Take a Walk, Solve a Problem

Staring harder won’t help.

When
your brain crashes into a creative wall, the smart thing to do is to get irrelevant on purpose, then
come back to the work.

By walking away, going perpendicular to the flow
of the current activity and mentally and physically displacing yourself, you
invite unexpected
inputs that change your perspective for the moment, delivering new insights
that the work so badly needs.

Take
a walk, solve a problem.