Do Think!

A very nice article. You were hired as a Management Consultant because of your ability to think. However, over a period of time, we have got so tuned to responding to situations that at times perhaps we don't think hard enough. I sometimes feel that I would be able to think more logically about the situation if I didn't have to respond to several emails. So, take some time off and think. Spend some time reflecting and of course plug yourself out from any of he gadgets and wonder how you can make a difference to the project, firm and the world.

Here is an article: 

http://99u.com/articles/6947/what-happened-to-downtime-the-extinction-of-deep-thinking-sacred-space

The author has nicely put that. "believe that genius in the 21st century will be attributed to people who are able to unplug from the constant state of reactionary workflow, reduce their amount of insecurity work, and allow their minds to solve the great challenges of our era. Brilliance is so rare because it is always obstructed, often by the very stuff that keeps us so bus"