{"id":1988,"date":"2015-07-28T20:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/?p=1988"},"modified":"2015-07-31T09:55:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T09:55:36","slug":"choose-yourself-james-altucher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/books\/choose-yourself-james-altucher\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Yourself! &#8211; James Altucher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">My notes from the book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1LUPOTi\">Choose Yourself!<\/a> by James Altucher:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learned man aims for more, but the wise man decreases, and then decreases again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The thing that really matters in this world are relationships you have with people you love and meaningful things that you do. Haters don&#8217;t fit anywhere into that.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Sleep eight hours<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Eat two meals instead of three (<strong><em>I don&#8217;t agree with this one personally<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/smileyGlasses.png\" rel=\"lightbox[1988]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1759\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nikola-breznjak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/smileyGlasses.png\" alt=\"smileyGlasses\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">No TV<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">No junk food<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">No complaining for one whole day<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">No gossip<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Return an email from five years ago<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Express thanks to a friend<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Watch a funny movie<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">List down a bunch of ideas<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Read spiritual text<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Say to yourself in the morning &#8220;I&#8217;m going to save a life today&#8221;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Pick up a hobby<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Surprise someone<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Think about five people you&#8217;re grateful for<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Forgive someone \u2013 write it on a paper and burn it<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Take the stairs<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Don&#8217;t see yes when you think no<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Tell someone you love them<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Deep breathing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>After a certain salary point, your marginal happiness doesn&#8217;t go up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Writing a book never really makes a lot of money, but there are all these additional benefits of writing a book: consulting, speaking, TV shows, ghost writing, email list to market further.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">In order to get good ideas read two hours a day and write ten ideas a day.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Wake up and think of five people you&#8217;re grateful for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Meditation \u2013 don&#8217;t time travel, be in the present.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Negotiation is worthless, sales is everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Better to sell early than to go broke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Simple effort will give you a customer for life \u2013 always give a little extra.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you love something you get knowledge, the contacts, you&#8217;ll build something nobody else has, you&#8217;ll wow the customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8230; and that&#8217;s Stephen King \u2013 all it took was a few weeks of not writing to fall completely off his game even though he&#8217;s one of the best in the world at what he does. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The idea muscle has to be exercised daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Activate another part of your brain. Best ideas come from collision between \u00a0newer \u00a0and older ideas. <strong>Take two older, unrelated ideas and make them have sex.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Perfectionism may harm you. Embrace failure and get ASAP on your feet again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Delegate jobs to someone else.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you can&#8217;t help yourself you won&#8217;t be able to help others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Be physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally healthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My notes from the book Choose Yourself! by James Altucher: Learned man aims for more, but the wise man decreases, and then decreases again. 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