in an hour-long meeting that really ended after 30 minutes. The rest of the time is just filler. It’s already booked after all.
The implications of this law interest me.
Stashed in: Simplify, Time, Productivity, Meetings, Management, Workaholics!
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2:17 PM Dec 22 2013