How to become a 21st century ideas machine

Imagine being a more confident and effective entrepreneur. You no longer hesitate in business decisions. You trust the words coming out of your mouth. You solve problems easily. That's what happens when you become an idea machine. By writing 10 ideas a day, Claudia Azula Altucher was invited to business events from Google and LinkedIn. She launched a bestselling book on how to become an idea machine, because ideas are the currency of the 21st century.

Here are a few of our favorite quotes from this book:

“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”.

“When you come up with 10 ideas a day, or about 3000 ideas a year (depending on whether you include weekends or not), ideas will explode out of you. You will be unstoppable in every situation”.

The book provides you with 180 themes to become an idea machine. You write down 10 ideas for each theme to build your idea muscle. List One is "List 10 things you don't like and turn them into ideas you can be grateful for." List Two is "List 10 apps you want to use, that may or may not be in existence already - what would help you in particular" List 13 is "List 10 ways you could generate passive income within the next 3 months and the 2nd step that would have to happen for any of them to move ahead."

“Idea sex is about connecting the dots... mixing ideas and releasing control. It might lead to the birth of brilliant, more powerful ideas”. When rock n' roll meets blues, we get the Rolling Stones. When George Lucas reads Joseph Campbell, we get Star Wars. 

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

“Remember: complaining is draining. So... make better use of that energy rather than fight it”.

“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 different things every day, and emotionally healthy by surrounding ourselves with people that support and cheer us up”.

“That is what happens when you train your idea muscle and then you stumble on one you love. You are acting from inspiration, there are no goals, there is just flow, 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 fire”.