Thoughts On Subconscious Information Processing

A good quote and great start of an idea from Fred Wilson:

He explained that once your brain starts working on a problem, it doesn’t stop. If you get your mind wrapped around a problem with a fair bit of time left to solve it, the brain will solve the problem subconsciously over time and one day you’ll sit down to do some more work on it and the answer will be right in front of you.

This isn’t the first time I’ve come across this article but I came to it again and I definitely believe in this idea of chipping away at a problem. I know there have been times in the past where I’ve either crammed in a problem or design or studying and really felt like maybe it wasn’t the best effort I could have put forth. Or that you end up finding a better solution the day (or week) after. 

It’s one thing that I’m striving to do more often. Even if it’s just taking down thoughts everyday.