Focused Mode Thinking

Focused Mode Thinking
Focused Mode Thinking is one of the two fundamental modes of thinking.

It is associated with concentrating intently on something you are trying to learn or understand. In the Pinball Analogy the bumpers of focused mode are close together, so you can quickly and smoothly get to well used, familiar neural patterns.

However, as you can see in the image on the right, new thought patterns (in green) are difficult to reach in focused mode.

to get to the new thought pattern you need a different way of thinking.

See Diffuse Mode Thinking