Your brain needs space.

Your ideas need space to work themselves out - John Seely Brown said, "For imagination to flourish there must be opportunity"- and that opportunity is space and time.

  1. Give yourself the problem to solve. Analyze it. Ask Why, How, and What If questions.

  2. Take yourself out for a walk. Think about those questions while walking. Play with the idea the way a cat plays with their food.

  3. Re-approach the problem later in the day and see if you're problem solving has improved.

I make an effort to take walks in the middle of the day - when the day is brightest. Perhaps giving myself time to think is the "brightest" part of the day. Pun intended.

Diversity and the bravery of the sand box.

What is your resolution? How great is it?