Mind hack

Frequently I find it very useful reading something apparently unrelated to the problem I'm supposed to be looking into. Most of the time, the most important thing in reading is not what you're reading, but what it makes you think. When we're facing a challenge, our minds tend to have it running on a parallel process at the back of our minds. Sometimes when reading a completely unrelated subject, we help our brain to actually look at the problem from a different position/frame of mind that leads to great solutions.