- again reinforcing the ways that "memory is not a tape recorder," we often need to process and engage in solutioning in ways that don't seem immediately "productive." For instance, mind-wandering and distraction (compared to both grinding on the task itself, *and* to rest) frequently shows a BOOST for later creativity.
Our diverse processes, ways that we use our mind, interact We usually get diminishing returns from overemphasizing one "strategy" (like grinding)
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