3.20 Why we should think less about deadlines (and what we should do instead)

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Do you find yourself putting stuff off because it’s not due yet or never reaching some goals because they don’t have a specific deadline at all? Is the only thing that actually gets you moving that slight panic associated with a looming deadline? If so, this is totally normal but it can mean that work feels very pressured and that we don’t always do the things that we want to be doing in the long term. In this episode, I will talk about how we can reduce our dependence on deadlines and how we can use start dates to organise our tasks instead.

Links I refer to in this episode 

Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

How to do role-based time blocking

Total Workday Control by Michael Lindenberger

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