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Today’s Word: deadline

Today’s Word: deadline

August 20, 2017 =========

☆  deadline  締め切り

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A deadline is the time or date by which a task must be finished. Other words with a similar meaning are: time limit, cutoff point, limit, target date. I don’t really like long-term deadlines as I find it easy to get distracted! However, I found this interesting article a while ago, about how to use deadlines effectively.
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/featured/22-tips-for-effective-deadlines.html

These are a couple of the ideas I liked:
Find the Weak Link – the author says we need to find out what part of the task might delay or ruin the whole project and do that first.
and
Mark Excess Baggage – identify areas or tasks of the project that could beRead more about Today’s Word: deadline[…]