Here are the twenty tricks to get you to your goal on time, taken from LATE! A Timebender’s guide to why we are late and what we can change
DEADLINES
Deadline Tip 1: Always ask for a Deadline
Deadline Tip 2: Involve Other People
Deadline Tip 3: Take off your Watch
Deadline Tip 4: Make a Ulysses Contract
Deadline Tip 5: Commit to Doing a Draft Before the Finished Article
Deadline Tip 6: Break a Task into Mini-Deadlines
Deadline Tip 7: Set Your Deadlines When You’re Calm
Deadline Tip 8: Create a False Ending
Deadline Tip 9: Set Up an Earlier Deadline Before a Big Event
Deadline Tip 10: Have Something to Do While You’re Waiting
DISTRACTIONS
Distraction Tip 1: Always Have an Untidy Desk
Distraction Tip 2: Start with the Fun Stuff and Do the Work Later
Distraction Tip 3: Give Yourself a Double Bind
Distraction Tip 4: Look for the Carrots
Distraction Tip 5: Start Early
Distraction Tip 6: Don’t Interrupt the Flow
Distraction Tip 7: Get Ready the Night Before
Distraction Tip 8: Beware the Voodoo Power of Lists
Distraction Tip 9: Calm Your Inner Rebel
Distraction Tip 10: Beware Bad Habits