Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06W525N3P |
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| Number of Pages | : | 488 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Has your smartphone become your BFF? Do you feel bored when you're not checking Facebook or Instagram? Bored and Brilliant: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spacing Out explains the connection between boredom and original thinking and explores how we can harness boredom's hidden benefits to become our most productive selves. She speaks with neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists about "mind wandering" - what our brains do when we're doing nothing at all - and the link between boredom and creativity. Throughout the audiobook are a series of challenges that will help listeners rethink their relationship to their devices without completely leaving the digital world. Zomorodi also explores why putting greater emphasis on "doing nothing" is vital in an age of constant notifications and digital distractions. Technology isn't going anywhere, and who would want it to? Bored and Brilliant teaches us how to
"I'm the Chairman of the Bored" according to Michael P.. "I bore myself to sleep at night,I bore myself in broad daylight" - Iggy PopIf you suffer from boredom, or what the French refer to as Ennui, you might be able to put that boredom and brilliance to good use. In Manoush Zomorodi's new book she is describing what the great Indian philosopher Krishnamurti meant when he once wrote and spoke of what he called "creative discontent." Krishnamurti wrote, "Don't be afraid to be discontent, but give it nourishment until that spark becomes a flame. Antigone Walsh said Breaking Up Is Hard to Do. If you are wedded to your phone , you might find be motivated by this book to try a trial separation. Based on a challenge on the author's podcast on WNYC, the author presents a seven part program. The first challenge involves observing yourself and your digital addiction. The second means you don't use your devices when in motion. The third requires a photo free day. The fourth requires you to delete the app you think you can't live without. In the fifth you take a fakeation where you . Not Bored Enough . SundayAtDusk This book is an interesting and concise look at how technology, particularly cell phone usage, is greatly reducing the amount of time one’s wandering mind is daydreaming, coming up with highly creative ideas, and “autobiographical planning”. If you’re doing stuff on your cell phone all the time, your mind can’t wander. Not good. Don’t imagine this is an anti-tech book, however. It most certainly is not. Author Manoush Zomorodi is obviously a person wh