Leonardo da Vinci, Steve Jobs, Frank Lloyd Wright, J.K. Rowling. What do all of these people have in common? They’re all procrastinators. We usually see procrastination as a negative trait but there are new studies showing that it may actually help with the creative process. We’ve done some research and the common theme is that medium, productive or active procrastination is linear with higher creativity. All of those terms mean the same thing. Let’s go back to our previous creativity article where we talked about the different kinds of creativity.