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ANXIETY & OVERTHINKING · 0:18

Deadline panic is not the only source of focus

“I rely on deadline panic to get started.” Urgency may be supplying the focus that structure did not provide earlier. Try this: Create an earlier external checkpoint with one visible deliverable. What task are you trying to perfect before starting? Self-help only — not therapy, diagnosis, or emergency support.

Three takeaways

  1. Urgency may be supplying the focus that structure did not provide earlier.
  2. Believing pressure is the only way you can perform.
  3. Waiting until the cost of delay becomes frightening.
  4. Create an earlier external checkpoint with one visible deliverable.

Video transcript

You said: I rely on deadline panic to get started. Urgency may be supplying the focus that structure did not provide earlier. Believing pressure is the only way you can perform. Try this: Create an earlier external checkpoint with one visible deliverable.