Why I Returned My iPad -Peter Bregman - Harvard Business Review
The title of the article sure sounds like a link bait and you can easily change it to “Why I deactivated my Facebook/WOW/Twitter but two paragraphs caught my eye and made this article worthy of attention:
Being bored is a precious thing, a state of mind we should pursue. Once boredom sets in, our minds begin to wander, looking for something exciting, something interesting to land on. And that’s where creativity arises.
My best ideas come to me when I am unproductive. When I am running but not listening to my iPod. When I am sitting, doing nothing, waiting for someone. When I am lying in bed as my mind wanders before falling to sleep. These “wasted” moments, moments not filled with anything in particular, are vital.
