“Work expands so as to fill up the time available for its completion.”
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
In that essay, Parkinson proposed what became his eponymous law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” If something must be done in a year, it’ll be done in a year. If something must be done next week, it’ll be done next week. If something must be done tomorrow, it’ll be done tomorrow. We plan based on how much time we
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This phenomenon is closely related to Parkinson’s Law, which states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” In personal projects, the available time is often infinite, leading to endless expansion
Tomas Stropus • The Art of Finishing
Parkinson's Law dictates that a task will become bigger in importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.
Peter Voogd • 6 Months to 6 Figures
If you've not come across the Iron Triangle before, the idea is that it represents the three key constraints of a project:
• Scope , which is the work that needs to be completed.
• Resources , which are the people and tools that are available to do the work.
• Time is, unsurprisingly, the amount of time that you have to get it done. Who'd have thought
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