2017-06-08

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Taking a break to do simple or "mindless" tasks can have a positive impact on your creativity, productivity and decision making. So if you're going to procrastinate or waste time, here's how to do it properly.

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Further reading 📓

Isaac Asimov, How do people get new ideas? https://www.technologyreview.com/s/531911/isaac-asimov-asks-how-do-people-get-new-ideas/

Workplace Internet Leisure Browsing: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08959285.2013.765878

Freedom to surf: the positive effects of workplace Internet leisure browsing: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-005X.2011.00272.x/abstract

Inspired by distraction: https://labs.psych.ucsb.edu/schooler/jonathan/sites/labs.psych.ucsb.edu.schooler.jonathan/files/pubs/inspired_by_distraction.pdf