'It seems counterintuitive, but if you want others to help out or get something done, it's best not to set a deadline,' PLCampbell explains. Here's why.
A new study from Otago Business School indicated people get things done quicker when they don't have a deadline.Often we procrastinate not because we don’t care, but because we lack the confidence to do the job.Here’s something that I’ve learned about my teenage daughter: When I ask her to do something by 2 p.m.–or ascribe another narrow deadline to the task–the chances she’ll get the job done increase significantly.
I have a similar tendency. I am very good with immediate or short deadlines. I may feel frantic, but I get the job done. But if you give me six months, I fret and have a hard time making meaningful progress until the deadline gets a whole lot closer.According to research from the Otago Business School, Department of Economics, the length of time you have to complete a task impacts whether you procrastinate or get it done quickly.
The group with the one-week deadline resulted in many responses. But it was the group with no deadline at all that out-performed everyone else.
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