We're at McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

There are tons of books, blog posts, and podcasts about how to get more focused.

Focus is seen as the key to greater productivity and success.

While focus is important, my guest says there are also amazing powers to be found in something

that gets a lot less attention, the unfocused mind.

Dr. Srini Palai is a Harvard-Train Psychiatrist, a brain imaging researcher, and the author

of Tinker, Dabble, Doodle, Tribe.

Unlock the power of the unfocused mind.

Taylor's show, Srini explains the downsides of excessive focus, the importance of tapping

into the unfocused mind, especially in the age of AI, and the benefits of doing so, including

how mind-wondering can help you be more productive and creative, allow you to see greater possibilities

for your life, and offer important insights that will get you unstuck from problems.

Be sure strategies to incorporate unfocused time into your lifestyle, including how to

make day-dreaming more beneficial, and why you should let yourself doodle without guilt.

Srini also makes the case for multitasking, and a sense of switching back and forth between

different tasks.

After the show's over, check out our show notes at a-wim.ias slash unfocused.

All right, Dr. Srini Prele, welcome to the show.

Thanks so much for having me, Brett.

So you are a Harvard-Train Psychiatrist.

You've also taught at the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Business School, your CEO

of a consultant group, it's called Neuro-Business Group.

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