Take a look at "learning how to learn" course at Coursera. They talk about focused and diffuse modes of thinking quite a lot. Shower or walks help you to get in

Take a look at "learning how to learn" course at Coursera. They talk about focused and diffuse modes of thinking quite a lot. Shower or walks help you to get into the latter. Edit: see this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14236433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14236433