----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Religion, the good side



> This is most likely selective memory. The times that you come up with
> a solution to a problem when you are not directly working on it are
> more memorable than the numerous times you solve problems while you are
> working on them.

No, actually.  Its a technique.  I deliberately know that I have to stop
working when a problem needs a creative solution.  I remember roaming the
halls at Teleco looking at this and that.  A VP caught me wandering, gave a
look at my distracted expression, and said "thinking, huh?"  "Yup" was my
answer, and we both passed each other with smiles.

I sit and work long hours after I know what I want to do, not before.
Simple problem solving, like debugging a program, or routinely analyzing
data, can be done hours on end.  True creativity cannot.

Dan M.



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