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Creativity
takes time.
So I’m trying
not to make
progress
toward my
goals.
Why I Taught Myself to
Procrastinate
Adam Grant, Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, NY Times Opinion piece, January,
2016
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Procrastination
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Vice for productivity?
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Virtue for creativity?
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Pre-crastination: start immediately and finish asap
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Suggested approach
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Learn the task
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Let your ideas “ferment”
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Your 1st ideas are often conventional
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Last minute solutions do not leave time for working out novel
ideas
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“Look for the unusual, spot unexpected patterns”
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“quit writing in the middle
of a sentence… You can’t wait to get back to it!”
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“Embrace the pain of divergent thinking”