It is hard to find a good balance between being a hard brainer and a soft brainer. Hard brainers tend to attribute everything to the hard-wiredness of the left brain hemisphere. Soft brainers are undoubted free flowing and artistic and rely on the right brain hemisphere.
When in left brain mode all your decisions are consciously made (at least you think that it is so). When in right brain mode you loosen up and you open yourself for new experiences. In a way right brain thinking is more holistic en purposefull. It is a way of thinking that people tend to deny.
After your next lunch. Take a comfortable seat and let your mind flow freely. Just when you do not expect it you probably will have found great new insights.
Bottom line: Gaze into the distance for one time