Tip #3:
Sleep on it.

John Medina, Director of the Seattle Pacific University Brain Center for Applied Learning Research, suggests that short bursts of sleep (napping) and overnight sleep allow our brains the freedom to process ideas that all the exterior diversions of daily life push to the background. “We may need to sleep so that we can learn,” he states.

He cites Mark Rosekind, a NASA scientist who conducted research that showed a 26-minute nap improves people’s performance 34 percent.

If you’ve got a problem to solve or a dilemma that sends your anxiety level through the roof, try to get a good night’s sleep. The following day, your brain may be able to problem-solve in creative ways it couldn’t in its anxious state.

Read Tip #1

Read Tip #2

Source:
Response magazine (Seattle Pacific University): “Why do We Sleep?” by John Medina, Autumn 2006.