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The Constant Mental Oscillation
Our brain is oscillating between two different brain states: Focused thinking and Diffused thinking. This is the reason people have shower thoughts or sudden solutions to problems that are bothering them for long.
These two modes of thinking allow us to merge creativity with productivity.
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Use Your Distraction
Procrastination and mind-wandering, in general, can be a useful distraction and you can do the following to make the most of them:
- Accept your mental oscillations between the focused and diffused states
- Block time for letting your mind wande...
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The Neuroscience Of Mind-Wandering
Our brain’s executive system is active during any goal-oriented task, where there is a level of focus required.
During a period of passivity, the large scale brain networks become the default mode networks and work in tandem. This is our period of rest, where the entire br...
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Our Wandering Minds
For at least two thousand years, our minds have been wandering away from the object of focus.
Mind-wandering is a factor of a human mind and varies according to how vivid a person’s thoughts are, how deep into the thought the mind goes, and how many of those thoughts are fear-based...
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Introducing The Chimp Pt1
The frontal (Human) and the limbic (Chimp) the emotional machine, are not always in agreement with eachother.
Either one of these parts of your brain can run your life for you, although they try to work together, it is a problematic task.
The Human and the Ch...
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