Stay Up Late

philmckinney | April 7, 2008

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Have you ever notices how things look differently when you stay up late … when you’ve been working way too many hours … when you’re clearly suffering from severe sleep deprivation?  Strange things happen in the middle of the night.

When we are well rested, our “filters” will rank/disqualify ideas based on our experiences.  No matter how hard we try, the filers are always there.

Take advantage of the times when you’ve pushed yourself too far.  Your natural idea/mental filters are down.

 

Tags: ideas, innovations, sleep, sleep deprivation, stay up late

  • http://www.cloverleafinnovation.com jonathan

    Similarly, I’ve often found that going to sleep with questions/concerns often results in new found clarity in the morning. A corollary, perhaps, of Rule #6 – based on the same notion of taking down those conscious filters.