Self assigned deadlines.

As a creative, an important skill to master is how to set and meet self assigned deadlines.

Without serious deadlines, projects can go on indefinitely without them actually being shipped. Many good ideas never see the day of the light because the creative was not serious about setting and meeting the deadline.

Yes, we are bad at estimating deadlines. Yes, we should make room for slack and unexpected events. But not setting a deadline is not an option. And once you set it, we need to make it serious by creating a repercussion of missing it.

This is a skill that few people have and it’s one that’s worth building.

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