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Big 24
By Liz Fleming
Webster’s Dictionary defines brain dumping as “the act or an instance of comprehensively and uncritically expressing and recording one's thoughts and ideas.”
Brain
The most important word in that definition is "uncritically." When you do a brain dump, you pop open your mind and simply let every thought, worry, concern, idea and emotion slide out without examination or editing. Brain dumping is a first cousin to brain storming but the important difference is that you do it all on your own. There’s no collaboration involved and your thoughts are all yours.
Dump
What’s the point? Like creating clean space by finally sorting out all the junk you’ve been hoarding in your basement, a brain dump empties your mind of the bits and pieces that swirl endlessly, just beyond your conscious thoughts, causing you to feel distracted, disorganized and frustrated. Imagine the relief you’ll feel when you clear that mental clutter.
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