Catherine Bell describes a two-deadline method: publicly commit to a firm deadline (the promise) while privately targeting an earlier one (the go-for). The gap creates pressure to finish faster, and you still look reliable if you hit the public date.
It's okay to be flexible and communicative, and that's really the core, is communicating and moving forward and just not being super strict on those deadlines and being just ready to adapt and recuperate and continue.
And, and there's also another thing that I learned decades ago when you're making promises, like setting goals and criteria. It's called a promise and a go for. So the, the The promise is that absolutely I'm going to get this done by this particular date, whether it's a couple of weeks out. But my go for is that I'm going to get it done this week. Right? So the promise is I know, like I know, like I know I can get it done and achieve this goal. However, I'm going to still push myself and see if I can get it done sooner. Does that make sense? So having those two like measures, that's a huge part of what's allowed me to collapse timelines. Right?
