Procrastination isn't an easy habit to kick, but Arthur Brooks, social scientist and happiness researcher, says there are ways you can use putting things off to your benefit.
"Procrastination gets a bad rap. And indeed, putting off necessary, routine responsibilities will make your work pile up and is almost always detrimental to your well-being," Brooks writes in his newly released book, "The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life."
"But deployed strategically with certain creative tasks, a little procrastination can actually be beneficial."
Brooks explains that there are two different ways to view procrastination, according to the ancient Egyptian take on the phenomenon; procrastination can either be seen as laziness or "waiting for the right time."
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