Thread by @YousXP

Thread: Why we get good ideas in the shower

How to activate that power on command

Angles & Expectations

These two elements play a crucial role in how we process information

It's why we get good ideas in the shower, driving, walking, while on vacation, etc

In doing the work we often set high expectations, viewing the project as a big deal

This adds a dense filter which chokes what the brain pours out

Unknowingly we put this filter

As a result neither gold nuggets nor muddy water comes out. Nothing comes out

Often called writers block. But it is also a element in procrastination

Setting too dense of an expectation, viewing it as a big deal.

Attaches heavy emotions around the work

Which then requires us to be in a high emotional state to show up to do the work

^ It's that same reason why many people struggle socializing

Setting too big a expectation, too strong of a filter for what comes out

So nothing comes out

aka "running out of things to say" and feeling awkward

🔑 Proverbial gold nuggets strike us in the shower because we step away from the 'big deal environment'

Because we are not forcing or focusing on the subject as intensely while in the shower

All that repressed energy has an opportunity to pour out

We also 'zoom out'

Often we can get caught up in the smallest details and lose sight of the bigger picture, making it hard to connect the dots

When we physically step away, naturally we zoom out on the bigger picture

The dots connect & can reveal themselves more clearly

Yet another final example

When the expectation is viewed as too big in the bedroom physically he can't 'get it up'

This phenomena of energy being blocked is very real in every aspect. Working, Socially, Romantically, Athletically 'choking'

..it's everywhere

Can we access our intuition/flow/clarity as a natural default state of being?

Or do we gotta hop in the shower every 15 minutes

No need for frantic showering

The solution is much simpler...

- Lowering the expectation DURING the action

- Maintaining the standard of quality in EDITING

Loosening the filter to allow the gold nuggets to flow.

Any excess muddy water can be edited out

Write from the heart, edit with the brain

You can always edit.

Yes even in the bedroom example. Because you see how the other person is reacting

When socializing letting it flow and calibrating after saying what you wanted to share

The calibration skill set is what gets developed over time

The ability to more or less mostly share gold nuggets with minimal muddy water

But that comes from reps actually doing the work in any venture

Basketball for example, more shots = better scoring percentage

- The brain & body need to feel safe/at ease to tap into lower brainwave states

States closer to your subconscious which is where vast intelligence resides

- When the expectation is too high, the brain enters a higher brainwave state

Which = less flow of intelligence

Which reveals the why we get great insight in the shower

Calming water + zooming out from stepping away + less tensely focusing on the subject

It's why you figure out the right thing to say or the best point to make in an argument while in the shower or laying in bed

The reason for eating healthy, meditation, gratitude, exercise and many other habits linked with productivity

Is because this puts the brain/body at ease

Which allows flow.

It puts brain in a lower brainwave state closer to subconscious field of intelligence

Loosen the filter

Allow the gold nuggets to flow

Write/Speak from the heart edit with the mind

Thank you for reading,

Cheers
- Yous