Multiply Your Time Estimates by 1.5 — You Will Still Be Optimistic
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Almost everyone underestimates how long tasks will take. Unexpected complications, context switching, and simple fatigue eat up time you didn't plan for. A reliable rule of thumb: take your honest estimate and multiply it by 1.5. You'll still sometimes run over, but you'll miss far fewer deadlines. Under-promising and over-delivering builds more trust than optimistic guesses that end in apologies.
The point
Pad your time estimates by fifty percent — you will still occasionally run over, but you will miss far fewer deadlines.
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