Yet, I do use this approach. And I've been running a consulting business for 24 years, and I've been a columnist for IEEE Computer Magazine. I've written two bo

Yet, I do use this approach. And I've been running a consulting business for 24 years, and I've been a columnist for IEEE Computer Magazine. I've written two books, done zillions of talks. I have missed a few deadlines, yes. That's not the end of the fucking world. But what might be more of a problem is doing poor quality work. When I wrote Software Realities for IEEE Computer, I never missed a deadline. How I did that is I never knew what the real deadline was. I instructed the editor to give me a series of deadlines that I would treat as real. But if I really couldn't meet one with a good article, I would ask for the next (also fake IRL) deadline. Pressure does help, but it's just ignorant and abusive to treat procrastination like a disease and disrespect your intermal mental rhythms. You will burn yourself out that way, kiddo, as I did before I figured this shit out.