{"id":5,"date":"2010-06-16T05:41:58","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T05:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/innercubicle\/2010\/06\/stop-thinking-and-start-daydreaming-at-the-office.html"},"modified":"2010-06-16T05:41:58","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T05:41:58","slug":"stop-thinking-and-start-daydreaming-at-the-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/innercubicle\/2010\/06\/stop-thinking-and-start-daydreaming-at-the-office.html","title":{"rendered":"Stop Thinking, and Start Daydreaming, at the Office"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\"May,_Edward_Harrison_-_Daydreaming.jpg\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

One of my personal passions is neuroscience–more
\nspecifically, translating some of the most important neuroscientific findings
\ninto leadership and workplace insights. <\/span>One recent finding, summarized in David Rock’s book, Your
\nBrain at Work<\/a>, is that our conscious-thinking brain resources–located in the
\nprefrontal region–are less plentiful than we might think.  <\/span>From a brain perspective, we are at our
\nbest for only a small part of each day. 
\n<\/span>As such, we need to use our brains wisely, and not waste processing
\npower on low-order activities like answering e-mail or surfing the Internet. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

We’ve all had the experience of trying
\ndesperately to come up with an idea without success and then zap!, a superb
\nidea arises 7 hours later, while we’re in the shower! <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

People who seem to have richer, more powerful
\ninsights at work (and at home) don’t merely think harder<\/i> than the rest of us. 
\n<\/span>Instead, they learn to switch off<\/i>
\ntheir thinking on command.  <\/span>In his
\nbook Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks<\/a> suggests that major insights are gleaned by quieting
\nthe mind, something akin to allowing your brain’s engine to idle.   <\/span>Idling, in turn, inspires various
\nparts of our brains to communicate and synthesize higher order responses or
\n“answers” to our problems.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So the next time your boss wants to know why
\nyou stepped out of the office or were caught daydreaming, just point him or her
\nto this post, and give yourself permission to just drift away…<\/p>\n

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