Nope. No way to fake a deadline. Like setting your watch 10 mins fast to be on time ... you can't fool yourself.
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Replying to @bhudgeons
Links to any solid research on psychology of deadlines? Do probabilistic deadlines work? ("earthquake prep: do it before next big one hits")
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@fortelabs ... how do you make a project SMART when there is no natural deadline? Fake deadlines don't work.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bhudgeons @vgr
Key is to realize ALL deadlines are fake. They are all arbitrary, invented, human fabrications. Knowing this, you can get creative
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Much more useful to think of time as 1 type of buffer (typically along w/ resources and scope, a la Iron Triangle of PM)
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All 3 can be dynamically added or subtracted. Pretending that a deadline is "real" is fixing it, which tends to cause other two to grow
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Fixing one side of the triangle can be useful, but it's only one way of doing things
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Replying to @fortelabs @vgr
This discussion assumes we want to fix one side with a deadline. How to do that is the question. Declaring an arbitrary date doesn't work.
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One potential technique: commit publicly.
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Replying to @bhudgeons @vgr
Nah I think that's overrated. If you depend on external locus of control you're already screwed
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I think this is a narrow view Tiago. External/social locus of control is just another tool in the kit. Use when appropriate.
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Replying to @vgr @bhudgeons
Agreed, but here we're talking task-level deadlines. No one cares enough to provide adequate accountability
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Only once have I actually experimented with a $50 bet for a daily task... and it really, really worked. I never used it again. It's weird.
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