Quora精選：懶惰和拖延癥真的一無是處嗎？

Answered by Karthik Venkatesh

Karthik Venkatesh 回答：

Let me tell you my story.

我來講一個我自己的故事吧。

I have a 29 character password for my facebook and twitter. When I have to work, I just log off from these. So, whenever I feel like taking a break and using facebook, I am just too lazy to type my password. Eventually, owing to my laziness, I go back to work and have a really productive day.

我的臉書和推特賬號的密碼都有29個字符。當我必須得工作的時候，我就會退出登錄。于是，每次我想放松一會兒刷刷臉書時，都會因為懶得輸密碼而放棄。結果，多虧了我的懶惰，我會繼續(xù)投入到工作中去，最后度過充實的一天。

EDIT:?Thank you for the upvotes. Actually, there is another use for such a big password. Once you set a long password for your computer, it serves as a great method to protect yourself from 'accidentally' messaging your ex when you aren't sober. ;-)

更新：謝贊。其實，長密碼還有個好處：一旦你給自己的電腦設了個長密碼，它就能有效防止你因一時頭腦不清醒而“手滑”給前任發(fā)信息。;-)

Answered by Lee Hodson

Lee Hodson 回答：

Yep!

當然有！

I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
—Bill Gates

我總是把棘手的任務交給懶人去做，因為他們肯定會找到一個簡單的解決方法。
——比爾·蓋茨

Just be sure your laziness is caused by procrastination and not by illness.

當然，你得確保你的懶惰是拖延導致的，而不是因為某種疾病。

There is a paradox in your question, though: anyone not lazy enough to shorten the word 'procrastination' is just not damn lazy enough.

不過，你的問題不科學?。哼B“拖延癥（procrastination）”這個詞都老老實實寫全了的人，根本就算不上懶好嘛。

Answered by Daniel Gronau

Daniel Gronau 回答：

It might sound strange, but being "lazy" can help to connect to yourself, to learn to listen to your thoughts, to get insights about your inner workings. You lose this connection when you're always on the run: You start to forget what you want and who you are. However, you only benefit when you stop feeling guilty about procrastinating, but actually enjoy your "lazy" time.

這聽起來或許有點奇怪，不過“懶”可以幫助你觸及自己的內心，傾聽自己的思緒，審視內在的自我。若始終汲汲營營，那么你就必定會喪失這種與自我的聯系：你會漸漸忘記你真正想要的是什么，忘記你到底是誰。不過，只有當你不再因拖延而自罪自責、而是真切地享受起自己的閑散時光時，你才能真正受益。

Then, in times of stress and dangling decisions, you have the strength to deal with the situation, and enough confidence in your "gut feeling" to do the right thing.

只有這樣，在壓力重重、舉棋不定之時，你才會擁有解決問題的力量，并能帶著足夠的自信去做正確的事情。