Give yourself tight deadlines

Our body, like that of any other animal, wants to take it as easy as possible. What does that means? Try this. Till now you have been reading at your normal reading speed. Now as you are reading this increase your reading speed, start reading faster than ever before. No, No, don’t just think that you can read faster, experience it. Read this line really fast, fast, faster than ever before. Yes, Yes, keep reading fast. Did you experience the difference? You can read much faster than usual speed (and it is much more fun). Any task can be done faster and better than before, if the mind decides so. Whereas, if the mind doesn’t drive urgency, the body will take it easy (and slowwwwwwwww).

Fortunately, we have mind that can drive our body, unlike that of animal which is driven by stomach. One can create sense of urgency by giving tight deadlines, thereby increasing focus and enhancing performance. Also, as one becomes faster and better , one will find that the sheer pleasure of witnessing oneself getting better than before is the greatest motivating factor. Next time don’t take two weeks to complete the mundane assignment, rather finish it in a week or so by giving tighter deadlines. If everything in life comes with an expiry date, then why not the task at hand!  Stop lingering on at one task; give it a deadline, finish it faster, have more fun!

11 Comments

  1. Teja says:

    nice, short and to the point!

    hope you and I follow this for our prepn and get done with it sooner :D

    atb

  2. Saurabh says:

    Nice one man! A unique one.. never read or thought before.. :)

  3. Atul says:

    @Teja…yep dood..need to follow up on this big time…atb to u also

    @Saurabh ..idea came to me while reading…;)..

  4. abhilash chodwary says:

    grt one sir!!!
    i like ur blogs a lot!!
    ;)

  5. Atul says:

    thanks Abhilash..appreciate ur your comment..

  6. Kshitij says:

    Absolutely amazing in terms of creativity and different ideas.

  7. Koushik says:

    Life comes with a deadline so do tasks mite be an add … waise concise and awesome … add something abt pushing the limits et all
    cheers and keep it coming

  8. Atul says:

    @ Kshitij – if u think its new and different..then bet it is..i learn different things every time i speak with you..:D..

    @Koushik ..I was also thinking about writing smthing on pushing the limits…next blog…u keep reading and commenting..:P

  9. Ankit Samdariya says:

    very effective and practical…works almost instantenously….good job!…keet it up

  10. xfactor says:

    ye padhte hi maine apni kheer fatfat khatam kar di :D

  11. xfactor says:

    Anyways, tight deadline is a good thing and something that’s needed to be efficient in whatever you do, but NEVER expend the quality :)

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