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The original was posted on /r/getmotivated by /u/mayankgupta1802 on 2024-01-01 03:52:59+00:00.
About - Working with timelines, but creating a sense of fake urgency.
We humans tend to work more efficiently in a manageable amount of pressure. Too much pressure is obviously bad, and detrimental to our thinking capability and our output. But too less pressure also relaxes us and reduces our overall efficiency. So, I introduce this very useful concept – fake urgency.
As the name suggests, you put yourself in an urgent situation when it is really not. You attach a fake and prior deadline for completing a certain task. This way you keep some buffer for yourself to manage delays. Like – you may have to complete a presentation by 20th of the month. You attach a deadline of 15th. And when you reach near 15th, you work on it aggressively and complete it by 15th, even though you know that the real date is 20th.
Note that you need to be able to good at prioritisation to be able to start utilising the concept of fake urgency. If you prioritise something that’s not very important and attach a fake deadline to it, you’ll be able to finish it much earlier. But then the real priority task will get delayed, and you’ll end up working on it in real urgency! Note that Fake urgency has to be realistic urgency as well.
Let me know your feedback on this post. Happy to connect if you need more details