"There is something about the pace of walking and the pace of thinking that goes together. Walking requires a certain amount of attention but it leaves great parts of the time open to thinking" says Geoff Nicholson, author of The Lost Art of Walking. "Your senses are sharpened. As a writer, I use walking as a form of problem solving. I'm far more likely to find a solution by going for a walk than sitting at my desk and 'thinking'."
Stanford researchers found that walking boosts creative inspiration. They examined creativity levels of people while they walked versus while they sat. A person's creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when walking.
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, was known for his walking meetings. Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has also been seen holding meetings on foot. And perhaps you've paced back and forth on occasion to drum up ideas.
The Wayis a 2010 Americandrama filmdirected, produced and written byEmilio Estevez, starring his fatherMartin Sheen,
The film honorsand promotes the Pilgrim principle and depicts the life-changing journey a father has to undertake in order to get to know his recently deceased son. During thisjourney, he's forced to look back upon his calculated life, and get to grips with the discovery of a new Self.
