How to Make Deadlines to be your Friend

Posted by Egypt Web Design

July 31, 2008

Hey it’s me again coming with an interesting article i just finished reading… Credits goes to the Author of the Article Steven Snell

The article is talking about every designer and developer nightmare which is (DEADLINES).

I’d like to take this opportunity to build on that post by looking not only at how we can increase our productivity in our day-to-day work, but also how we can change our mentality towards deadlines to create a healthier and more efficient work flow.

Abhijeet’s points and suggestions for meeting deadlines are:

1. Set expectations… with yourself.
2. Prioritize your work.
3. Keep track of dates and occasions.
4. Analyze your accomplishments every day.
5. Try to work only five days a week.

These points are great for keeping yourself on track and maintaining a proper balance in your work. From my experience I’ve found that it can also be helpful to turn the tables and put deadlines to work for you, rather than working against you. Click to Continue »

About Steven Snell

Steven Snell is a web designer and freelance writer. He maintains a blog at VandelayDesign.com that focuses on web design and related topics. In addition, Steven is a regular contributor at several different blogs that cover the topics of web design, entrepreneurship and blogging.Visit Steven Snell’s Website

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