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In today’s article, setting a deadline can quickly boost productivity in your life. I will be explaining to you the benefits of deadline setting. By showing why you might not be achieving your goals and how you can apply the deadline strategy into your own life.
One Reason Why Your Not Achieving Your Goals Quickly
You have probably guessed the answer already. Of course, it’s not setting a deadline.
When there is no deadline, it’s like your floating in space towards your goal. What a deadline provides is a target to attain. A purpose with a set of easy guideline of when you have to achieve something.
In my own life, when I’m told to do something without a deadline it never gets done in a hurry. There’s just no urgency behind it and it either gets forgotten or until I’m prompted to complete it by a certain date that it gets done.
You can see everywhere in life.
With the covid epidemic just look at how fast vaccines have been discovered in record time. Of course, you can be sceptical but these labs that have created vaccines have been focusing on vaccination for a long time. With a global emergency scientist from all around the world have had the deadline of it needs to be solved immediately and this has led to the creation of the vaccinations we see today.
Look at your own life when you have a deadline and when you haven’t. What’s the difference?
The Carrot And The Stick
A deadline can work two ways. You can either set a deadline for yourself or someone will set one for you. The foremost is more enjoyable because it’s within your control parameters. It’s a great way to boost the productivity level that gives you the push to achieve your goals.
When someone sets a deadline for you. You either crumble under the pressure or you find something inside that powers you through. I have been set deadlines in my life with my job security at stake and I have seen myself produce some of my best work. It has forced me into the best version that has lead to a winning mindset.
It’s all within us to work well towards a deadline. When humans were first roaming the plains of Africa we had a deadline for food, water, shelter, warmth, and safety. These deadlines gave us a purpose to survive. When our life and security are on the line it’s the most powerful deadline we all have to respond to. The saying is the survival of the fitness but it’s also the survival of achieving your deadline too.
What Are The Benefits Of Deadlines
The benefits of a deadline are that it gives us focus and an urgency to move forward whether that’s survival or achieving our best work. Setting deadlines make us productive and create a habit that allows us to find within us the best version of ourselves. Either your setting deadline or deadline is being set for you but either way, you will find your true potential of what you’re capable of within that given time limit.
How Can You Apply Deadlines To Work For You
When creating your own deadlines. Making the deadline a priority will help you focus your mind on caring for the goal to be achieved.
Once it’s a priority then you must plan and keep track of your progress as this will allow you to know the path you need to take to complete the deadline. Without it, you will be aimless and give up.
When setting a deadline. Make sure it’s doable for your skillset. If you have never been skiing before don’t expect to be a master at it in a week. With this in my mind make sure you set a deadline that is reasonable to complete where it’s doable but challenging. For example, by learning a language you could set yourself a deadline of 3 months to complete.
Overall when setting your own deadline you have to want to do it. No matter how many deadlines you set yourself. If it doesn’t mean anything to you you won’t do it unless it forced upon you.
Over To You
I hope you enjoyed today’s article, setting a deadline can quickly boost productivity in your life.
Deadlines are never a great thing to talk about. But once you understand the power it can have on your life and the productivity you can attain from it. There is no doubt it has to be used to find the best version of yourself.
What deadline are you going to set today to change your life!?
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