Some kinds of everyday predicament are better more effectively approached with a slow mind Some mysteries can only be penetrated with a relaxed unquesting mental attitude Recent scientific study shows convincingly that the more patient less deliberate modes of mind are particularly suited to making sense of situations that are intricate shadowy or ill defined Deliberate thinking works well when the problem is easily conceptualised When we are trying to decide where to spend our holidays it may well be perfectly obvious what the parameters are But when we are not sure what needs to be taken into account or even which questions to pose  or when the issue is too subtle to be captured by the familiar categories of conscious thought  we need recourse to the tortoise mind If the problem is how best to manage a difficult group of people at work or whether to give up being a manager completely and retrain as a teacher we may be better advised to sit and ponder than to search frantically for explanations and solutions This type of intelligence is associated with what we call creativity or even wisdom