Adam Grant
You do not need to take massive leaps of faith to change the world. The most successful innovators are actually risk-averse, strategic procrastinators who rely on immense output to strike gold.
Successful innovators balance high professional risks with extreme personal caution, operating much like a diversified stock portfolio.
Generating a massive volume of work is the most reliable predictor of creative success, as it forces you past obvious ideas into truly novel territory.
Strategic procrastination fosters creativity by leaving a problem active in the subconscious, providing the necessary psychological distance to restructure challenges and activate remote knowledge.