Task-negative mode is more colloquially known as daydreaming, and, as Daniel J. Levitin of McGill University has written, it “is responsible for our moments of greatest creativity<br />and insight, when we’re able to solve problems that previously seemed unsolvable.”<br />Whether you decide a Shultz Hour makes sense for you, I’d encourage you not to fool yourself into thinking<br />that you can easily change your habits in little ways here and there.<br />You Need a ‘Shultz Hour.’ -<br />When George Shultz was secretary of state in the 1980s, he liked to carve out one hour each week for quiet reflection.<br />He sat down in his office with a pad of paper and pen, closed the door and told his secretary to interrupt him only if one of two people called:<br />“My wife or the president,” Shultz recalled.<br />They’re always there, with a new status update to be read, a new photograph to be taken, a new sports score or Trump outrage to be checked.
