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Tools to unleash and capture creativity while walking

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Natasha Tynes
Jan 09, 2022
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It's no secret that you unleash your creative juices when you walk. Famous creatives like Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg have been known for being big walkers.

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who walked with his notebook every day between 11 am and 1 pm, once said:

“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking." - Nietzsche.

Henry David Thoreau, a philosopher and an author who himself was a walker, wrote a famous lecture called Walking in which he said:

"You must walk like a camel, which is said to be the only beast which ruminates when walking." - Henry David Thoreau.

I'm a walker. I take a couple of strolls a day, mostly to exercise my dog and get some fresh air. When I walk, not only do I get energized, but I also unleash the big magic, as Elizabeth Gilbert calls it. My strolls prompt my creative mind to do its thing.

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I'm not unique in this regard. According to a study by Standford University, a person's creative output increases by an avera…

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