Why Being Productive Every Day Is Making You a Worse Thinker

This is the companion piece to Your Brain Has a Creativity Mode. You’ve Been Accidentally Shutting It Off Every Day. on Medium. That article makes the case. This one gives you the implementation — including a downloadable 30-Day Cognitive Rest Tracker at the end.


There is a specific kind of professional emptiness that doesn’t announce itself as burnout.… Read the rest “Why Being Productive Every Day Is Making You a Worse Thinker”

This is the companion piece to Your Brain Has a Creativity Mode. You’ve Been Accidentally Shutting It Off Every Day. on Medium. That article makes the case. This one gives you the implementation — including a downloadable 30-Day Cognitive Rest Tracker at the end.


There is a specific kind of professional emptiness that doesn’t announce itself as burnout.… Read the rest “Why Being Productive Every Day Is Making You a Worse Thinker”

What Emotional Granularity Is — And Why It’s More Useful Than EQ

What this post provides that the Medium article does not: the complete 27-emotion taxonomy table with physiological profiles and risk ratings; eight specific decision protocols for the high-risk states; a downloadable PDF reference; and curated reading recommendations with rationale.
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