Curation for Writers: Become an Idea Machine

Photo by CJ Dayrit on Unsplash

I ran across this photo and it immediately revived my appreciation for Become An Idea Machine by Claudia Azula Altucher and James Altucher.

A few quotes from the book’s foreword by James:

“…idea generation, of the good kind, the kind that helps you AND OTHERS, which is the type you will exercise in this book, is worth ten times that, or more.”

“You can’t trust the old style of thinking anymore…You have to come up with a new way of thinking, a new way of having ideas…we can train it (the mind) to work for us, and to move us in the direction of a life of fulfillment. One day at a time.”

“The way is this: Come up with ten ideas a day.
That’s it.”

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

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NOTE: The Kindle version is 99 cents. Yes, 99 cents! For a 251-page ebook with lots of…you guessed it, IDEAS!
The link to the book is an affiliate link. If you happen to buy the book through that link, it doesn’t NOT affect the price, but it does give me a small commission, which I’ll be using to buy my small island in the Caribbean…or the yacht I’ll need to get to that island…or my therapist who’s exhausted himself trying to dispel my daily delusions.

Writers Horoscope November 22: You take the eclectic approach to your day-launch.

Sometimes you’re not sure where to start.

Maybe you don’t need to lock yourself in.

I’ve been using the template above for the last month.

Here is my Eclectic Journal prototype, along with a third page detailing the origins of three of the components.

I hope it works for some of you.

And feel free to pass it along.

Writers Horoscope November 21: Today, you open Pandora’s box.

idea light bulb pointing finger

You knew it was in there.

Under the mounds of ‘have-to’s’ and the ill-timed ‘what about this?’…

an ever-expanding inventory of ideas.

Just like writing for you, and you alone , you make time to delve into ‘what if?’ and ‘why not?’

No concrete goal.

Just play and see what materializes.

And to keep that momentum, check these out…

Become an Idea Machine

The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine