If the above ecard from someecards resounds with you, chances are you've experienced Parkinson's Law at work. Parkinson's Law states, "Work expands to fill the time available for its completion." Essentially, the time you allot to doing a given task is exactly how long it will take you to do...
Today's post is inspired by a tweet from @Cloudscope1, who wrote, "What are your top three tips for getting more articles done in a day? Currently I'm doing about 2." Without further ado, my suggestions: 1. Set a goal for each post and write to achieve that goal. What's the...
Ridiculously Efficient readers are familiar with efficiency strategies like working in spurts, leveraging Parkinson's Law and managing decision fatigue; this list of unconventional productivity strategies shares novel ideas to boost effectiveness. Productivity-Enhancing Office Practices * Does Your Office Need a Thinking Day? * 5 Management Strategies to Enable Efficiency * 3 Radical Second...
You might be tempted to take your work home with you on your days off, but before you succumb to this Ridiculously Efficient sin, try these ways to boost productivity and reclaim your weekend. 1. Leverage Parkinson's Law. Artificially constrict work periods and attack tasks with a sense of urgency....
A core tenet of Ridiculously Efficient productivity is systematically hacking your workday for maximum effectiveness using what I'm calling the Track, Hack and Attack method. Phase 1: Track You cannot improve what you cannot measure. Track every aspect of your workday for a week -- work periods, breaks, distractions, downtime,...
Parkinson's Law may have first appeared in print as part of a humorous essay, but this real-life phenomenon is a core principle of the Ridiculously Efficient workflow. Learn how to make Parkinson's Law work for you. For those unfamiliar, the adage goes, "Work expands so as to fill the time...
