To wonder is to create, when you lead with your brain in mind. Not many do so, but Einstein still offers shining examples of how it works well when a person wonders and creates.
In Scientific America Mind’s November, 2006 issue … Guenther Knoblich and Michael Oellinger, remind us that Einstein “finally hit on the core idea underlying his famous theory of relativity one night after months of intense mathematical exercises.” 
Have you noticed that after some time of trying to figure out a problem, you suddenly see the light – so to speak. So what creates that
Apparently Einstein, “had given himself a break from the work and let his imagination wander about the concepts of space and time.”
What have you been working on lately that needs fresh insights? For Einstein … “various images that came to mind prompted him to try a thought experiment.”
He stopped to wonder about…” If two bolts of lightening struck the front and back of a moving train at the same time, would an observer standing beside the track and an observer standing on the moving train see the strikes as simultaneous?”
You likely remember that his answer, in short, was “No.”
The point, however, is that new windows opened into Einstein’s mind to describe the universe, because he worked hard on a concept - stepped away - and then returned to wonder. He used these to redefine time and space.
What do you wonder about today that could open floodgates to what we create and leave behind an Eureka moment in your field tomorrow?
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