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A Beginners Guide To Parkinson's Law: How To Do More Stuff By Giving Yourself... - 1 views

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shared by sissij on 18 Nov 16 - No Cached
  • Parkinson’s Law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
  • You had all week to finalize a proposal, but waited to do it until 4:30pm on the Friday.
  • He found that even a series of simple tasks increased in complexity to fill up the time allotted to it. As the length of time allocated to a task became shorter, the task became simpler and easier to solve.
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  • Interestingly enough, I worked more but got less done. On top of that, I was stressed all the time.
  • I was an addict, not to work, but to thinking that I was working.
  • Specificity and restrictions create freedom and nourish creativity. Add them to your arsenal of tools as you become an uber productive and efficient creator.
  • I’ve referred to this in the past as “shoot first, aim later” or “jump … and then figure it out on the way down.” Pick a big goal, commit to it, and you’ll probably find that you’re able to figure out a way to achieve it.
  • sissij on 18 Nov 16
     
    I found this law very interesting. It also reminds me of the TedTalk we had during advisory on procrastination. Being busy and being busy and efficient is completely different. I have a personally experience that agree on this law. Last week, my days were completely filled with cross-country practice, musical rehearsal, and school work, so everyday I sleep around eleven o'clock. This week, I suddenly have a lot more time as the cross-country season ends and the musical is over, but I still go to bed at eleven o'clock and fill my time still not enough for me. I was busy this week but obviously, my efficiency is much lower than last week. --Sissi (11/18/2016)
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Ken Robinson: How schools kill creativity | Talk Video | TED.com - 0 views

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shared by nolan_delaney on 01 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • nolan_delaney on 01 Apr 15
     
    Ted talk about education and creativity done by a former professor.  He is very funny, witty, and intelligent and a gifted speaker/communicator.  A long video, but entertaining on several fronts
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