What Morgan Housel Can Teach Us About Forming New Thoughts
And some of the worst writing advice ever.
Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money, has a unique aspect of his writing process.
He takes three walks around his neighborhood while writing a blog post or book chapter. He even walks around his house or does household chores when it’s cold.
As he said on The Tim Ferriss Show:
“And during that walk I’m a hundred percent focused on what I’m– writing and thinking about, “What did I just write? Is that true? Oh, actually that reminds me of something else. So that’s always a process.””
Housel goes on to say, “I think movement is really critical to forming new thoughts and moving the piece along, which is so critical when you don’t know where it’s going to go when you started writing it.”
Walk It Out
There’s a reason that walking is an almost universal habit amongst great writers.
As Nietzsche famously said, “All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
