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Author: Frank Partnoy

Frank Partnoy

The Useful Art of Procrastination

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Wait by Frank Partnoy is a fascinating exploration of how we can use delay to make better decisions. Partnoy argues that waiting can enhance our decision-making ability, and that waiting strategically can be a powerful tool for success in a fast-paced world.

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What’s in it for me? Discover the power of great timing.

Cats know this instinctively: You won’t catch a mouse if you rush things. You need to sit on the lookout for ages, waiting for the perfect moment to pounce.

As you’ll learn in these blinks, it’s no different for humans. If you want to succeed, you need impeccable timing. This entails the ability to wait patiently for opportunity just as much as the ability to act quickly when it finally comes along.

Waiting, even procrastinating, can help you become a better athlete, a savvier stock trader and a more successful marketing executive. What’s more, learning how to slow down will allow you to make better judgments in your personal life.

In these blinks, you’ll find out

why subliminal messages can make you crave more popcorn;
how fast computers contributed to a global financial market crisis; and
why a majority of doctors may be racist but not consciously know it.

In fast-paced sports such as tennis, timing is everything.

During a gripping tennis match, have you ever stopped to contemplate the ridiculousness of watching two people hit a ball, back and forth? This simple act, nonetheless, is mesmerizing; and it has everything to do with the rhythm and timing of this popular game.

Being a skilled tennis player isn’t just about good eyes and quick reactions. People tend to think that a tennis player’s talent is a product of his ability to rapidly ascertain the speed and trajectory of a ball. But the amount of time it takes for any person to visually register an action is more or less universal – around 200 milliseconds.

Another misconception is that tennis talent is tied to reaction speed – that is, the faster you can react, the better you should play. This is only partially correct. The best tennis players in the world have the ability to wait that essential extra split-second before returning a volley.

Once a player sees that his opponent is serving the ball, he has approximately 300 milliseconds to make a move. Most people move as quickly as they can, only to miss the ball altogether!

Skilled players are different. They can and will wait up to 200 milliseconds, taking in as much visual information as possible, before hitting the ball.

Many popular sports are in fact designed with this timing challenge in mind. If the space between a player and the net was greater, for example, a player would have more time to react. Conversely, if the distance was smaller, a player could only react in a knee-jerk fashion.

Tennis is a great example of the human capacity for preconscious preparatory skills. A player has just enough time to pause, letting his unconscious mind formulate the best response but not enough time to consciously plan a move.

This sort of reaction isn’t exclusive to tennis champions, either. Split-second timing plays an essential role in business and finance, too.

High-frequency trading dominates modern stock exchanges, but it comes with serious risks.

Many of the things you do every day are made more efficient with computers. At the extreme end, markets are now dominated by high-frequency trading, the buying and selling of financial products at digital speeds.

High-frequency trading now accounts for 70 percent of all stock transactions in the United States. But even in the fast-paced world of Wall Street, stock traders realized at a certain point that going faster doesn't necessarily mean higher profits.

Subliminal messages can have a profound effect, changing the way you act and think.

Have you ever watched the cult classic, Fight Club? Did you know that the film also has a single frame showing a full-frontal nude male? A shocking move for an American blockbuster, for sure!

While the only way the human eye can consciously “see” such an image is to watch the movie one frame at a time, the image can and does enter our subconscious, if even just for a millisecond. In fact, consumers have been wary of such “subliminal messages” for decades.

When making decisions under pressure remember to ask yourself whether you’re an expert or a novice.

Imagine you’re the captain of a football team. There’s 30 seconds left on the clock, and it’s up to you to make a game-changing decision. In such high-stakes moments, you need to know what you’re doing – and if you’re the captain, you probably do.

Experts don’t need to think before making a decision. In 1985, psychologist Gary Klein interviewed fireground commanders, the people in charge of firefighting operations, to determine how they made decisions in emergency situations.

Thinking too quickly or going with your gut can lead to unintentional discrimination.

If you had to pick out a racist in a crowd, what markers would you look for? Someone with a shaved head, or with racist-themed tattoos, or someone who resembles your doctor?

Interestingly, many physicians without consciously realizing it give better care to white people than to black people. Over a hundred scientific studies have confirmed this troubling fact.

Managing your time wisely and taking time to think can help you find a life partner.

Have you ever attended a speed-dating event, in which you quickly move from one potential partner to the next? Such methods may be misguided, as experience has shown that taking your time to find love is generally a more successful strategy.

When it comes to finding a partner, instant decisions can work against you. Online dating sites place an emphasis on photos, allowing a user to flip through and rapidly approve or disapprove of a person’s looks. This kind of superficial judgement can be counterproductive.

People are prone to procrastination because of the tendency to overrate short-term benefits.

Do you ever put off a task you hate, like doing your taxes? Of course you do. Here’s why.

Humans aren’t great at comparing short-term and long-term benefits. Psychiatrist George Ainslie found that, when offered a choice between $50 now and $100 in the future, most people chose the $50 up front.

Some procrastination can be useful, but measuring it out is a matter of experience.

Do the people you admire the most rush around frantically, or are they composed, persistent and always watching for opportunity?

When it comes to the positive side of procrastination, there’s a lot to be learned from successful people. For instance, investor Warren Buffett is a huge proponent of delaying decisions. In fact, for him, a solid investment strategy is to wait patiently.

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Wait (2012) is the ultimate guide to balancing action with inaction and learning how to recognize the perfect moment when you need to make a move. These blinks explain how taking your time can have a profound influence on everything in your life, from playing tennis and buying stocks to even finding the love of your life.

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During super-fast reactions, the best-performing experts instinctively know when to pause, if only for a split second.

—Frank Partnoy

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Über den Autor

Financial expert Frank Partnoy is a regular contributor to newspapers such as the Financial Times and The New York Times. He is the author of nonfiction books such as Infectious Greed, The Match King and F.I.A.S.C.O. Previously, Partnoy worked as a lawyer and an investment banker.

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