{"id":2676,"date":"2009-04-03T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BrandTwist.com\/?p=7"},"modified":"2018-10-18T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T20:15:01","slug":"lather-rinse-repeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandtwist.com\/blog\/inspiration\/lather-rinse-repeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Lather, Rinse, Repeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why is it that many of us get our best ideas in the shower?<\/p>\n

Often in the morning, in my semi-wakeful state I get into the shower, not really thinking about anything other than “lather, rinse, repeat” and suddenly a brilliant idea pops into my head.
I stumble and slide across the floor into my bedroom dripping wet and frantically search for a pen and a piece of paper to capture my soon to be fleeting thought.<\/p>\n

Usually I bang my knee on my bedside table and have to stop thinking and start searching for band-aids. When I do revisit my scribble after drying off, the note is either too soggy or too quickly written to make any sense of it.<\/p>\n

What’s the magic behind the morning shower moment and how can we replicate that hyper-productive thinking in an “drip free” environment where we can properly capture ideas?<\/p>\n

This “shower power” may come from the fact we’re in a dream-like state between sleep and wakefulness. But I think that it’s really the fact that we’re engaging in a daily ritual that doesn’t require a lot of conscious thought. This allows for ideas to bubble to the surface without our “critique reflex” kicking in – a mechanism which prematurely shuts off a lot of good ideas.<\/p>\n

Showering at work for most of us probably isn’t an option. Instead, how about trying other similar kinds of repetitive actions: strumming a guitar, knitting, doodling, bouncing a ball etc. <\/p>\n

Stop deliberately trying to think of something, try shifting gears- and engaging in an activity that helps you essentially…think of nothing. <\/p>\n

It might be just the trick to getting those brilliant ideas pouring out.<\/p>\n

That’s my point of view. What’s your twist?<\/p>\n

What “routine” activities help you get in the groove?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why is it that many of us get our best ideas in the shower? Often in the morning, in my semi-wakeful state I get into the shower, not really thinking about anything other than “lather, rinse, repeat” and suddenly a brilliant idea pops into my head.I stumble and slide across the floor into my bedroom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-generating-ideas","category-inspiration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t