021 - Daydreaming and Your Productivity
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2016
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we talk about daydreaming and how it’s actually a sign that you are more capable than the task you are working on. But do me a favor and snap back into reality because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.
In This Episode:
- Why we daydream
- What it means about you
- How to handle it instead of getting frustrated
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Music:
WVLF - The Collapse
youtube.com/watch?v=2DpjEmGxBJo
Resources:
The Benefits of Daydreaming
Joseph Stromberg 2012
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-benefits-of-daydreaming-170189213
The Amazing Benefits of Day Dreaming on the Mind
Scott Barry Kaufman, Ph.D 2014
alternet.org/personal-health/amazing-benefits-daydreaming-mind
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, we talk about daydreaming and how it's actually a sign that you are more capable than the task you are working on. |
| 0:08.0 | But do me a favor and snap back into reality because you are now listening to tiny leaves big changes. So with today's song we're going to take a little bit of a break from the hip-hop flow we've been in for a few episodes |
| 0:34.5 | and visit one of my other great loves bass music today's song is the collapse by an |
| 0:40.4 | artist named wolf with its screeching solos, and a beautiful drum composition, I knew I had to feature |
| 0:46.6 | it as soon as I heard it. |
| 0:49.0 | Check out the link in the resources and let's jump into the episode. Welcome to another episode of tiny leafif's Big Changes, where I share simple research-backed strategies |
| 1:06.9 | you can use to get more out of your life. My name is Greg Klunis, and we've all done it. |
| 1:13.4 | You're in the middle of working on something mindless and mundane and |
| 1:16.9 | then all of a sudden you're standing on the TED stage giving a talk to a room full of the brightest minds. The talk wraps up and you receive a |
| 1:25.6 | standing ovation. Someone throws a bouquet on stage and you graciously |
| 1:29.9 | accept, but most importantly you feel the pride and happiness that comes with knowing that you worked |
| 1:35.9 | hard to earn this. |
| 1:37.8 | And then five seconds later, you're back at your desk, still working on that memo your boss asks you for. This is called daydreaming. We all do it. It's a natural part of being human and fun fact we're the only animals with the ability to experience it. Many of us may get upset |
| 1:55.2 | out ourselves when this happens. In the pursuit of getting more done and being more productive, |
| 2:00.1 | we view this experience as an unnecessary break and we get frustrated because we should have been able to prevent it. |
| 2:06.0 | But why? Why are we so focused on overriding what naturally happens? |
| 2:11.0 | Daydreaming may seem like an unnecessary way to spend your time when your goal is to be more productive, but have you ever stopped to wonder why you do it and what it means. |
| 2:31.0 | Daydreaming is the uniquely human ability to plan for the future. Start working towards the life you really want, and even entertain |
| 2:35.0 | yourself during monotonous periods. |
| 2:37.2 | In a 2014 article titled The Amazing Benefits of Daydreaming on the mind, Scott Barry Kaufman, PhD writes, quote, |
| 2:45.4 | singer found that a major swath of society consists of happy daydreamers, |
| 2:51.0 | people who enjoy vivid imagery and fantasy. They use daydreamers, people who enjoy vivid imagery and fantasy. They use daydreaming |
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