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James Altucher
"Daily Practice · idea machine · pick yourself"
James Altucher is an American writer, investor, and podcaster. He has started or co-founded more than twenty companies, written twenty-plus books, and hosts The James Altucher Show. After a public boom-and-bust in the early 2000s he rebuilt around a daily practice of body, relationships, ideas, and quiet. Choose Yourself (2013) is the book that named that turn.
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Key Ideas & Recurring Themes
The Daily Practice
Fill the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual tanks every day before you pitch.
Become an idea machine
Write ten ideas a day until options feel cheap, then sell one small thing.
Notable Quotes
"The only real security is the ability to try something new."— Choose Yourself
"Become an idea machine."— Choose Yourself
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Choose Yourself Summary & Review: Stop Waiting to Be Picked
Choose Yourself summary: James Altucher's Daily Practice for a life no one has to pick — four tanks, ten ideas a day, one tiny offer.