Andy Rutledge has a new article called The Tao of Deadlines that every designer read. Good reading for anyone who works with designer too.

Deadlines are a useful and ever-present factor in our work. To be a professional designer you’ve got to love and respect deadlines. But in order for you to have this proper, positive attachment to deadlines you must work to ensure that deadlines don’t become an obstacle to the quality of your work or a negative factor toward your reputation.