What is Parkinson's Law?
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
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Parkinson's law? You don't know what Parkinson's law is?
Well, you will by the time you finish watching this video.
Stay tuned.
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Parkinson's Law states that the amount of time you give a task to take is equivalent to the amount of time that task will take. For example, if you have a week to finish a research paper for class, the paper will take all week finish. Parkinson's law is the reason that high achievers can wing it in high school. And that's exactly what I did.
It explains how you can wait till the night before the major paper is due, stay up all night finishing the paper, and still get a decent grade. The paper itself only takes five or so hours to complete but most people spend an hour here and an hour there over the course of a week to finish the paper.
Many high achievers wait until the night before the paper is due and spent all five hours that night plugging away to meet the deadline. This plan, for the most part, works. Unless you have something else come up at the last minute. Then you are screwed. Otherwise it works.
When working on my doctoral degree I realized that I could use Parkinson's law to my favor. Instead of just waiting until the last possible minute to complete an assignment, I moved up the deadline. If, for example, I had a paper that was due in two weeks from now I would look at my calendar and block off the evening where I would act as if the paper was due the next day. For example it was due in two Mondays from now, I would start on Wednesday night and act as if the paper was due Thursday morning. I would stay up all night and do everything I would have done had I waited until the last minute to finish the paper.
I would do the best I possibly could in the five or so hours I would put into the paper. When I woke up on Thursday morning, I spent the rest of the day feeling satisfied. It was actually quite amazing because I shifted the stress from distress to eustress, the kind that motivates and invigorates you. Thursday I was walking on clouds I was so excited that I had completed this paper and I knew that all of my friends would be stressing out.
What I would then do is allow the paper to simmer. I would put it aside and wait until the following Monday (still a week before the paper was due) and I would read the paper with a fresh set of eyes. I then went into copyediting mode, looking for spelling, grammar, and word choice errors that most students would overlook because of their rush to the deadline. This process might only take an hour, but would dramatically improve the quality of my paper.
Now, here is where I got really crazy. I would then schedule office hours with my professor and show him my finished paper. Not only does this show that I finished the a paper and could receive a grade, but it would really impress him. Here's how the conversation would go:
Brian, "Hey, I was really excited about the paper and I wanted to finish it early so that you would have some time give me some feedback. Is that okay?
Teacher, "Umm... Okay."
Brian, "Great. I worked really hard on it and feel like it's some of my best work but I want to continually improve and make sure that I'm really growing. Would it be possible for you to take a glance at it before I officially turned it in? Maybe you have a few suggestions about how I can make it even better?"
Teacher, "WTF? Is this a joke? Seriously... where are the hidden cameras. Nobody does that. Is it possible to give you a grade higher than an A? Amazing!"
See, here's the thing. No one goes the extra mile. Everyone tries to skate by on the least they can possibly do. But not you. You get it done early. You punch twice as hard.
So now you're older and your juggling kids, and family, and work, and life.
Use parkinson's law.
Set a short deadline and hustle to the finish line BEFORE life happens.
When you put off a project till it is due- that is the night your baby will get sick. You'll have a flat tire. You're roof will leak. And your project will suffer.
Instead. Set a short deadline and experience the peace of mind.
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Great stuff! I used this law in before all my exams. I usually whould wait until there are 2 days before the exam and then start studying and it went great!
VERY GOOD!!!!!
@3:08 from experience, this is absolutely NOT how that would go. The professor would say something along: "I can take a look at it but I can't give you feedback or tell you if you're on the right direction because that's considered intervening".
On multiple levels, doing an all nighter is hella foolish behavior.
So, it's Monday and you have a paper due on Friday, and you know that. How do you delude yourself into temporarily believing it's due on, say, Wednesday?
yes you have to make a realistic deadline. I think in your case Wed is ok.
A bit confused...At 0:45 he says that he "winged through high school" by completing a project in 5 hours instead of piecing it out during the course of the week leading up to it. Then at 4:09 he totally contradicts that approach.
Actually, the 1st statement was how he skated by in high school, stressing out over assignments, and barely getting it in on time. How much more stress do you have in life as an adult than you did in high school? It's not a contradiction of the first statement. It's doing the same thing, but not procrastinating until the last minute, stressing out over it, turning in sub-par work, and not getting better than you're capable of. The concept is to do the same thing, only early so you can look at it again with fresh eyes and complete it early. That way when life gets in the way, as it always does, you don't have to worry about the task that you needed to get done...it's already done.
I finished a college final paper from scratch, researching in the library, and planning, body writing, editing, review, citations, formatting, etc. In about 3.5 hours leading up to the time deadline to drop it off at professors office made it with less than 10 minutes to spare.
This guy is fucking hilarious!
Dude your channel will grow. I'll guarantee you.. Keep at it!
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@@akirasuzuki9269 Great things take time, you know...😉
and if the great doesn't happen to be that great as thought,
but at least we have something great in our hand, be positive buddy.
He's stating the obvious, but I guess we all still need to hear it.
Very easy to understand explanation.
yeah, man it's shocking to know that we don't know how much we don't know.
Good One. Presentation is Amazing
Thank you very much for valuable information, let me know how can I motivate my self to done work early and punch harder.
Thanks I will apply this and see how it improves my productivity
the best video explain the Parkinson's Law in interesting way, and i can say the best one I've found it so far.
True💯💯💯
Thank you! You are great! The video is super interesting!
This has nothing to do with Parkinson´s Law - just saying
+mikkelkmerrild Absolutely! Parkinson's Law is about the idiocy of bureaucracy by staffing more people to accomplish tasks that fewer people could do. As C.N. Parkinson discussed, bureaucratic growth is not necessarily relative to the amount of work present. In essence, it promotes and fosters inefficiency. It's not about procrastination as many seem to believe.
The thing is that you knew this before watching this video. Someone watching this video without this privious knowledge will still have no idea about what Parkinson´s Law is actually stating in theory. This video is just a "watch my stuff" click bait using a popular search request.
it helps thank you. now it is 2020
Loved it. Thanks Sir!
Wow man, so helpful. I want to be a good slave 👍🏻!!!
OK... after 1 more video.
From the side he looks like Will Ferrell
Awesome video! Thanks :D
What if you have ddl everyday?
great enthusiasm and great delivery !!!
Very nice explaination
Amazing! Thanks! This will work!
Dang dude u still alive
that was really great explanation bro
How do we know how short to make a deadline? For example, how did you decide to give yourself 5 hours for that paper? Could it have been done in 4 hours or 3?
Thanx for that
Thank you
Great!
You are really good!
Loved this
Awesome 👌👌 waiting for more videos.
I’m applying this in every area of my life 10x over
Deconstruction of Parkinson's Law at it's best
That's how Mafia works.
best video of my life....
superb....
Holy Shit! So I'm a high achiever!
cool tip
Good one 👌
well done.
Great video as always man. Love stuff like this... Parkinson's Law, 80/20 rule, etc... Great Video!
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"You get it done early. You punch twice as hard. " That video was nothing like I was expecting when I saw the first 10 seconds. Kudos to you Brian!
And btw you can be a fighter without actually being one. You might have read it already but check out the "King, Warrior, Magician, Lover" book.
Hindi caption would be an advantage.