Are you too busy today to do your best work? Too pressured to enjoy what poet Billy Collins calls ?the still room of thought? ? a contemplative, quiet mode for thinking and writing?<\/p>\n
Now modern science tells us that being too busy can actually make us less intelligent.<\/p>\n
According to a study from the University of London, trying to work while constantly checking your e-mails and voice mail messages temporarily lowers your I.Q. by about 10 points.<\/p>\n
Reason: the human brain did not evolve to handle the constant flow of communication and information that modern technology, essentially developed within a generation, now exposes it to.<\/p>\n
The inescapable conclusion? If you don?t structure some quiet and alone time into your day ? admittedly difficult, especially in a corporate setting ? you may rob yourself of the opportunity to do your best work and thinking.<\/p>\n
Do you find this already happening to you? And what can one do to alleviate the problem?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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