Default to 30-Minute Meetings
Why Parkinson’s Law is sabotaging your schedule—and how to take back control.
Parkinson’s Law says: Work expands to fill the time allotted to it.
It’s like a gas filling its container—the more time you give a task, the more time it will take. Meetings are a prime example.
Most meetings default to 60 minutes. And guess what? They’ll take 60 minutes—even if 30 would’ve done the job. People instinctively stretch discussions to fit the…
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