It’s easy to let off the gas every now and then. Keeping the pressure can take a lot of work with seemingly little gain. It usually doesn’t make many fans and doesn’t necessarily advance things regularly. Is it really a problem if that report takes an extra three weeks to come out?
Think about how easy it is for those extra three weeks to turn into six weeks. Or how easy it is to decide that report doesn’t even need to come out after all. Sometimes it’s worth letting work disappear and stop but not usually.
Momentum is a powerful force. Putting pressure on people to keep things moving does more than simply hold people responsible for delivery. Pressure also serves to keep attention on the work so that others know that it is coming and allows them to plan for it. Simply holding attention builds the value of the final product.
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