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Develop the radical mindset of relying on yourself over institutions for success. Build skills, offer value, and generate options proactively versus waiting to be chosen.
Take ownership of your decisions and path.
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Honestly identify and challenge self-limiting beliefs you carry like “I’m not creative enough” or “I could never do that” that undermine your potential.
Actively alter your inner narrative to open yourself up to possibilities versus shutting them down.
Our habitual self-talk shapes our possible actions. Give yourself unconditional permission to think freely outside your normal box.
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Look for ways to add value to other people’s lives without directly expecting anything in return. Help people in small ways whenever you can. Generosity, service, and goodwill towards others often create unexpected abundance directly or indirectly.
Adding value builds relationships and goodwill that enrich life beyond money.
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Ruthlessly eliminate ideas, activities, information, media sources, and people that do not truly serve your goals or enrich your life at this time.
Be extremely rigorous about protecting your focus, energy levels, and positive mindset. Say no to most things. Stay laser focused only on executing priorities rather than indulging every curiosity.
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See uncertainty and failures as input to redirect efforts, not reasons to quit. Comfort with uncertainty enables agility. View setbacks as resonant signals of where to improve.
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Pitch ideas constantly to everyone in your network to rapidly iterate and get feedback. Flex your idea generation muscles. Most ideas will go nowhere, but put your ego aside.
Through volume some ideas will eventually resonate at the right time and with the right person. You only need one winning idea.
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In Choose Yourself, James Altucher advocates taking control of your career and life trajectory rather than waiting for institutions and systems to choose you. He provides principles for self-reliance, entrepreneurship, and creating opportunity on your own terms.
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