Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thought process. You can help this process by going for a long walk, or taking a hot bath, or drinking half a pint of claret. Suddenly, if the telephone line from your unconscious is open, a big idea wells up within you.”
FS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
I’m curious about setting this up as a recurring ritual for myself. How can I break myself free once a week or once a month?
“It's tough to be good at something you're not interested in. It's nearly impossible to be great at something you're not obsessed with.”
FS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
Really getting me thinking, especially as I watch Brooklyn 99 and The Bear, both shows where people give a huge shit about what they do.
"If you could just change one thing in your child’s life, it would be to give them autonomy. Humans spent 200,000 years as hunter-gatherers. That’s where our brains evolved. That’s where we evolved in this context. If you look on lots of different continents, children have enormous amounts of autonomy in these communities, which implies that t
... See moreFS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
Thinking more about this idea since it came up in the Bear Season 2 as well. I’ll struggle with this.