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“How about you write them?” So the man wrote the articles for the writer as requested and didn’t ask for anything in return. Little did he know this one opportunity would lead him to become one of the most well-known writers and podcasters on the planet. The articles he wrote for the writer eventually got him gigs for the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and enabled him to publish 20+ books.
At the same time he sent 10 ideas to a hedge fund manager. The manager liked his ideas and asked him to have lunch. That led to a 2nd career managing money & eventually starting his own fund.
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The story above is of James Altucher. Before his habit of writing down ideas, he wasn’t a writer or a respected hedge fund manager.
Writing down ten ideas per day helped him recover from deep depression. He says by the end of 200...
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I experienced this pain recently. I was about to leave my job and found it impossible to generate any ideas to write about. For the first time ever my note...
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Many of you know who James Altucher is. Many of you probably have no idea how he became one of the most well-known writers on the internet.
I certainly had no idea that sending a list of ideas to the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money” was how James got his big break. Now we know James’ secret and w...
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One person he pitched for coffee was investor Warren Buffett . Upon further reflection it’s obvious Warren wasn’t waiting around with his billions of...
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James still won’t answer my emails or direct messages. You can’t blame him though, as upon reflection, my pitch broke all of the rules mentioned in his book about how writing down ideas saved his life.
I’m going to use James’ idea formula to see if it speaks his language in my next message....
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One by one he resent each email. “I admire your work and here are ten ideas that I think can improve your business/blog” or whatever they were focused on in life. Twenty people got the email. Three replied.
One email he sent to a writer read, “I love your writing and here are ten ideas that...
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