{"id":20872,"date":"2018-04-17T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=20872"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:20:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T22:20:45","slug":"new-stuff-tuesday-april-17-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/20872","title":{"rendered":"New Stuff Tuesday – April 17, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bored<\/p>\n

Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self<\/strong>
\nby Manoush Zomorodi
\nBF575 .B67 Z66 2017<\/a>
\nNew Arrivals Island<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n

Spacing out? Zoning out? This hardly seems like the path to productivity — or creativity.<\/p>\n

But Manoush Zomorodi, host of WNYC’s Note to Self<\/em> radio\/podcast explores how downtime (spacing out) can produce creativity in a way that over-scheduling yourself cannot.<\/p>\n

So what is the one device the author claims is most likely to siphon off people’s creative juices? Yep, you guessed it. Your smartphone.<\/p>\n

Before you hang up, hear her out. She conducted an experiment with tens of thousands of her listeners, who put away their devices — and began to unleash their real potential.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to learn more about the author, listen to her Note to Self<\/a><\/em> podcasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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