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Distractability
Distractable brains can also be seen as brains that have an innate tendency to make those useful random leaps. A Harvard psychologist studied low latent inhibition, this kind of particular type of distractability. The people who had it were vastly more likely to be serious creative over achievers. And the thing that struck me most is that i think when people hear the idea of distractability being good ther like, o perfect thatas an excuse for me to go flock off on facebook for an hour.
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