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The Parkinson's Rule

This rule, states that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". 

Therefore, we should set in advance how much time we will allocate for doing a specific task. By doing that, It will be possible to save time that could be embraced both for studying more and for taking longer breaks.

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Hi all! πŸ“šI'm Juan, a Learning Coach and founder of Data Integration Systems from πŸ‡¨πŸ‡΄! I'm passionated about evidence based learning, marketing & systems. You can reach me at juan@dataintegrationsystems.co

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