All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone. – Blaise Pascal
The average smartphone receives 49 push notifications per day.
That’s a push notification every 20 minutes during the 16 hours we’re awake.
In our Age of Distraction, it takes guts and grit to sit in a room, with only our thoughts for company, to ponder a problem for hours on end.
It feels uncomfortable. Unnatural even.
But have you ever tried it? Maybe it’s worth a shot?