202110212227 Moderate procrastination facilitates creativity
People who procrastinate moderately are much more creative.1 Original thinkers are typically late to the party. They’re not the first people to build something but they are the people who build new and better things. When you procrastinate moderately, you give things time to incubate (202109090947 Idea gardening and 202109091124 Anti-flow state). A lot of great original thinkers are quick to start thinking on things, but slow to finish their thoughts and outputs.
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Grant, A. & TED. (2016, April 26). The surprising habits of original thinkers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbCHn6gE3U ↩
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