I think in a couple ways: Verbally, spatially, non-verbally. The former is who’s talking to you right now. The latter is smarter and wiser. I practice silence a

I think in a couple ways: Verbally, spatially, non-verbally. The former is who’s talking to you right now. The latter is smarter and wiser. I practice silence and patience to hear what it’s trying to communicate. Difficult strategic and troubleshooting problems get solved this way. I can only really tell it’s working because sore mental capacity is not available while it’s going on. I’m distracted but not by anything I can put my finger on. For this reason I avoid social drama at all costs. Too often I tie up an important mental resource figuring out a lie or minor disagreement. I like to preserve that capacity for important tasks. When it’s working correctly difficult answers simply pop into my head without effort. My spatial thinking is both pathfinding (which direction is north right now, how can you rotate a shape to fit), but also mechanical aptitude. If you ask a master mechanic how to do something complicated he won’t be able to tell you in a smooth and useful way. He’ll be able to do it without missing a beat though. In the same way I can spend 6 hours working in the garage without a word passing through my brain. It’s wonderfully refreshing.