Why being a thinker takes quiet time
I'm a legs-up-on-table type of dreamer and thinker when I work.  However, after working in corporate environments for many years I'm developing what can only been called a cognitive dissonance about this type of quiet thinking.  The issue is that managers have always wanted me to track my time in 15-30 min increments, and there is <i>never</i> an expense category for "quiet thinking and reflection".  Thus I've started to feel like a time thief [1] and it weighs on my conscience even though I know, deep down, that my quiet reflections are being used to solve difficult problems.<p>[1] <a href="http://timewellscheduled.com/time-theft/" rel="nofollow">http://timewellscheduled.com/time-theft/</a>