In this episode of Season of Stuck, Deanna sits down with Mark Levy, differentiation expert and author of Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content, to dive into powerful tools for getting unstuck—including how how to use freewriting to write your way out of stuckness.

During their conversation, Deanna and Mark explore how freewriting helps you “bypass your internal editor”—and how that can help you better navigate stuckness, why doing “one thing different” can unlock fresh perspectives (and help you get unstuck in the process), and how to “trick” your brain when you’re feeling stuck. 

Tune in to learn about:

• Freewriting—and how to use it as a tool for getting unstuck as a tool for bypassing 
• How to silence the part of your brain that keeps you stuck in familiar, unhelpful thought patterns
• How small shifts can add up to big results
• The power of reframing problems—especially when you’re stuck
• Why you need to actively seek new experiences and perspectives to get unstuck
• Tricking your internal editor:.

Thoughts from the episode:

• "Free writing is a way of watching yourself think."
• "If I feel I’m stuck, it’s not that I have no options—it’s that I have so many options I’m freezing myself into inaction."
• "Anxiety is a wonderful gauge that you’re doing exactly what you should be doing."

About the guest:

Mark Levy is a speaker,, differentiation expert, and author of multiple books, including “Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content.” Mark is also the founder of Levy Innovation LLC, a strategy and positioning firm that helps organizations and individuals stand out and make an impact through what he calls their “Big Sexy Idea.”

Connect with Mark Levy:

On the web: 

Levy Innovation


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