Do you find yourself committing to too many tasks and activities, only to realize on the day that you have much too much to do? Gal Zauberman, PhD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and John Lynch Jr., PhD, of Duke University, say you’ll probably always do this: The key here is to assume that you won’t have as much time as you think. Much like the principle of giving yourself more time than you think you’ll actually need to get somewhere so to avoid being late, we should allow more time for everything else we plan to do; in case we balls up our projected time management. More so now than ever; with more email, more networking and more distractions; putting a little less on our future plates might be just enough. Your thoughts? Why Do We Overcommit? Study Suggests We Think We’ll Have More Time In The Future Than We Have Today – [ScienceDaily]
