5 ways that distance makes you more creative:

Psychological distance can be a powerful tool for creative work. It can come in many forms:

• Exhaustion makes us more creative.

• Jazz musicians literally turn off part of their brain to disinhibit themselves and improvise.

• Pretending you’re solving a problem for someone else can give enough distance to add insight.

• Time away from a challenge helps problem solving. Daydreaming results in better lies.

• Being drunk makes us more original.

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