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Ep. 143: What Would You Say You Do Here?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Productive Meditation

Kno, productive meditation is a cognitive training exercise where you maintain your focus on a single professional problem while you walk. When your mind wanders, you bring it back to the problem. If you do this overtime, you will greatly expand your ability to focus your mind's eye on a single topic. You'll expand your working memory capacity. It's pull ups for your brain, and it's something i recommend. Jim is asking about day dream mode. What about just letting your mind wander as a way of finding a solution to a problem? Well, jim, i'm also a believer in that. Do you need to do anything pro actively to try to leverage this unconscious thought?

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