Our Mind is a Processor and not a Warehouse

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The human brain is very good at generating unique ideas, whether through combining subjects from previously unrelated sources, or by further developing an existing idea. In any case, we are not good at storing these ideas.

Explanation

Perhaps due to the Our attention is the product that media companies sell, or by being overloaded with Task switching incurs cognitive costs that reduce productivity, it is costly and sometimes impossible to try and hold all of our thoughts and ideas in our heads.

If our mind is best at generating ideas and not keeping them, it means we need somewhere to store these ideas, and locate them when we need to. This is essentially the basis of a "second brain", using a digital copy to help us store our thoughts and ideas One-time effort investment yields future benefits

Why it matters

Therefore once we finished "processing" a thought, we should save it somewhere external so we won't have to save it in our limited headspace with our limited Focus is concentrated cognitive effort that maximizes performance on a single task. It is the way to increase our creativity and our wellbeing..

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🔼Topic:: Working Memory and Cognitive Limits 🔼Topic:: Conditions for Creative Thinking 🔼Topic:: Human Brain ◀Origin:: Getting Things Done (book) 🔗Link::