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A study by Stanford University found that walking, on average, boosts your ability to generate novel ideas by a colossal 60%. The positive effect continues even once you’ve stopped walking and sat down.
Take more walks. Leave all distractions behind. Don’t think about anything in particular, but once you’re back, consider what ideas crossed your mind.
It can be really helpful to mull ideas over to help prime for 'ah-ha' moments.
As we know, walking helps our creative juices flow. What is also becoming clearer is that how we walk is important too. As Dr Barbara Handel, neuroscientist from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg reveals, “It is not the exercise itself that helps us think more flexibly.” It’s moving with the freedom to go in any direction that’s most helpful.