I love this framework, Todd. Thanks for highlighting this research. I think I’ve been doing this - but rather randomly and without too much intentionality.
Now I can’t wait to see what using it intentionally will bring!
Thanks Eric. I'm glad that you said that because when I first read this work I had a similar response to you. I already do this, it's not new. But I think you are onto something about moving from instinct to intent.
I stopped listening to podcasts when I workout long before I knew this work so that I could get that mindful attention to the exact muscles targeted and deactivate secondary muscles that want to join in.
On a good day I'll hit them gym first thing in the morning, but perhaps after reading this, I should try doing it around midday/mid-afternoon after a concentrated burst of writing or research. Very cool framework.
Kennon Sheldon just wrote a cool paper on a similar process. He argued that asking yourself explicit questions regarding the decision or problem you want your unconscious mind to attend to, before shifting in to the distraction/incubation phase, can lead to better insights.
See: Sheldon, Goffredi & Titova (2023) The Goal breakthrough model of goal reorientation: Explicit questions drive implicit processes.
thanks Ryan.
and so glad you are a big fan of Ken like me. I keep saying he is one of the most underrated scientists in psychology.
I love this framework, Todd. Thanks for highlighting this research. I think I’ve been doing this - but rather randomly and without too much intentionality.
Now I can’t wait to see what using it intentionally will bring!
Thanks Eric. I'm glad that you said that because when I first read this work I had a similar response to you. I already do this, it's not new. But I think you are onto something about moving from instinct to intent.
I stopped listening to podcasts when I workout long before I knew this work so that I could get that mindful attention to the exact muscles targeted and deactivate secondary muscles that want to join in.
So I'm with you. Thanks.
On a good day I'll hit them gym first thing in the morning, but perhaps after reading this, I should try doing it around midday/mid-afternoon after a concentrated burst of writing or research. Very cool framework.
Kennon Sheldon just wrote a cool paper on a similar process. He argued that asking yourself explicit questions regarding the decision or problem you want your unconscious mind to attend to, before shifting in to the distraction/incubation phase, can lead to better insights.
See: Sheldon, Goffredi & Titova (2023) The Goal breakthrough model of goal reorientation: Explicit questions drive implicit processes.