Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing by Mark Levy
This is a great little book (142 pages including the index) that teaches us how to use writing to improve our thinking. The author teaches us how to use "private writing" to produce the moments of genius that we are all capable of on a more consistent basis. Wonderful examples are disbursed throughout the book and each chapter ends with "Point to Remember" and "Try this" sections that help you apply what you have just read.
This book is divided into 4 parts with the meat of the material beginning in Part Two, "The Six Secrets to Private Writing". The chapters in part three expand upon the concepts in part two, offering many practical tips and examples on how to use your writing to expand and improve your thinking. How to change your focus, hold a conversation on paper, "brain-dumping", and how to “extract gold from a business book” are a few of the gems contained in this section. Part four contains useful resources including a bibliography that serves as great reference for further learning.
I highly recommend this book to everyone!
