Ian Koniak explains how Parkinson's law makes work expand to fill available time. He sets strict hours, 8 to 6 with a lunch break at noon, to force focus and protect time with his family.
You have to set boundaries for the time you work. That's the number one thing I do. Now. There's a Parkinson's law. It says that work will expand to the time allotted. So if you don't have boundaries, you'll work 70, 80 hours a week. And that's just stupid. I don't want someone working that many hours. That means they have no life and they're not going to be a cool person because they're not doing other stuff outside of work that's going to make them well rounded. So fundamentally, if you only give yourself two hours to get something done, you will work way more efficiently. You will work way more focused. And that's why people work well under deadlines or when there's a meeting coming up, because, you know, they're finally like, forced to do it. So if you can set that boundary every single day for yourself, I think that's a foundation. So for me, my boundaries are eight to six. I'm not working after six, no matter what I have left to do, because there's always going to be stuff I didn't get to. I'm stopping at 6 so I can be present with my family. I also have another boundary. From 12 to one every day I go in and have lunch with my wife.
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