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
172 postsYou may also like
This from an academic friend who studies Japanese culture: “In management circles, it’s said that if you give an identical problem to […]
I invoiced a new client late Wednesday night via email. “To process at your convenience,” I wrote. On Saturday I found their […]
For some reason, I dip into this book again and again. Lewis writes about his time at Salomon Brothers in the early […]
Marianne Williamson — excerpt from congressional campaign announcement: 20 October 2013 …At my Sister Giant Conference in Los Angeles last year, I […]