研究表明:拖延症其實也是創造力!

A survey shows over 80% of college students are plagued by procrastination, requiring epic all-nighters to finish papers and prepare for tests.

一項調查顯示，超過八成的大學生被拖延症所困擾，這纔有了大夥通宵達旦寫論文或備考的壯觀景象。

Roughly 20% of adults report being chronic procrastinators. But Adam Grant writes in the NYT that most people think procrastination as a vice for productivity. But it's actually a virtue for creativity.

近兩成的成人承認自己是慢性拖延症患者。但是亞當·格蘭特在紐約時報上寫道，大部分人認爲拖延症是效率的大敵，但實際上它是創造力的表現。

According to Grant our first ideas are usually our most conventional but when you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander giving you a better chance of spotting unexpected patterns.

根據格蘭特所說的，我們的第一個想法通常是我們最習慣的那個想法。但當你有所拖延的時候，其實這更有可能會讓你的思維活躍起來，這也會給你提供一個發現意外模式的機會。

Experts say procrastination encourages divergent thinking.

專家稱，拖延激發了發散性思維。

Even some monumental achievements are helped by procrastination. Grant says that according to those who knew him, Steve Jobs procrastinated constantly, Bill Clinton has been described as a "chronic procrastinator" who waits until the last minute to revise his speeches.

甚至一些名人的成就都是靠拖延的幫助才得以實現的。格蘭特說，從那些瞭解喬布斯的人我們可以獲知，喬布斯就是一個總是拖延的傢伙。此外，比爾·克林頓是一個被形容爲有"慢性拖延症"的人，直到最後一刻他纔會修改他的演講。

Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter, is known to put off writing until the last minute. He once said, "You call it procrastination, I call it thinking."

此外，編劇艾倫·索金曾說過，"你認爲是拖延，我認爲是思考。"衆所周知，他的劇本總是要拖到最後一刻纔會動筆。