tfw when you need to be in deadline mode to finish something but no natural deadlines in sight 😕 have you solved this yet?
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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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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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Paging ... how do you make a project SMART when there is no natural deadline? Fake deadlines don't work.
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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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it's not fake if a missed deadline would lead to demerit, demotion, even getting fired (and thereby putting your status/life at risk)...?
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Maybe the answer is that if the deadline isn't real, it really isn't a project. This answer is unsatisfying.
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It satisfies me. I don't think of project work as the only kind of work. Atelic work requires atemporal mindset nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opi
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Nobody is arguing that it is the only kind of work. Remember that you started this thread :)
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Yes. Shared deadlines are easy. The problem is when nobody but you cares about the project.
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