Last minute

Good news, if you're prone to waiting. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

Do you tend to put things off until the last minute? Don't answer yet. (Ha ha ha.)   

Kidding aside, there's good news for procrastinators. Ongoing research suggests people might actually do more creative work if they wait until the last minute, rather than planning ahead and managing their time well. 

This all goes back to something Adam Grant, professor of management and psychology at Wharton, once wrote the New York Times.

Grant explained that he's not a natural procrastinator. In fact, he calls himself a "pre-crastinator," which I guess is supposed to mean the opposite. But one of his former students, Jihae Shin, who is now a professor herself at the University of Wisconsin, challenged him on his "pre-crastination" tendencies.

The results of her research are quite interesting, now that I’ve gotten around to reading it all. As a first step, Shin "surveyed people on how often they procrastinated" at several companies, and "asked their supervisors to rate their creativity," Grant wrote.