[najra]

Would work fine for jobs or deadlines, as long as the deadline isn't always in a day or two.

Striving to focus on important problems instead of just urgent problems would work fine with this method.

[TeMPOraL]

Perhaps. One would have to dig themselves out of perpetually having a deadline a day or week ago, which is usually the reason one's looking for ways to improve productivity in the first place.

[charlie0]

Go meta here. You're trying to solve the wrong problem. Use this technique to get yourself out of this situation.