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The Magic of 10 Ideas a Day
Manage episode 209176885 series 2346628
I originally heard about this idea from James Altucher. (My fave author and probably one of my fave humans.)
James says to write 10 ideas a day because it stretches your "idea muscle" - that is, it helps you be more creative and problem solve when you really need to problem solve.
I used this practice and the practice of daily gratitude, to get out of the funk that I was in in the middle of 2016. Every night I'd go to sleep crying and every day I'd be sweating the "fear sweats" in my tiny Bangkok apartment. I had no money and as far as I could tell, no way of getting any. I kept telling myself that no one cared about me and that I was all alone in the world.
For the last few months I had been contemplating if anyone would miss me if I disappeared.
I started a small daily practice and things started to change.
I was able to start thinking outside the box, take action on a few of the ideas and really realize that I was not stupid or useless or any of
107 episodes
Manage episode 209176885 series 2346628
I originally heard about this idea from James Altucher. (My fave author and probably one of my fave humans.)
James says to write 10 ideas a day because it stretches your "idea muscle" - that is, it helps you be more creative and problem solve when you really need to problem solve.
I used this practice and the practice of daily gratitude, to get out of the funk that I was in in the middle of 2016. Every night I'd go to sleep crying and every day I'd be sweating the "fear sweats" in my tiny Bangkok apartment. I had no money and as far as I could tell, no way of getting any. I kept telling myself that no one cared about me and that I was all alone in the world.
For the last few months I had been contemplating if anyone would miss me if I disappeared.
I started a small daily practice and things started to change.
I was able to start thinking outside the box, take action on a few of the ideas and really realize that I was not stupid or useless or any of
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