Ideas Into Action

“Coming up with ten ideas a day is like exercise. And exercise makes the idea muscle stronger.” -James Altucher

A great daily practice (recommended by author James Altucher) is forcing yourself to come up with ten ideas per day. It can be about anything, any topic you want, big or small, doesn’t matter. If you do this practice every day for a year, then you’ll have come up with a total of 3,650 ideas. That’s a helluva lot of ideas. One of them is bound to be a good one. At the very least, you’ll have strengthened your creativity and engaged your curiosity.

If you want to take this daily idea practice a little further, then after you’ve written down your ten ideas, pick one idea, and force yourself to write down ten possible action steps (P.A.S.) for that idea.

If you want to go even further, pick one of those action steps and take action. (Could be as simple as doing a google search to learn more.)

By doing so, you’ll not only come up with a lot of ideas, but you’ll consistently and deliberately practice the most important part of any idea and what stops almost everyone…learning how to take action.