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Dr. Adam Grant: How to Unlock Your Potential, Motivation & Unique Abilities
Huberman Lab
Studies about the Procrastination and Creativity Relationship
Research indicates a nuanced relationship between procrastination and creativity, characterized by an inverted U-shaped function. Individuals who procrastinate moderately are often rated as more creative compared to those who rarely procrastinate or those who procrastinate excessively. Moderate procrastinators benefit from a balance that allows them to incubate ideas while feeling the necessary pressure to generate creative solutions. In contrast, pre-crastinators dive directly into tasks and become fixated on early ideas, limiting their potential for novel thinking due to a lack of idea incubation and re-evaluation. Similarly, chronic procrastinators face their own pitfalls, typically rushing to complete tasks at the last minute without allowing time for idea development, which leads to reliance on simplistic solutions. Ultimately, it is the moderate procrastinators who possess the cognitive space to explore a range of concepts, leading to more creative outcomes.
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