I was riding my bike this weekend with my riding buddy. We have both moved home recently and our conversation seems to be updated on the endless projects to take a new home and get it the way we want. So much research, so many projects, so much organising etc. As we rode, at one stage I laughed and noted:
I’m becoming boring
Much though I am very happy to have moved home and have these many projects to focus on, I reflect that my brain is becoming clogged with routine thoughts, there is currently no space for deeper and wider thinking. This made me think of a nugget from a recent newsletter from George Mack:
What is the 10x thought I’m missing out on right now?
I have taken snippets from that newsletter and arranged them into my thought process on the topic:
Thinking Cost
When you’re thinking about something — there are billions of other thoughts you could’ve had.
Every thought has an Opportunity Cost.
Try to have 2 thoughts at once. Unless you have a brain like Nikola Tesla – it’s impossible.
You have a supercomputer – but it can only run one program at a time.
When your supercomputer is busy with 1x thoughts — it can’t run 10x thoughts
Now think about the work you do in your profession and role. How many thoughts do you have to have every single day? How much space is there for deep thought, for random thought, for more valuable “10x” thinking?
Don’t do too much “1x” thinking, don’t be boring 😉