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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Olivia Fox Cabane & Judah Pollack

The Net and the Butterfly

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Breakthroughs aren't random flashes of genius but the product of deliberate mode-switching between two brain networks. Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack reveal that Dr. Marcus Raichle's 1997 discovery of the Default Network explains why stepping away from tasks unlocks innovation. Adam Cheyer, creator of Siri, exploits hypnagogic and hypnopompic states to convene his "genius council" before dawn. Armed with Autodesk's Seven Essential Innovation Questions and a taxonomy of Fear Spiders, this guide turns neuroplasticity into a practical discipline.

You'll learn:

- How the Executive Network blocks your Default Network's insights

- Why Impostor Syndrome afflicts 70% of top performers

- The hypnopompic capture technique Edison and Cheyer both used

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