Abdaal: Default mode network activation is vital for business creativity
Ali Abdaal · How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal) · Apr 9, 2024 · at 44:19
Author and YouTuber Ali Abdaal discusses the cognitive and creative importance of downtime and rest with Codie Sanchez.
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“Especially if you're in anything creative, which all businesses to some degree, actually having that time for rest, having that time to allow the default mode network in the brain to Activate, which is what happens when you're doing nothing, or when you're in the shower, when you're going for a walk. That's actually really important to help with creative thinking.”
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