{"id":80912,"date":"2021-01-24t11:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-24t16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=80912"},"modified":"2024-06-19t10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19t14:05:57","slug":"deadlines-ha-dont-make-me-laugh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2021\/01\/24\/deadlines-ha-dont-make-me-laugh\/","title":{"rendered":"deadlines? ha! don\u2019t make me laugh"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"blindfolded<\/a>when they’re missed, figure out why.
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by steven e. sacks<\/i>
\nthe new fundamentals<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

distractions, distractions and more distractions, coupled with deadlines. ah, deadlines! those are the b\u00eate noire of executives, journalists, record producers, book authors and anyone else in the workforce whose deliverables are expected by a certain date.<\/p>\n

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and what about those dates? are they arbitrary or do they have the real urgency of, say, a court order?
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\ni researched the origin of the term deadline<\/strong> and found that it can be traced to the civil war. a line was drawn in the sand around a prison or near a detention fence. any prisoner who went beyond the line in the sand would be shot. later on, the term deadline shifted to the publishing sector, mainly for newspapers where an article had to be submitted by a certain time or it could not be included in the paper. over time, the term applied to other areas of work that was schedule-driven.<\/p>\n

\u201ci work best after the deadline has passed, when i’m in a panic.\u201d \u2013 <\/em><\/strong>tony kushner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

if you want to control actions and behavior in the workplace, you have to set deadlines. it is, however, a double-edged sword: it prevents dilly-dallying but also de-emphasizes refinement with the aim of perfection. what usually results is the philosophy of \u201cdon\u2019t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.\u201d\u00a0this may be relevant for a tweet or a facebook post, but for important matters, not so much.<\/p>\n

in deadlines for home renovations, unveiling of a new smartphone, tax filing or a bevy of any time-mandated activity, deadlines are often ignored. you can easily find it project management efforts on a junkpile of missed milestones or uncompleted phases. the culprit: missed deadlines.<\/p>\n

what are the causes of deadlines turning to dust?<\/p>\n