D E A D L I N E S

Have you ever felt PRESSURED, STRESSED, DESPERATE and RUSHED when you have a deadline?

For the past two weeks I have felt  t h r e a t e n e d  by the investment proposal and presentation  d e a d l i n e s. I felt that I had so much to do and I wasn't gonna make it. After talking with Mr. Topf we agreed to change it for when we came back from the October break therefore we were gonna had two more weekends to polish and finish the project.

As a group we realized that there was not enough time for all brokers to present today so one had to go tomorrow. I was ready to volunteer to go the next day, I thought that if we went tomorrow we were gonna be able to make the presentation better and finish details thus I was gonna feel more ready. However, then Mr. Topf mentioned a very important concept that is that presentations, essays and videos are projects which are never actually  "DONE". After thinking about what he said I realized that it's true, there is always something that could be changed or improved. It will never be perfect. This is why it's important to set d e a d l i n e s because things are never perfect and it's irrelevant to stress out and try to make them better and better because there will always be something that could be changed. 

D e a d l i n e s set stop signs, they allow you to set a goal for a certain day therefore you can work very hard until that day and do the best work possible during that time you have. Also d e a d l i n e s allow you to finish projects because otherwise you would spend time improving and changing things and therefore things would never be completed.  

We must learn to see d e a d l i n e s as something that allows us to complete projects not as stressful and alarming days. They are important and they help us keep organized.