Slow thinker here. When asked a question, I can give a great answer 10 minutes; an hour; a day later. It's not a full day of active thinking, but time is neede

Slow thinker here. When asked a question, I can give a great answer 10 minutes; an hour; a day later. It's not a full day of active thinking, but time is needed to "stew" in my mind for a while. So I give my best answer in the moment (which might be "I don't know"). Then I follow up with my awesome answer whenever it comes. Slow thinking makes conversation more difficult. Anything beyond 1:1 conversation usually means the conversation flies faster than I can think. I'm OK with that and just enjoy listening to the conversation and occasionally contributing. On rare occasion this makes other people uncomfortable. However I have generally surrounded myself with people who accept my quiet nature. Also slow thinking comes with its advantages. Embrace those. Despite being a slow thinker, my client repeatedly tells me that I deliver high-quality output really fast. He's always asking how I come up with these amazing ideas. --- Derek Sivers says he's "a very slow thinker:" > When someone wants to interview me for their show, I ask them to send me some questions a week in advance... > People say that your first reaction is the most honest, but I disagree. Your first reaction is usually outdated. Either it’s an answer you came up with long ago and now use instead of thinking, or it’s a knee-jerk emotional response to something in your past. > When you’re less impulsive and more deliberate like this, it can be a little inconvenient for other people, but that’s OK. Someone asks you a question. You don’t need to answer. You can say, “I don’t know,” and take your time to answer after thinking. Things happen... HN discussion: - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/35039358 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/35039358 - https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/17694306 https://hw.leftium.com/#/item/17694306