CHAPTER 4
Schedule Your Breaks to Keep Creativity Flowing
by Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason
Imagine that on a Friday afternoon, before finishing up work to start your weekend, you are asked to solve two problems that require creative thinking. Which of the following approaches do you take?
- Spend the first half of your time attempting the first problem and the second half of your time attempting the second.
- Alternate between the two problems at a regular, predetermined interval (perhaps switching every five minutes).
- Switch between the problems at your own discretion.
If you are like the hundreds of people to whom we posed this question, you would choose to switch between the two problems at your own discretion. After all, this ...
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