I once read that American entrepreneur and founder of Spanx, Sara Blakely, often takes the long way to work. Admittedly, she only lives about 15 minutes from her office in Atlanta, but often opts for a roundabout commute. The reason? Driving helps her come up with new ideas. A recent search reveals that she's worth roughly a billion dollars so perhaps she's on to something.
Her strategy also made me think of the power of a quite stroll, or taking just a few minutes of silence to take personal inventory. Ideas that have been desperately trying to bubble up from our subconscious suddenly have time to materialize. You begin to think with greater clarity and may often stumble upon ways to better strategize the different arenas of your life.
The power of a "thinking session" is not to be underestimated. You may be surprised with what you come up with.
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