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Why Everything Takes Longer Than You Think
Your estimate was a hope, not a measurement.
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Planning fallacy
The planning fallacy causes people to underestimate the time, costs, and risks of their own future tasks while overestimating the benefits.
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Hofstadter's law
Hofstadter's law is the rule that complex work always takes longer than expected, even when you factor in the law itself.
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Parkinson's law
Parkinson's law states that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
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Time Management
Time management is the practice of consciously planning and controlling how much time you spend on specific activities.
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Goal setting
Specific, hard targets systematically outperform easy goals and do-your-best advice by focusing attention, effort, and persistence.
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Timeboxing
Timeboxing is a planning method that sets a strict maximum period of time for an activity and refuses to extend it.
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Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique is a time-management method that splits work into focused 25-minute intervals separated by mandatory short breaks.