Dan Markovitz argues that being so connected actually makes you less productive. He says that work will expand to fill the time allotted. I don't know if I'd call it a law, but it is definitely true in some corporations.
Todd has a great example of "interruption marketing."
Lifehack lists 10 tips to improve your concentration. And remember, I've argued that concentration is the new competitive advantage, so it's important to build it up.
Steve Bainbridge discusses the corporation problem.
For more good stuff, I've been spending a lot of time on DailyHub and EbizMBA.
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“work will expand to fill the time allotted” is traditionally known as Parkinson’s Law.
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I couldn’t agree more!! Too many people look for easy, quick answers. No one wants to “recreate the wheel”. I say, let’s create a NEW wheel.
My ability to concentrate has dropped considerably since I started using e-mail and other technologies that make us more “productive”.
And C. Northcote Parkinson’s law (1955) is a lot like Murphy’s Law or the Peter Principle, witty and satirical. It’s also been called the “law of the bureaucracy.”