The Deadlines of Time Management

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The book is about the psychology of procrastination and how institutions manage deadlines. The author says she tried to figure out why some companies were so good at meeting dead lines, while others weren't. She also looked into larger structures such as easter lilies or bak friday customers.

The deadline is one of the most powerful tools we have for getting work done. So why are we all so afraid of it? After studying organizations that manipulate deadlines to their advantage, Christopher Cox (former chief editor of Harper's and executive editor of GQ) has figured out how to transform deadlines from something to be feared into a superpower to boost productivity and stimulate creativity. He’s bottled his findings in a new book called “The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It's the Last Minute—Before the Last Minute,” and in this episode, he shares what he has learned with novelist Rivka Galchen.