Revisiting Parkinson's Law - Cal Newport
famous law of Parkinson, every kind of work tends to fill the time we set aside for it, like air fills every corner of a room (Parkinson 1957). While this is almost a universal law for longer time frames, the opposite is true for tasks that can be completed in one go. This is partly due to the aforementioned Zeigarnik effect (Zeigarnik 1927), in wh
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Parkinson’s Law dictates that a task will swell in (perceived) importance and complexity in relation to the time allotted for its completion.