Is it ever ok to move a deadline?

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Jasmine Star

Business, Social Curator, Business Strategy, Business Tips, Instagram Growth, Photography, Online Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Jasmine Star, Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Strategy, Start A Business, Photographer

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Have you ever set an unrealistic timeline to hit a goal or complete a project? Actually, let me rephrase that. Have you ever started a project and set a deadline by which the project should be done - and then at some point realized that deadline was going to be harder to hit than you thought? I’ll be honest: this has happened to me. Multiple times. In fact, in 2020 our team was working tirelessly to prepare for a big promotion. We had set a deadline and, after a few weeks, I realized that it ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jasmine Star Show where we have amazing conversations about business, life,
0:18.4	and everything on the in-between.
0:21.3	And we're going to be talking today a little bit about time, which, yes, does affect
0:26.3	our personal and professional life.
0:29.0	So let's start off with a question.
0:31.6	What happens when you set an unrealistic timeline?
0:35.0	Like, okay, so I'm going to be clear.
0:36.9	You don't think this timeline is unreasonable when you set it, and then you might even think
0:42.4	you've put a lot of thought into that timeline.
0:45.7	But then there comes a point when you realize that you're pushing up against the deadline,
0:49.2	and then you're forced to make a series of decisions.
0:51.9	Okay, I've been here.
0:53.3	I've done that.
0:54.3	So I can be the first to tell you that these decisions are never easy.
0:59.2	But I've noticed the best business owners weigh their deadlines versus their objectives.
1:04.3	And it took me a really long time to learn this.
1:06.5	In fact, I did it the opposite way.
1:09.0	I was really weighing my deadline more than anything else.
1:13.6	I wasn't even weighing the deadline against anything, but I saw really amazing business
1:18.5	owners weigh their deadlines versus their objectives.
1:21.2	So let's start a story back in 2020.
1:24.0	So we had a big promotion plant.
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