19: Boosting Creativity and Trail Running in France
Research by Adam Galinsky, a professor at Columbia Business School, found that immersing yourself in a country outside your own can prompt mental change, including increased creativity.
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Creativity is related to neural pathways and influenced by daily life, including your habits or surroundings, The Atlantic reports. Experiencing new things can create new connections in the mind.\u201d - Thrive Global, How Travel Can Get You Out of a Creative Rut
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It turns out the travel bug is good for you in so many ways and today I have no guest - it\u2019s just me, talking about travel, specifically, international and what I\u2019d call \u201cimmersion\u201d travel - the kind where you get off the beaten path, beyond the quote unquote manicured for tourist experience and really get to know a place and it\u2019s people.\xa0
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Patrick and I took a month to live in SW France. We were able to work from there on our businesses and explore the area and truly experience the region. We\u2019ve had a lot of questions about the trip and I wanted to share some big lessons of our own, and outcomes of this kind of travel. Now, we were lucky enough to be able to take a month to do this. I\u2019m not suggesting it has to be a long time. You could do this for a week if you wanted!
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Some of the things discussed: \xa0
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- It\u2019s kind of a financial commitment. so how did we do it?\xa0
- How did we pull it off and make this trip happen?\xa0
- How it came together - how we spent a month in France
- Planning vs serendipity - We discussed this idea of how stressed I was at not being able to find trails before we left on the trip:\xa0
- Technology and apps - What types of apps and resources did we use for our trip planning - but first:\xa0
- Being an american in a foreign country
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Links and resources
- Thrive Global- How Travel Can Get You Out of a Creative Rut
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Locations mentioned
- Tarn River Gorge
- Town of Le Rozier
- Kayaking in Les Vignes
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Apps used
- Gaia GPS
- IGN topo maps - France topo maps
- Fooding
- Google Maps\xa0