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On laziness as a motivator

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Ted Bauer
Oct 15, 2015
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Behold:

"I’m a huge procrastinator and a fairly lazy person. Being lazy makes me more efficient, because I try to find ways that I can do the best work in the most minimal amount of time. I also know that I need pressure to perform, and procrastination is one of the levers for creating that pressure."

That's from an interview with Julie Larson-Green, who…

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