Deadlines Will Be The Death Of Us

Have too many deadlines? It'll cost you if you don't heed the advice offered in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Deadlines Will Be The Death Of Us

The Grasshopper once said something that really stopped me in my tracks. He said, “The only natural deadline is death.”

That got me curious. And here’s what I realized: every other deadline . . . is man-made.

Deadlines are created by us — which means, by their nature, they’re arbitrary. Now,  don’t take that too literally. You’ll still want to catch your bus, your train, your plane.

But have you ever noticed how many personal deadlines we set for ourselves? Do we really need so many?

Sure, deadlines can help us focus — April 15th comes to mind. But when we pile on too many, our focus gets scattered. And scattered focus delivers watered down results. That’s how we end up insuring ourselves for mediocrity.

Too many deadlines turn us into that movie cliché —the reporter living on coffee and doughnuts, always on edge, carrying the weight of every deadline like it’s the Sword of Damocles.

We fail to prioritize. And before we know it, all those deadlines start feeling like one big threat —to our time . . . and to our well-being.

As a society, we’re over-scheduled. Over-deadlined. What’s missing? Time for us.

Deadlines aren’t going away — but we’d meet a lot more of them if we just took a moment to breathe. And by “breathe,” I mean recharge.

Recharging is the missing piece. It’s how you regroup your resources before you tackle the next thing. Because if you attack your list while you’re scattered, you’ll deliver scattered results.

All deadlines aren’t equal — they have a hierarchy. Find the one that matters most. Work your plan. Then pause. Take a break.

Now, you might say, “I don’t have time for a break.” But here’s what that mindset misses: anything you do from that place will be subpar — and costly to your well-being.

If you don’t slow yourself down, nature will.  It'll send you something that forces you to stop — an illness, a condition, a situation — that demands your full attention. At that point, your only deadline . . . will be staying alive.

Recharging has two benefits: One — you’ll meet more deadlines. Two — you’ll live longer.

So here’s my promise: If you make “recharging” one of your deadlines, you just might uncover the scoop of the century.

All the best,

John