Drink Beer For Big Ideas, Coffee To Get Them Done?

Jimmy Clayton

Jimmy Clayton

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I was trying to decide which beer I should go out and buy tonight, and somehow I came across this article...

Drink Beer for Big Ideas, Coffee to Get Them Done

For the TL;DR folks, Beer(alcohol) = increased creativity because of your inability to focus on whats going around you while Coffee = productivity.

Agree or disagree? (Based on personal experience)

I've never really been a big drinker, but I am strongly considering adding in a little more alcohol to my diet during my "creative" time and seeing how it effects me. But then again, my mind tells me beer + work = bad news...

Whatever, this post is stupid.

Here's a picture of a girl licking a wheel...
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Yup agree 100%.

Beer: I've only used it a couple times so far as a problem solving tool but if I have a business related issue I can't solve or am missing creativity to bring it all together I drink a couple beers and it always helps me to see more possibilities. Haven't done it in a while though.

As for caffeine I use caffeine pills 200mg and I sometimes take one or maybe two from time to time but I've lost the need to use it in the past year. Don't really know why, I just don't need it anymore and can work hard with no issues with concentration.

I'd say at the height of me needing stimulants to work a lot I generally wasn't in an excellent situation business wise, so I'm thinking the need for supplementation like mentioned here often goes hand in hand with your own well-being.
 
Couldn't live without either one- beer to relax and let the mind roll, coffee to amp up production.

Not a real big drinker, but it does lube the idea stream at times- trick is writing it down or dictating it so you remember all those grand schemes tomorrow ;)
 
Excessive beer will result in intestinal candida, a condition ignored by the medical community.

Excessive caffiene will result in adrenal fatigue, a condition ignored by the medical community.

Careful out there bros..
 
EricVonDoobie said:
You guys should try nitrous oxide. Only problem is trying to write down your ideas while you're peaking, virtually impossible.
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Isn't Nitrous Oxide the shit Vin Diesel / Torettooooo used to make his car go faster in The Fast and the Furious 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6?

How do you use it on a human being?
 
bodiddley said:
Excessive beer will result in intestinal candida, a condition ignored by the medical community.

Excessive caffiene will result in adrenal fatigue, a condition ignored by the medical community.

Careful out there bros..
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Thanks doc, I'm glad you know nothing about health.
 
EricVonDoobie said:
You guys should try nitrous oxide. Only problem is trying to write down your ideas while you're peaking, virtually impossible.
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LOL... One of my college buddies' dad was a dentist, we would go to his office and hook up to the N2O...

You can't even stand, much less write!
 
Jimmy Clayton said:
I was trying to decide which beer I should go out and buy tonight, and somehow I came across this article...

Drink Beer for Big Ideas, Coffee to Get Them Done

For the TL;DR folks, Beer(alcohol) = increased creativity because of your inability to focus on whats going around you while Coffee = productivity.

Agree or disagree? (Based on personal experience)

I've never really been a big drinker, but I am strongly considering adding in a little more alcohol to my diet during my "creative" time and seeing how it effects me. But then again, my mind tells me beer + work = bad news...

Whatever, this post is stupid.

Here's a picture of a girl licking a wheel...
Stupid-Girls-12.jpg
Click to expand...

I definitely get more creative and focused if I have a little bit to drink (there is obviously a point of diminishing returns so I have to pace it!). Since becoming self-employed I've been toying with this a bit. Coffee in the early hours, a little alcohol from 6pm on. I think for me the alcohol helps me in fact just focus on what's in front of me at the time and not go scatterbrain on all of the things I have looming over me. I definitely believe that there are some of us who are wired in such a way that alcohol helps.

Oh, and sometimes Irish coffee makes for a great afternoon transition!
 
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