I so totally agree with this! In my experiences over the past years, in work environment as in social context, I often found myself 'trapped' in the progress, but not quite able to explain to others (bosses, colleagues, friends) what I thought was a good solution.

As a creative person, I learned that some things take their own time. As a analytic person, I learned that this is also true for science and work, as many aspects involve creative or problemsolving thinking. You have to walk away, dream, play or do something else, just to give yourself time to think.

I felt that the main cause of many problems people or organisations got into, was the fact that they didn't take time to think. Y...

I so totally agree with this! In my experiences over the past years, in work environment as in social context, I often found myself 'trapped' in the progress, but not quite able to explain to others (bosses, colleagues, friends) what I thought was a good solution.

As a creative person, I learned that some things take their own time. As a analytic person, I learned that this is also true for science and work, as many aspects involve creative or problemsolving thinking. You have to walk away, dream, play or do something else, just to give yourself time to think.

I felt that the main cause of many problems people or organisations got into, was the fact that they didn't take time to think. You need time to understand what you're looking at. You need time to consider the 'human' part of the problem. You need time to differ between the situation before and the situation after. To differ between symptoms and the things that led to cause the problem. They're not the same. And by that, problems can not be solved on the same level as they occur. They are not solved by simply neutralizing the linear cause-effect. Most organisations do, but they're just throwing their resources away. Most people do, but they're just ignoring the fact that most changes can not be undone. It's like alchemy: you combine substances 1 and 2 and you get an irreversible reaction. There's no point in trying to solve a problem with substance 1 afterwards, you'll have to move on from there. So, taking time to think may not only help to understand what you are dealing with, it can also prevent irreversible outcomes.

Thinking is not a linear process either. If it was, then logical thoughts and observations would accumulate endlessly, because they wouldn't have any point to go to (solution). It's a multidimensional proces. Accumulated info needs room to go different ways. In the end, ideas and results come from collaboration between the conscious and sub-conscious. So scientists shouldn't boost solely

...their research skills. They have to use their imaginitive skills as well and i.m.o. give most credits to it when making a breakthrough. I mean, if you could have thought of it, why didn't you before? It's not a shame not knowing exactly what you're doing, fiddling away something. In fact, it's what science is all about. Progress is made only when leaving the known to explore the unknown. So, taking time to skill your fiddling may win you a Nobelprize.

How do I apply this time taking to myself? Well f.i. I have a funny way with numbers. If I see a bunch of them like on a calculation sheet or something, I often instantly notice when something is amiss. I don't know how and why, but I can '...

...their research skills. They have to use their imaginitive skills as well and i.m.o. give most credits to it when making a breakthrough. I mean, if you could have thought of it, why didn't you before? It's not a shame not knowing exactly what you're doing, fiddling away something. In fact, it's what science is all about. Progress is made only when leaving the known to explore the unknown. So, taking time to skill your fiddling may win you a Nobelprize.

How do I apply this time taking to myself? Well f.i. I have a funny way with numbers. If I see a bunch of them like on a calculation sheet or something, I often instantly notice when something is amiss. I don't know how and why, but I can 'feel' it. Like intuition or something. Very strange. And really, I'm not that clever to crunch those number ad lib. But to avoid my boss getting frustrated, I think of another (easy) task to fiddle around with, wich gives me time to track those errors down, while not having to explain why I'm spending so much time on a presumably OK thing.

Another example is playing games. Many times when I find myself frustrated by some complex programming problem, it helps when I close the work and play sudoku or online puzzel games. It feels like it re-structures my brain to think more 'logical' and for a longer period. Also, if my ego gets a slap in the face because I cannot solve a puzzle as quick as I thought I could, then I take a deep breath, swallow my pride, and go on some crazy puzzle marathon untill the whole play is somehow printed in my subconscious. O well, it may have proven I'm not a genius, but at least I get to know what the trick to the puzzle is

To end this long story: I accept that not everyone sees the long term profit of momentarily slowing down or taking side steps. But for me this video felt like a welcome support, showing I'm not crazy. Thank you, thank you!