While most professionals fear immediate deadlines, research conducted has proven than people are more likely to perform such tasks better than tasks with long-ahead deadlines. Those far off tend to bring increased anxiety leading teams to commit greater resources to them. This further complicates when there are multiple deadlines far ahead. That is why people tend to prioritize immediate reports over things that will bring long-term gain. Managers are often guilty of poor talent management practices where they cannot bring the group’s attention to long-term goals but rather to each day’s reports. This often leads people to set easier targets. Time and the resultant monetary commitment both tend to rise with longer deadlines on the horizon.

Source:https://hbr.org/2018/08/why-we-procrastinate-when-we-have-long-deadlines?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_campaign=dailyalert_activesubs&utm_content=signinnudge&referral=00563&deliveryName=DM13129

Uploaded Date:01 September 2018