白日做梦(3/7)

But the value of daydreaming does not stop here. It has been found that it improves a person's ability to be better adapted to practical, immediate concerns, to solve everyday problems, and to come up more readily with new ideas. Contrary to popular belief, constant and conscious effort at solving a problem is, in reality, one of the most inefficient ways of coping with it. While conscious initial effort is always necessary, effective solutions to especially severe problems frequently occur when conscious attempts to solve them have been put off. Inability to relax, to let go of a problem, often prevents its solution. Historically, scientists and inventors are one group that seems to take full advantage of relaxed moments. Their biographies reveal that their best ideas seem to have occurred when they were relaxing and daydreaming.

但是白日梦的价值并非仅限于此。人们已经发现,白日做梦能提升一个人的能力。人们可以更好得应对实际的、直接的问题,解决日常问题,并更容易产生新创意。事实上，如果我们经常故意花心思去解决一个问题最后什么都解决不了。这不同于我们平时的看法。尽管刚开始有意识的努力往往是必要的,但是当我们在有意识的努力的时候常常发生很严重的问题，导致推迟实施有效的解决方案。不会放松,无法放下问题,常常妨碍问题的解决。纵观历史, 似乎科学家和发明家都是能充分利用轻松时刻的一类人。从他们的传记可以发现他们最好的想法好像都是在他们放松和做白日梦的时候产生的。