Get It Right
In this chapter, we’ve looked at some of the properties of R-mode thinking. Your R-mode processes are subtle and cannot be forced into action.
Yet these ways of thinking are vital to achieving a balanced, full-throttle approach to problem solving and creativity. You don’t want to focus on R-mode at the exclusion of L-mode, and you don’t want to continue to focus on L-mode to the exclusion of R-mode. Instead, you want to structure your learning and thinking to support an R-mode to L-mode flow.
Start to pick up on subtle clues, and begin to harvest your R-mode’s existing output. Give your R-mode processes more of a chance to function using techniques such as morning pages, writing, and non-goal-directed thinking time (aka walking). ...
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