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#401 Dr Barbara Oakley: Upgrade Your Learning. Upgrade Your Career.

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The Relationship Between Learning and Problem Solving

When faced with a difficult problem, you want to give yourself time to understand it fully. The brain has two very different modes of thinking: task positive and task negative. Your brain can't access that wide network unless you get your mind off the focus problem. So you have to first load the problem into your brain. And once it's in there, through your focus, then you want to go make dinner or talk to friends. Later when you come back, odds are very good that you'll suddenly see whatever you're dealing with with a new perspective.

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