Give Your Brain Time to Think

Some things take time to click.

You can interview half a dozen people

and not notice an “obvious” key insight until a week later.

You can continuously bang your head against a hard problem

only to come back after a short walk and see the solution waiting.

Your brain needs time to steep on problems on its own.

It needs time to pattern match

by relaxing its muscles

not tensing.

You can’t force this to happen.

You can only create spaces for when it might happen.

Take breaks during the day.

Just to sit in an armchair or take a long walk to think.

Take breaks during the week.

Find time to tend to things other than work like play and exercise.

Take breaks during the month.

Find a few days when you leave it all behind.

Your brain and productivity will thank you for it.