No, what the article seems to be talking about is almost exactly the opposite of what you are saying. Yes, getting organized and focusing on a problem is a goo

No, what the article seems to be talking about is almost exactly the opposite of what you are saying. Yes, getting organized and focusing on a problem is a good start but the article is talking about a way to get creative ideas when facing hard problems. Specifically, the idea is not to focus on a problem directly. It is sort of a lateral thinking strategy where instead of attacking the problem by banging down the front door, you instead try to find a side entrance. Last week, I was working on a very tough puzzle and trying to attack it directly with just pure concentration wasn't working. I just kept getting into a loop and couldn't make any further progress. The solution didn't come until the next day after I had stopped thinking about the problem and involved a very different strategy. Another thing I've noticed is that solutions that come this way are almost always more elegant than solutions that come from raw conscious effort, even when both methods solve the problem.