TL;DR: Resource constraints, like a limited amount of time to complete tasks, has the potential to create more productivity, creativity, and efficiency. The more we are “backed into a corner”, the more likely we may be to hop outside-of-the-box (given the right mental framework). This could be attributed to resource constraints creating adrenaline, forced decisiveness, and/or more readily applying Occam’s Razor, Essentialism, The Theory of Constraints, and Parkinson’s Law. In this case, having less may actually help create more, both in unique quality and priority, as long as self-regulation is intact. This may create an automatic response paradigm shift when self-regulation is applied.
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