Paul Scheer

And if you think about how most of us try to do our thinking, sitting still, you know, seeing the same stuff around us all the time, that's not going to be an ideal setting for us to have the best kinds of thoughts that we could be having.

And if you think about how most of us try to do our thinking, sitting still, you know, seeing the same stuff around us all the time, that's not going to be an ideal setting for us to have the best kinds of thoughts that we could be having.

And if you think about how most of us try to do our thinking, sitting still, you know, seeing the same stuff around us all the time, that's not going to be an ideal setting for us to have the best kinds of thoughts that we could be having.

Yeah, that's exactly right. And that's why I think the kind of cultural assumption that if you want to get work done, you really have to just bear down and kind of power through and keep yourself in your seat until it's done is really counterproductive. And I'm glad that you mentioned getting out into nature, Mike, because that is another way of thinking with our

Yeah, that's exactly right. And that's why I think the kind of cultural assumption that if you want to get work done, you really have to just bear down and kind of power through and keep yourself in your seat until it's done is really counterproductive. And I'm glad that you mentioned getting out into nature, Mike, because that is another way of thinking with our

Yeah, that's exactly right. And that's why I think the kind of cultural assumption that if you want to get work done, you really have to just bear down and kind of power through and keep yourself in your seat until it's done is really counterproductive. And I'm glad that you mentioned getting out into nature, Mike, because that is another way of thinking with our

thinking outside the brain, thinking with our surroundings. And in fact, nature is one of the most generative and fertile kind of places, no pun intended, for us to think, to do our thinking, because the kind of stimuli that we

thinking outside the brain, thinking with our surroundings. And in fact, nature is one of the most generative and fertile kind of places, no pun intended, for us to think, to do our thinking, because the kind of stimuli that we

thinking outside the brain, thinking with our surroundings. And in fact, nature is one of the most generative and fertile kind of places, no pun intended, for us to think, to do our thinking, because the kind of stimuli that we

encounter when we're outside tends to naturally kind of relax the brain and put it in a very sort of easeful state where new ideas can occur to us, new sort of combinations of ideas can occur in a way that won't happen when we're engaged in very sharp edged focus inside or looking at our computers.

encounter when we're outside tends to naturally kind of relax the brain and put it in a very sort of easeful state where new ideas can occur to us, new sort of combinations of ideas can occur in a way that won't happen when we're engaged in very sharp edged focus inside or looking at our computers.

encounter when we're outside tends to naturally kind of relax the brain and put it in a very sort of easeful state where new ideas can occur to us, new sort of combinations of ideas can occur in a way that won't happen when we're engaged in very sharp edged focus inside or looking at our computers.

Yes. And, you know, that's another way in which that sort of brain is computer metaphor falls down because a computer does its job just the same way, whether it's next to a window or in a dark basement or whether it's, you know, outside on a park bench or inside on your kitchen table. But the human brain isn't like that. You know, we are exquisitely context sensitive.

Yes. And, you know, that's another way in which that sort of brain is computer metaphor falls down because a computer does its job just the same way, whether it's next to a window or in a dark basement or whether it's, you know, outside on a park bench or inside on your kitchen table. But the human brain isn't like that. You know, we are exquisitely context sensitive.

Yes. And, you know, that's another way in which that sort of brain is computer metaphor falls down because a computer does its job just the same way, whether it's next to a window or in a dark basement or whether it's, you know, outside on a park bench or inside on your kitchen table. But the human brain isn't like that. You know, we are exquisitely context sensitive.

We really are affected by where we are at a given moment. And so it's, that really tells us that we need to pay very close attention to the place where we're doing our thinking. You know, one of my favorite ways to improve the place where we do our thinking involves what researchers call evocative objects.

We really are affected by where we are at a given moment. And so it's, that really tells us that we need to pay very close attention to the place where we're doing our thinking. You know, one of my favorite ways to improve the place where we do our thinking involves what researchers call evocative objects.

We really are affected by where we are at a given moment. And so it's, that really tells us that we need to pay very close attention to the place where we're doing our thinking. You know, one of my favorite ways to improve the place where we do our thinking involves what researchers call evocative objects.

And that just means filling your space, the space where you work or think or create with objects that are inspiring to you, you know, that remind you of your aspirations, that remind you of, you know, the groups that you belong to that you feel a kinship with and having those objects, those material things around you can really shape and prime your thinking.

And that just means filling your space, the space where you work or think or create with objects that are inspiring to you, you know, that remind you of your aspirations, that remind you of, you know, the groups that you belong to that you feel a kinship with and having those objects, those material things around you can really shape and prime your thinking.