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The Deadline Effect

The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It's the Last Minute-Before the Last Minute is a book by New York-based journalist Christopher Cox, published by Avid Reader in July 2021. Reviews of this volume have been published in many peak media including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The New Yorker, and Time. Based on both academic knowledge and narratives of organizational cases, the book provides a theory for understanding the mental dynamics imposed by pending deadlines, covering commonly associated fears.

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The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It's the Last Minute-Before the Last Minute
First edition (UK)
AuthorChristopher Cox
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAvid Reader
Publication dateJuly 2021
ISBN978-1982132279

The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It's the Last Minute-Before the Last Minute is a book by New York-based journalist Christopher Cox, published by Avid Reader in July 2021.1 Reviews of this volume have been published in many peak media including The Wall Street Journal,2 Financial Times,3 The New Yorker,4 and Time.5 Based on both academic knowledge and narratives of organizational cases, the book provides a theory for understanding the mental dynamics imposed by pending deadlines, covering commonly associated fears.

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  1. Cox, Christopher (2021). The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It's the Last Minute―Before the Last Minute. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1982132279.
  2. Shiflett, Dave (2021-07-29). "'The Deadline Effect' Review: Countdown to Zero Hour". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  3. "FT business books: July edition". Financial Times. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  4. "What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes". The New Yorker. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  5. "Our Brains Make Us Way Too Optimistic About Meeting Deadlines. Here's How to Work Around That". Time. Retrieved 2022-07-02.