Why does Relaxation lead to Creativity and Performance?
A whole heap of things have come together in my thoughts over the last 24hrs. They are primarily covered by the following:
- Why does relaxing lead to more creative thinking?
- Why does not thinking about an activity and sometimes just going with the gut or the flow often lead to better performance?
I started to think about these things because of the counter-intuitive way in which we sometimes work. In one of my line reports today I saw (what felt like) a classic case of ‘over-thinking’. I could virtually feel the heat coming from their brain….