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What Do Deadlines Mean to You?

KQED's Forum

KQED

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Deadlines inspire a range of reactions. For some, blood runs cold at the mere mention. Others claim their best work comes about when running against the clock — or they so they say as they procrastinate into the night. And still for others, a due date is a mere suggestion. We’ll explore the psychology that shapes our attitudes toward deadlines, as well as how industries focused on maximizing time and productivity can make matters worse for everyone. We want to hear how you tackle deadlines — just don’t wait until the last minute to tell us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQBD Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim.

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Coming up on forum,

1:16.6

Deadlines can trigger a range of reactions.

1:19.6

For some, they generate stress.

1:21.6

For others, they create structure.

1:23.6

And still others seem to be able to shrug them off as mere suggestions.

1:29.3

This hour we explore what shapes our attitudes toward deadlines, and we want to hear from

1:34.3

you, how you tackle them, and what stories you have about making or missing deadlines.

1:40.3

Just don't wait until the last minute to tell us.

2:03.6

This is Forum. I'm Nina Kim. Deadlines. They're a fact of life, but we humans have complicated

2:11.8

relationships with them. We need them, fear them, resent them, even ignore them sometimes. This hour, inspired by a recent New Yorker piece titled What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes, we explore what these conflicting

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