A corollary to Parkinson's Law stating 'If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do,' highlighting how work can contract to fit tight deadlines, though often misunderstood as encouragement for procrastination.
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Stock-Sanford Corollary
The Stock-Sanford Corollary is the best known corollary to Parkinson's Law. It states: 'If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do.'
While Parkinson's Law states that 'work expands to fill the time available for its completion,' the Stock-Sanford Corollary represents a related observation about how work can also contract dramatically when time pressure is extreme.
This corollary can be misunderstood as an encouragement for procrastination. However, it's more accurately an observation about:
A related principle is Horstman's Corollary to Parkinson's Law: 'Work contracts to fit in the time we give it.' This represents the deliberate application of time constraints to increase efficiency.
Taking a task you think will take 4 hours and only allocating 2 hours to it will likely result in completing the task under 2 hours, as the constraint forces you to work more efficiently and avoid perfectionism.
Understanding these corollaries allows for strategic use of deadlines to:
However, consistently relying on last-minute work can lead to:
The key is finding the balance between using time constraints productively (Horstman's approach) without falling into chronic procrastination (Stock-Sanford trap).
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