On Oct 1, 2011, at 6:49 AM, danny burstein wrote:
> obwnn: this used to be a favorite of WNN...
>
> http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig2011
Now hold on here. The literature prize?
John Perry of Stanford University, USA, for his Theory of Structured
Procrastination, which says: To be a high achiever, always work on something
important, using it as a way to avoid doing something that's even more
important.
REFERENCE: "How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done," John Perry,
Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 1996. Later republished elsewhere
under the title "Structured Procrastination."
That's a total ripoff of one of Robert Benchley's best essays, in which
he explained his core principle of being so productive: ``Anyone can do any
amount of work, provided it is not the work he is *supposed* to be doing at the
time.'' How about it, Ig Nobels?
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