Doing this will give you a serious edge in the coming years.

‘But why quit watching TV shows when it’s an escape from bad thoughts?’

‘mHmmm. Agreed.’

This was from a recently overheard conversation on a train in the UK.

This says a lot about not only how fried our minds are with endless distractions and entertainment…

But also how so many of us have forgotten the value of doing a whole lot of nothing.

TV may be an escape, but it denies you something I believe will give you an edge in the coming years:

Absent-mindedness.

Allowing our minds to wander, free of artificial stimulation.

This isn’t about being brain-dead. It’s about letting our minds do their thing on autopilot without interference.

Day-dreaming gives us room to make connections, to let creativity unfold, to find solutions to problems without pushing.

Numerous studies confirm the power of ‘mind-wandering.’

For example, a recent study from Eötvös Loránd University in Hungary found that allowing your mind to wander while engaged in a simple task improves learning.

The problem these days is our resistance to doing anything that seems ‘pointless.’

We get bored easily. Our attention spans are zapped. We have a billion options for entertainment.

Very few of us spend thirty minutes just lying on the sofa, thinking, with no freaking music.

But I believe donating some time each day to such relaxed, mindless wandering, ESPECIALLY in a high-stimulation AI world, will give us a tremendous edge.

It makes us more productive, creative, and insightful.

And, perhaps best of all, it is a mood-booster.

Try it.

Guilt-free absent-mindedness isn’t a nice option.

I believe it’s a must.

My Untethered Mind course, by the way, helps reduce stress by over 90% in a matter of days or less.

When you can manage stress like a pro, and combine it with daily ‘absent-mindedness,’ you might just find you’re unstoppable.

Learn more here.

Alex