Adam Grant

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2,364 appearances 12 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 11 Aug

Adam Grant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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ReThinking · Creative anxiety, self-doubt, and procrastination with Fredrik Backman · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

Do you find that some of the procrastinating actually leads you to new ideas and more exciting directions? matched

Oh, that's a frame I have not heard before. matched

You know, Frederick, I I like that because I think when I first started sharing the research we did, we studied people, you know, trying to do creative work in their jobs. matched

We did experiments where we attempted them to procrastinate to different degrees and you know, we kept finding there's this sweet spot. matched

Where you do want to procrastinate a little. matched

I then started saying, Well, you know, we should all procrastinate. matched

Maybe a little, maybe a little more. matched

And I got so much pushback from people on that saying procrastination is already the bane of my existence. matched

I do not need to procrastinate more. matched

And all of a sudden it hit me. matched

I'm positioning this wrong. matched

This is not about motivating people to procrastinate. matched

It's about normalizing the procrastination they already do and saying this is actually sometimes a necessary part of the creative process. matched

Even though the postponing and the delay might be unintentional, you wish you could avoid it. matched

Sometimes you actually derive unexpected benefits from it. matched

I never thought of the possibility that you could frame that just as, you know what? matched

This means I am still added. matched

I haven't quit yet. matched

And that counts for something. matched

Yeah. matched

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