
Procrastination
The Lisa Show - Season 1, Episode 13 , Segment
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Perfect Like Me, Hair Myths, Post-Traumatic Growth, Procrastination
Episode: Perfect Like Me, Hair Myths, Post-Traumatic Growth, Procrastination
- Oct 2, 2018 3:00 pm
- 14:24
If you’ve ever felt like you work better with short deadlines, you’re not alone. Dr. Meng Zhu, an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, was part of a team that designed a study to show that longer deadlines lead people to think a task is harder than it really is—and to commit more time and money to the job. So if you want to save your resources, you’re probably better off with a short deadline than a long one.