Revisiting Parkinson's Law - Cal Newport
To summarize, we often overestimate the rational nature of our workloads.
Cal Newport • A World Without Email
Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.
Timothy Ferriss • The 4-Hour Workweek, Expanded and Updated: Expanded and Updated, With Over 100 New Pages of Cutting-Edge Content.
“Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.”
Mollie West Duffy • No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work
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
“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” Since then, Parkinson’s law has become the best-known explanation for why we can take three months to write a twenty-page essay or miraculously finish it in just one day. The problem with Parkinson’s law is that most of the time it works against us. Giving yourself three months to
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