The Bright Method Podcast: Realistic Time Management and Productivity for Working Women & Working Moms 36. Deadlines: How to avoid choking yourself up on your deadlines
Jan 8, 2024
Learn strategies for avoiding overwhelming deadlines, including negotiation tactics and assessing task duration. Understand the importance of visualizing capacity and workload for effective time management. Discover practical challenges of implementing strategies and enroll in the life-changing Bright Method program.
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End-Of-Week Deadline Stack
- Kelly Nolan describes a law partner who realized Fridays were hectic because she told everyone "I'll have it to you by the end of the week."
- That phrasing stacked deadlines on Fridays and created recurring end-of-week crunches.
Use Rolling Deadlines
- Say "I'll get it to you in about a week" instead of "by the end of the week" to create rolling deadlines.
- Rolling phrases spread deadlines across days instead of stacking them on a single day.
Eagerness Led To Unsustainable Deadlines
- Kelly Nolan recounts early-career behavior of saying "tomorrow at noon" after doing mental math to appear eager.
- This habit led to exhaustion and declining work quality from cramming tasks into tight windows.