In a research project that came to light in 2012, academics from the Netherlands’ University of Groningen found that some individuals actually thrive intellectually in a messy environment. The disorganization helps, in fact, as the brain is therefore forced to focus more. In addition, researchers at the University of Minnesota discovered that students with desks in disarray demonstrated a higher degree of creativity than their more organized peers. And if that all isn’t proof enough, you should know that some of the smartest people to have ever lived, including Einstein, Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison, all worked among clutter.
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