# Prof. Justin Kruger's research on punctuality is cited

1 Faculty News February 4, 2015 ![Inc. logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032188.jpg?itok=e-_825Cu)>

Excerpt from [Inc](http://www.inc.com/laura-montini/humans-are-virtually-wired-to-be-late-here-s-how-to-fight-it.html). -- "When [Justin Kruger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/justin-kruger), a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, asked people to estimate how long it would take them to get ready for a date, do all of their holiday shopping, format a computer document and prepare a meal, participants came up with much more accurate guesses when they 'unpacked' a task. This means they considered the very detailed step-by-step process required to get their to-do items done."

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