Practicing “Just in Time” Delivery

In his personal newsletter, Thomas S. Kidd wrote on how he does not finish time-sensitive projects early or late. He finishes them when they are due. I actually practice this when writing book reviews, and he writes about how it helps him (and me) set shorter deadlines:

“A book review, for example, can suck up weeks of work if you allow it to do so by beginning work on the review months before it is due. I recommend starting work on it as close to the deadline as possible, giving it the minimum amount of time required to write a strong review.”

The assumption is that you are able to read, comprehend, and process the book – and also be competent at writing well under pressure. I think this is something I am slowly growing at over time, and something I plan to keep working on as a very valuable skill.

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