Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World · chapter 5 · id deep-work-c5-03-productive-meditation----using

“Productive meditation -- using periods of physical activity (walking, showering) to focus on a single professional problem -- strengthens your ability to think deeply.”

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Stanford News: Stanford study finds walking improves creativity (2014)source alive

Walking increased creative output by an average of 60% in a series of experiments.

Oppezzo & Schwartz (2014) - Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and CognitionDOI registry: valid

Walking boosted creative ideation in real time and shortly after, with participants producing 60% more creative uses during walking compared to sitting. The effect held for both indoor treadmill walking and outdoor walking.

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