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How to design a remarkable life by generating 10 ideas a day

Chuck Frey
3 min readDec 29, 2021

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Want to become an unstoppable creative force in your career and life? Then adopt best-selling author James Altucher’s daily habit of strengthening your “idea muscle” by generating 10 ideas a day.

This deceptively simple mental exercise program, which he outlined in his 2014 article, The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine, is more relevant than ever in today’s world of uncertainty.

It has made a massive difference for Altucher, enabling him to write multiple best-selling books (including Reinvent Yourself, Skip the Line and Choose Yourself), become a successful investor, develop relationships with some of the world’s greatest thinkers and generate an ongoing whirlwind of possibilities for him. In my opinion, this article is a must-read!

“Ideas are the currency of life,” Altucher points out. “Not money. Money gets depleted until you go broke. But good ideas buy you good experiences, buy you better ideas, buy you better experiences, buy you more time, save your life. Financial wealth is a side effect of the ‘runner’s high’ of your idea muscle.”

Altucher points out that the practice of writing down 10 ideas a day has elped him to…

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Chuck Frey
Chuck Frey

Written by Chuck Frey

Thought leader in mind mapping, visual thinking and creativity for 15+ years. Relentless explorer, learner and dot-collector. I help you elevate your thinking.

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