I'm a professional volleyball player writing about performance, mental toughness, and team culture.
The basic reason for having a brain is for movement.
We know this, in part, because of the sea squirt:
The sea squirt spends the first part of its life swimming about the ocean. At a certain point in time, it decides to attach itself to a rock for the remainder of its life. As soon as it does, it eats its own brain, it's own nervous system, for food.
It EATS IT OWN BRAIN because it no longer needs to move.
The stereotypical deep thinker is a lone, hunched over, cerebral, chin scratching or beard stroking old monk.
It should be changed to a walking human.
ā¢ Einstein's daily walk was sacred to him.
ā¢ Darwin went for three 45 minute walks every day.
ā¢ Kahneman and Tversky frequently took outdoor walks.
ā¢ David Thoreau penned in his own journal:
āMethinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.
"Why Walking Helps Us Think" from The New Yorker:
Walking on a regular basis also promotes new connections between brain cells, staves off the usual withering of brain tissue that comes with age, increases the volume of the hippocampus (a brain region crucial for memory), and elevates levels of molecules that both stimulate the growth of new neurons and transmit messages between them.
Log off and go for a stroll! Or schedule your next walk with a friend now. Better thinking, better writing, better health.