4/28/2020 Book Summary: Become an Idea Machine by Claudia Azula Altucher

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Become an
Idea Machine
by Claudia
Azula
Altucher

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The Book in
Three Sentences

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1. Ideas are the currency of

the 21st century.
2. Execution is a subset of
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ideas.
3. When you exercise your
idea muscle every day you
become an idea machine.

The Five Big

Ideas
1. “Ideas are the currency of
life. Not money. Money gets
depleted until you go broke.
But good ideas buy you
good experiences, buy you
better ideas, buy you better
experiences, buy you more
time, save your life”.
2. “Coming up with ten ideas a
day is like exercise. And
exercise makes the idea
muscle stronger”.
3. “When you come up with 10
ideas a day, or about 3000
ideas a year (depending on
weather you include
weekends or not), ideas will
explode out of you. You will
be unstoppable in every
situation”.
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4. “Idea sex is mixing ideas

and releasing control. It
might lead to the birth of
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brilliant, more powerful
ideas”.
5. “The more value you bring
to the world with your
ideas, the more value you
will bring to yourself, your
family, and your
community”.

Become an Idea
Machine
Summary
“Ideas are the currency of
life. Not money. Money gets
depleted until you go broke.
But good ideas buy you
good experiences, buy you
better ideas, buy you better
experiences, buy you more
time, save your life”.

“Coming up with ten ideas a

day is like exercise. And
exercise makes the idea
muscle stronger”.

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“When you come up with 10

ideas a day, or about 3000
ideas a year (depending on
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weather you include
weekends or not), ideas will
explode out of you. You will
be unstoppable in every
situation”.

“Remember: complaining is
draining. So I wanted to
make better use of that
energy rather than ght it”.

“And change can only start

with us. From within by
making sure we are
physically healthy (take a
walk, bathe, take care of
your health), mentally
healthy (practicing the
ideas of this book),
spiritually healthy by going
beyond ‘thank you’ and
really feeling gratitude for
new and di erent things
every day, and emotionally
healthy by surrounding
ourselves with people that
support and cheer us up”.

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“That is what happens when

you train your idea muscle
and then you stumble on
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one you love. You are acting
from inspiration, there are
no goals, there is just ow,
there is just now, and this
amazing feeling of doing
something really good”.

“When an idea has

electricity in it you will have
no choice but to move into
action. And you will love it
because it will set your
heart on re”.

“Idea sex is mixing ideas

and releasing control. It
might lead to the birth of
brilliant, more powerful
ideas”.

“The more value you bring

to the world with your
ideas, the more value you
will bring to yourself, your
family, and your
community”.

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Reading
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Machine, you may also like the
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to Wealth by James Altucher

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James Altucher

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