# 5 Laws of Productivity I See No One Talking About

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## Highlights
- Productivity is all the rage in today’s attention economy
- We have attention spans lesser than a goldfish.
- No wonder, we can’t get anything meaningful done. As a coping mechanism for our shallow work, we have turned to the productivity gurus on the web.
- Goodhart’s Law
- “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure
- Parkinson’s Law
- “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
- Pareto Rule
- 80% of consequences come from 20% of the causes.
- 2 Minute Rule
- If a task takes you less than 2 minutes to do, do it immediately.
- 2 Day Rule
- If you are trying to be consistent at a new habit, don’t miss it for more than 2 days in a row.