I am working my way through The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander

Here’s one of the many great takeaways from the book:

Saturate, incubate and illuminate.

Planning a new mission involves saturating your mind with acts, assumptions, insights.

The next phase is incubation, which is when the mind subconsciously sorts through inputs and begins to recognize patterns, and then sorts the patterns together to come up with insights.

This incubation paves the way for the illumination stage, commonly known as the “eureka” moments, where you get flashes of insight and actionable ideas.

Saturate, incubate and illuminate.

That’s how the mind works.

One way to know that you’re going through this is if you’re suffering from incubation-induced sleep loss.

The solution?

Writing down your thoughts to temporarily get them off your mind.

How’s this relevant to my investment process?

When an idea first comes ...