Steven Bartlett with Adam Grant
Our instincts about success are often wrong: moderate procrastination can improve creativity, and the most successful entrepreneurs protect their downsides instead of embracing reckless risk.
Procrastination is a response to negative emotions rather than laziness, and moderate delays actually incubate highly creative, original ideas.
Perfectionism stunts real-world growth because it breeds an extreme fear of failure, whereas strategic imperfectionism allows you to calibrate an appropriate level of effort for each specific task.
Teams often stagnate or decline when they harbor individualistic superstars who hoard resources, making selfless givers more valuable to long-term group success.