Satisficing vs Maximizing in Time Management

The principle that work expands to fill the time available for its completion, suggesting that setting tighter deadlines and constraints can increase efficiency and reduce procrastination.

A productivity principle stating that when you pick up a task or item, handle it completely rather than putting it down to deal with later, reducing clutter and mental load.

Efficiency principle where you handle each task, email, or item only once instead of revisiting it multiple times. Reduces decision fatigue and prevents tasks from lingering in your queue.

Economic principle applied to productivity recognizing that beyond a certain point, additional time invested yields progressively smaller improvements, guiding when to stop and move on.

Productivity principle stating that when you pick up or encounter a task, email, or item, deal with it completely instead of setting it aside for later. Reduces handling time and mental overhead of revisiting items multiple times.

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's pioneering research on flow states where time perception alters during optimal experience, influencing understanding of productive work periods and deep focus time management.