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Slobs Found To Be More Productive Than Neatniks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the but-i-like-right-angles-and-straight-rows dept.

writertype writes "Are you a slob? Do you pile papers on top of folders on top of game boxes? Here's the thing that those anal neat people can't even conceive of: you're more productive than they are. That's the conclusion of "A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder," by Eric Abrahamson and David Freedman, a new book that argues neatness is overrated, costs money, wastes time and quashes creativity."

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  1. Re:Indeed? by ryanov · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wal*Mart is for bastards anyway. Just don't shop there and the problem goes away.