{"id":2325,"date":"2019-06-26T08:53:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T03:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2019-07-02T08:59:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T03:29:06","slug":"unfocus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/unfocus\/","title":{"rendered":"UnFocus."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So here is the thing. Most of us believe, me included that focus is the key to better productivity and meaningful life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Srini Pillay thinks otherwise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Srini Pillay is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Part-Time) at Harvard Medical School. He is also an executive coach, technology innovator and author of the 2017 book\u00a0Tinker Dabble Doodle Try: Unlock the Power of the Unfocused Mind.\u00a0<\/strong>He was Director of the Outpatient Anxiety Disorders Program at McLean Hospital and was Director of the Panic Disorders Research Program in the Brain Imaging Center. There, he spent 17 years studying functional brain imaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Dr.Srini Pillay <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

He wrote an article in HBR around the time the above book was released and elaborated on his findings around how the wandering mind contributes to productive output. In his book he covered \u201chow specific kinds of planned unfocus stimulate cognitive calmness, jumpstart productivity, enhance innovation, inspire creativity, improve long-term memory, and, of course, help you stay on target.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does this work? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfocus leads the brain to go into DMN or \u201cdefault mode network\u201d. Using nearly 20% of bodies energy it \u201cactivates old memories<\/a>, goes back and forth<\/a> between the past, present, and future, and recombines<\/a> different ideas.\u201d This recombining, accessing the inaccessible leads \u201cto better decision making\u201d and tunes \u201cinto other people\u2019s thinking,<\/a> thereby improving team understanding and cohesion.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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