Are you more productive under pressure?
You may think you are more productive under deadline pressure but you probably are not, according to the latest study published in the Harvard Business Review (HBR). The author HBS Professor Teresa Amabile writes:
I'd advise people not to kid themselves into thinking that they'll stimulate their creativity by avoiding working on a complex problem until the last minute. It's probably best to get started as soon as possible, laying out the problem in all its complexity and mapping out some strategies for tackling it.