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Accidental Genius by Mark Levy

Get to Know Your Inner Genius While You’re Locked Up Inside.

A few months ago I read the excellent Accidental Genius book by Mark Levy. It's in its second edition and was recommended as a must read business book for 2020 in an article on Flipboard.

Accidental Genius has added a new dimension to my life!

Levy describes a discipline he calls free writing. Free writing is when you simply start writing on a topic of your choice and don't stop or pause for 30 minutes. Your articulation, grammar and spelling all don’t matter! Free writing is all about not allowing your pen to stop moving for 30 minutes.

I have now done about ten free writing sessions and have been amazed by the thoughts, ideas and solutions hidden deep in my subconscious brain that I might never have surfaced if it was not for free writing!

So while you are hanging around at home bored and wondering what to watch next on television, I challenge you to grab a pen and paper. Set a timer for 30 minutes and don’t stop writing until your timer goes off.

You will be amazed by the great ideas that free writing will surface from your subconscious brain!

Don’t know where to start? How about writing for 30 minutes non-stop on, “Why am I so bored at home and what can I do about it?”

I hope the discipline of free writing will surface ideas from your subconscious brain that amaze you as much as my free writing output has amazed me. Enjoy!

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