If you are setting deadlines a year away, that's not achievable.

要是你设定完成目标的期限是一年，那是不会成功的。

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Setting realistic deadlines and tracking your progress towards those deadlines is always important.

——设定一个现实的最后期限，并督促你自己按着期限来追赶你的工作速度是非常重要的。

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There's a rule that states that you will fulfill all the time you have available for completing a task, so make an habit of setting strict deadlines for maximizing your productivity.

有个规则是说，要是你有时间，你会仅为完成一件事情用上全部。所以为提高效率，不妨养成给事情设定最后期限的习惯。

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The IRS evaluation system rewards aggressive actions and fails to reward IRS employees who exercise discretion and compassion in setting deadlines or allowing taxpayers to resolve their tax problems without enforcement measures.

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Part of the increase came as a result of IRS collection employees setting arbitrary deadlines and refusing to grant reasonable extensions for responses.

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Setting arbitrary deadlines for withdrawing from Iraq is dangerous policy.

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