The End to Overthinking, Procrastination, and Perfectionism

Man, this topic is a doozy. I can’t tell you how many people come into our leadership development sphere and suffer from being directly in their own way. 

I’ve taught extensively on the adaptive change often required in cases of a pattern of procrastination. That work, mostly fueled by blindspots and “hidden competing commitments” is not what I’m talking about today. Today I’m talking about a simple solution. 

The entire message can be summed up in a single word. Ready? Deadlines. That’s it. That’s the whole blog article. 

Now, if you want more. Here’s the next layer deeper. The reason this works is worth reading into. People who hit deadlines almost never ship work that they perceive is perfect. 

Read that again. 

People who hit deadlines almost never ship work that they perceive is perfect. 

Deadlines force us instead to tolerate the discomfort of our work being ready enough. Since no one submastery” in this is more about getting better work to the deadline