A survey shows over 80% of college students are plagued by procrastination, requiring epic all-nighters to finish papers and prepare for tests.
一项调查显示，超过八成的大学生被拖延症所困扰，这才有了大伙通宵达旦写论文或备考的壮观景象。
Roughly 20% of adults report being chronic procrastinators. But Adam Grant writes in the NYT that most people think procrastination as a vice for productivity. But it's actually a virtue for creativity.
近两成的成人承认自己是慢性拖延症患者。但是亚当·格兰特在纽约时报上写道，大部分人认为拖延症是效率的大敌，但实际上它是创造力的表现。
According to Grant our first ideas are usually our most conventional but when you procrastinate, you're more likely to let your mind wander giving you a better chance of spotting unexpected patterns.
根据格兰特所说的，我们的第一个想法通常是我们最习惯的那个想法。但当你有所拖延的时候，其实这更有可能会让你的思维活跃起来，这也会给你提供一个发现意外模式的机会。

Experts say procrastination encourages divergent thinking.
专家称，拖延激发了发散性思维。
Even some monumental achievements are helped by procrastination. Grant says that according to those who knew him, Steve Jobs procrastinated constantly, Bill Clinton has been described as a "chronic procrastinator" who waits until the last minute to revise his speeches.
甚至一些名人的成就都是靠拖延的帮助才得以实现的。格兰特说，从那些了解乔布斯的人我们可以获知，乔布斯就是一个总是拖延的家伙。此外，比尔·克林顿是一个被形容为有"慢性拖延症"的人，直到最后一刻他才会修改他的演讲。
Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter, is known to put off writing until the last minute. He once said, "You call it procrastination, I call it thinking."
此外，编剧艾伦·索金曾说过，"你认为是拖延，我认为是思考。"众所周知，他的剧本总是要拖到最后一刻才会动笔。