Mike Michalowicz
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 20 Feb
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Those two things are such important behavioral components.
So Parkinson, quick history lesson.
He's a theorist from the 1950s studying human behavior and finds an interesting phenomena.
As a resource expands its availability, the more time we have, for example, the more we consume.
So if you and I are discussing an agreement, I say, I'll get to you in one week, it'll likely take me a week.
If you and I discuss the same agreement, the same people, the same parameters, but I say, I'll get to you in one day, I'll likely get to you in one day.
So as we constrain a resource, we become more efficient.
It's true for time.
It's also true for like food.
The more food put in front of us, the more we consume.
And it's true for money.
And that's why so many businesses, as they see their sales increasing and revenue increasing over time, they get really excited, but almost uncannily expenses are increasing at the exact same rate.
Well, that's a natural human response to subconscious response.
We don't even realize we're doing it, but more cash means I have more to spend.
We keep on spending.
So most businesses get stuck in this loop of constantly trying to sell their way to profitability and success.
And they never will get there because of Parkinson's law.
Now, the primacy effect means the next thing we see has a heightened importance.
So as money comes in, those deposits come in, we look at it and say, oh, I got some money.
Finally, I can do, and whatever that do is, is the next important thing.
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