As discussed in the article "Where Does Time Pressure Come From?" deadline pressure is proportional to how much we're separate from what we're doing. Pressure is actually a sign that we're resisting what we're doing rather than getting totally involved.
The antidote to this is to see how involved you can get in what you're doing. (You could read about different levels of involvement in "Where Does Time Pressure Come From?") Drop any concern about not having enough time and get absorbed in the work. By focusing and holding nothing back, identifying completely with what you're doing so that you're aware of nothing else, your awareness and energy integrate, work becomes peak performance, and your sense of well-being can soar.
As you work, periodically see whether some aspect of yourself or something in your awareness is still split off from the activity. Can you bring the energies together somehow? If you can, your productivity and sense of integration will improve a bit more.
The exercise described in Exploring Different Levels of Feeling may be helpful in building concentration.
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