The Imperfectionist: The power of 15 minutes (and other ideas)
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The Imperfectionist: The power of 15 minutes (and other ideas)
There’s one way of defeating the inner censor that’s reliable,” he explains. “Just outrun it. If you’re writing 500 words in an hour, there’s just no time for paralysing cogitation.” It doesn’t only apply to writing, though. Virtually any idea, for any kind of useful or worthwhile action to take, proves easier to accomplish, and goes better, when I... See more
The Imperfectionist: Act fast
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Once I’m warm, I do about a half-dozen focused freewrit-ing sessions on the article topic. I dump everything I know about the subject onto the page, and I also force my mind in new directions. I’m courting surprise. Here’s where I’ll open up words, list bad ideas, have paper conversations, and the like.
Mark Levy • Accidental Genius
Try This: Set your timer for twenty minutes, and start it. Tell yourself in freewriting everything you currently think of as necessary for a superior life. Include material and non-material criteria. Make sure you take away at least one item from that list that you’ll act on in the next three hours.
Mark Levy • Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content
it has nothing to do with the quality of the result. Eight hundred words per day; one hour on the side business every evening; five potential customers contacted; three pages of the material for the examination turned into flashcards (or the three-hour rule we encountered on Day Thirteen): these are goals anyone with the available time can achieve,
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