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Give yourself just a little less time than you think you need for every task
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Fixed Schedule
“Always demand a deadline. A deadline weeds out the extraneous and the ordinary. It prevents you from trying to make it perfect, so you have to make it different. Different is better.” — Kevin Kelly 1 2
Enforcing constraint such as time limits, creates a sense of urgency that helps to concentrate efforts
Related
- Stuff expands to fill the available space
- Cost expands to fill the available budget
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If failing to do a task by a certain date has serious repercussions, then it should have a “due date (hard deadline)”. Otherwise, it shouldn’t. ↩
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“You’re more likely to unlock a big leap in performance by trying differently than by trying harder. You might be able to work 10% harder, but a different approach might work 10x better. Remain focused on the core problem, but explore a new line of attack. Persistence is not just about effort, but also strategy. Don’t merely try harder, try differently.” — James Clear ↩
