Procrastinators can be more creative than those who finish tasks early, as they have time for idea incubation and generate more original ideas. Rushing to implement early ideas can limit creativity, while procrastination allows for exploration of unconventional concepts.
Adam Grant: Originals
Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World*, helps us examine what the research says on how people create something new -- and how we can use those lessons in our own careers.
Procrastination is a vice for productivity, a virtue for creativity.
—Adam Grant
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