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3 Reasons You Want Your Mind To Wander | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
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A wandering mind can be a source of creative inspiration.
Psychologists call the time between when you’re presented with a complex problem and you arrive at its solution as incubation, which is cute and illustrative. Research has shown that if you’re working on a simple task–something like brushing your teeth–letting your mind wander allows for connections to arise. But if you’re doing something complicated–like driving down a busy road–you’d best pay attention.
The lesson, then, is to have a sense of meta-mindfulness: If we’re doing something simple, we can let our minds wander. But if the task at hand is complex, we might fall into a well.
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