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The "you-may-cross" line

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The "you-may-cross" line

Sep 3, 2021
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The "you-may-cross" line

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During the Civil War the deadline was the prison’s “do-not-cross” line. If you crossed the deadline, you’d be shot dead right there.

Today you can cross almost any deadline and nothing fatal will ever happen to you.

I guess you can read this in two ways:

  1. As there’s no direct punishment for sloppy planning, you can get by with promises that feed everybody’s wishful thinking, then take it easy and throw in a random apology once the truth inevitably hits.

  1. Without the threat of the stick, you’ll need to sharpen your discipline and planning skills if you hope to get ahead.

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