<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Incubation is not inactivity when a question has... > Incubation is not inactivity when a question has been clearly planted in the mind. Sleep, walking, silence, and ordinary tasks can give the brain room to combine fragments that deliberate thought has kept apart. The pause becomes productive because it follows a real encounter with the problem. **Source:** [[livestreams/Dated Full Capture — The Productive Rhythm of Action and Incubation - Workbook|Dated Full Capture — The Productive Rhythm of Action and Incubation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Incubation is not inactivity when a question has been clearly planted in the mind. Sleep, walking, silence, and ordinary tasks can give the brain room to combine fragments that deliberate thought has kept apart. The pause becomes productive because it follows a real encounter with the problem.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-incubation-inactivity-question-real-encounter-problem ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->