We all know that before you make a big decision, you should “sleep on it.” It’s as if a “Passive Genius” is in our subconscious, working to solve our creative problems while we do something else. Yet few of us use this Passive Genius intentionally in our daily creative work. In a world where we’re always focused on progress and results, it’s easy to forget that sometimes the best thing we can do to make progress on a project is: nothing at all.
