Category: Creativity and Innovation
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Structured distraction: Why procrastination doesn’t need a cure
Some of the most creative and efficient people are procrastinators. It’s all a matter of harnessing structured distraction as a skill, rather than viewing procrastination as a negative attribute… The idea is that while we think we are working on less important tasks as a way to avoid the big…
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David Burkus on the myths of creativity
There’s a popular phrase, “If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door.” I think this belief has developed into an entire myth, which I call the Mousetrap Myth. The truth is that if you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat it…
GREG SWAN 