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The Bike-Shedding Effect

April 9, 2026
The Namibian
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Have you ever had something so big to do that you end up doing everything else but that very thing instead? You know you must study but end up cleaning your desk instead. This is called the bike-shedding effect; it is the tendency to devote a disproportionate amount of time to menial and trivial matters [] The post The Bike-Shedding Effect appeared first on The Namibian.

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