Accidental Genius: Revolutionize Your Thinking Through Private Writing

by Mark Levy

Book Overview

When it comes to creating ideas, we hold ourselves back. That's because inside each of us is an internal editor whose job is to forever polish our thoughts so we sound smart and in control and so we... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576750833
• ISBN13: 9781576750834
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Easy and fun to read. It will change my learning habits

This is a great book. It's short, easy to read, and entertaining. But it's also a very powerful book that will change the way you approach creativity and learning.It's not just about "private writing", it's about how to generate creative ideas and increase your learning and retention of what you read. It's also about how to clarify your thinking. The book has more than enough ideas to improve your life than what you would expect in his 141 page book.I give it an A+ in my rating scale. This is a MUST READ for those who want to increase their learning, creativity and retention.John DunbarSugar Land, TX

This book is no accident!

I thoroughly enjoyed "listening" to Mark Levy as I read his book. I felt as though I was attending a personal seminar on private writing. Mark says you can "lead a better life through writing" and then he shows you how to do it. His style is breezy and engaging. His examples are contemporary and interesting - I even laughed out loud a few times. I didn't realize how much I learned until after I put the book away and found myself writing to think and thinking about writing. Try it - you'll be surprised by your own "genius moments".

The Excitement of A New Wonderful Technique

As a teacher of graduate students, I believe that the book will be an extremely useful tool for the people taking my classes. The book teaches "private writing," which is a technique that's helped me, in the short time that I've been employing it, examine ideas in a comprehensive, unique manner. I am itching to advise my students to buy the book and use the methods therein. I firmly believe that it will help them understand new material in a very personal way that will be advantageous to their studies of science methods. The book is written in an entertaining and accessible manner that makes it a pleasurable read.