Skip to content
Real.Good.Work.
Good Work. Real Work. Really Good.
  • What We Do
  • About Us
    • About You
    • About Phil – Short
    • About Philindo – Long
  • Contact
  • Search
Real.Good.Work.
  • Search
  • What We Do
  • About Us
    • About You
    • About Phil – Short
    • About Philindo – Long
  • Contact
Home » Leadership and Management » Work Expands…
Leadership and Management Quotes

Work Expands…

by Phil|Published September 4, 2008

Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

— C. Northcote Parkinson, in Economist, 19 Nov 1955, quoted in Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations.

AUTHOR

Phil
Real.Good.Work. with Phil Marsosudiro -- advisor, consultant and coach for spiritually guided business people.
172 posts

You may also like

Lowell on the Inevitable
Published October 6, 2008

Lowell on the Inevitable

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your […]

The Japanese Why
Published September 2, 2008

The Japanese Why

If the person is over 40 years old, I tell him he should do something because it is first good for Japan, […]

Published January 21, 2014

Susan B. Anthony — “I pray…not on my knees but with my work”

“I pray every single moment of my life; not on my knees but with my work. My prayer is to lift women […]

Advice-giving and Caring x 2
Published November 9, 2007

Advice-giving and Caring x 2

On advice-giving: People don’t care what you know until they know that you care. — source unknown One of my favorite Far […]

Post navigation

  • Previous post Advertising Anew
  • Back to post list
  • Next post Herbert Marcus on the Good Transaction

© 2026 Real.Good.Work. – All rights reserved

Powered by WP – Designed with the Customizr theme