When I first started teaching one-day workshops on managing multiple priorities back in 2009, I came across Parkinson's Law. Parkinson's Law is the principle that work expands to fill the time available for its completion. An excellent example of this was Harry Hopkins, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisers. Harry suffered from many tragedies limiting the time he could spend on his work — from his second wife dying in 1937 to his battle with cancer. Even though he had to officially resign from his cabinet position in 1940, he remained committed to advising Roosevelt. Working only a few hours a day forced Hopkins to focus on what mattered most. In The Effective Executive, Peter Drucker describes how Hopkins became the go-between for President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill accomplishing more than anyone else in wartime Washington  Tellingly, Churchill dubbed Hopkins “Lord Heart of the Matter.” At first, I was skeptical of Parkinson's Law, but after many workshops as a time management speaker working with thousands of employees in a variety of roles acr ...

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