I think what you say and he says are not that different: he argues that the concept of deadlines is really pressure which is also what being not cash-rich is ab

I think what you say and he says are not that different: he argues that the concept of deadlines is really pressure which is also what being not cash-rich is about, you have limited resources, therefore you have pressure to make the most out of them. So deadlines can be a lazy, dumb or crude way of pressure and may not have the intended effect. Surfacing the real reasons and dealing with them directly might be more effective.