Reading Time: 4 minutes Minds are like bodies; they must be fed to grow and develop. Animals establish regular hunting trails that they use to seek the food that they need to live. People do the same thing. In my twenties and living in Colorado, I’d periodically go hunting for squirrels. I had one particular area that I would …
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is Incubation? Incubation happens in your mind when you’re not actively working on a project. It is “unconscious processing” that goes on in your mind automatically. As Kadavy explains in his book Mind Management Not Time Management, “Even when you aren’t consciously thinking about something, your brain is incredibly active – something scientists call …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Many of us do work in which we need to regularly create new ideas for projects, system improvements, and team management. We don’t just spontaneously come up with great new ideas. They grow when we seek and grow them by preparing the ground, planting seeds, and tending to their growth. In his excellent book, Daily …
Reading Time: 7 minutes When I was a young man attending a religious junior college, I took a “preaching 101” class. The teacher suggested that the best way to prepare a weekly sermon was to research a topic early in the week, then do nothing with it for at least a day or two. He said that while you …