But you hear Shakespeare would spend hours driving around in his carriage and suddenly would have the insight, OK, this is what the story is about.
但你也听说过莎士比亚会花很多时间驾着马车到处晃荡,然后突然顿悟,故事就应该是这样的
And then he would go and write it. Incubation is so so important.
然后他就可以去写,孵化是非常非常重要的
J. P. Morgan: I can do a year's work in nine months, but not in twelve.
摩根说:我可以用九个月内完成一年的工作,但不能用十二个月
J. P. Morgan understood, you know, arguably be the greatest entrepreneur this country has ever seen,
摩根他知道,你们知道,他可能是美国史上最成功的企业家
understood the importance for creativity of taking time off.
他知道休息对于创造力的重要性
Today, business people, leaders don't take enough time off. Because we think it's a waste of time.
当今的商业精英,领导者们都休息得不够,因为我们觉得这是浪费时间
We think that if we just sit there and do nothing, we are really doing nothing. Well
我们认为如果只是坐着什么事也不干,我们就确实什么事也没干
no. The mind works. The mind works and the mind needs it for the creative insight. In fact, leaders
但不是的,思想在工作,思想在工作,并且思想需要这样,才能获得顿悟。事实上,领导者
and many of you will go into leadership positions, need time off more than anyone else.
你们中的很多人都会变成领导者,比任何人都需要休息
Because they need to be creative. They need to think about the next thing for the company, for the organization.
因为他们需要创造力。他们需要思考公司的未来,机构的未来
Taking time in, invaluable. Not just for memory, also for creativity.
适当休息是无价的。不只是对记忆力,对于创造力也是一样
One of the things I do when I work with, as a consultant in organizations is I just take the management on a retreat with no agenda.
我工作时做过一件事,作为顾问,就是我会安排一段没有日程安排的时间
We are just going to hang out. And very often, within as little as half an hour or an hour, ideas begin to come out.
我们就出去玩,而时常在短短半小时或一小时内,各种各样的点子就会冒出来
Why? Because as the first time, they have time,
为什么?因为他们第一次有时间思考
no coincidence that we often wake up with a solution to a problem we had. Because subconscious mind is making connections then.
我们常常一觉醒来就想到解决办法,这并非巧合。因为潜意识正在活动