Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. It's a concept focused on the efficiency, productivity, and management of time and workload.
Named after Cyril Northcote Parkinson, this law suggests that tasks tend to swell in importance and complexity in direct correlation to the time allocated to their completion. For instance, if you give yourself a week to complete a two hour task, the task will inevitably increase in complexity and become more daunting, thus taking a full week, instead of remaining a task that could have been completed in a couple of hours. The recognition of this law in our daily lives can improve productivity by setting clear deadlines and breaking down larger projects into smaller, manageable tasks.
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion
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