‘Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,’ the English humorist and historian C. Northcote Parkinson wrote in 1955, coining what became known as Parkinson’s law.5 But
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
‘Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,’ the English humorist and historian C. Northcote Parkinson wrote in 1955, coining what became known as Parkinson’s law.5 But
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” the English humorist and historian C. Northcote Parkinson wrote in 1955, coining what became known as Parkinson’s law. But
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Parkinson’s Law (or it’s inverse) holds true here:Work expands or contracts to fill the time available for its completion.
Andrew Yeung • How to run a meeting
Alex Wittenberg added
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. — C. Northcote Parkinson
Harry Browne • How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
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
Matt M added
Parkinson's law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
So no matter how many people you allocate to a task, they will feel busy.
Due to the excess of time, they'll start focusing on less important tasks.
Small teams help you avoid that. https://t.co/cYNJvkoiJn
alex added