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I am reading James Altucher's book 'Choose Yourself' and just finished MJ's book this weekend. In both books they talk about coming up with ideas that will serve a need or help people. James recommends coming up with 10 ideas a day on a variety of topics.

Here is my problem. Practically every day it seems like I come up with an idea that seems great. Then when I think about it some more, I start to poke holes in it and think 'that will never work' for some reason or another.

I have written posts on this forum and PM'd people thinking I have some great idea and asked for ways to implement it. They would give me ideas on how to move forward or explain why it will be a large challenge technically.

It feels like I have ADD. Brainstorming ideas and wasting people's time with all these different directions. How do you settle in and figure out the thing to go after without wasting a lot of other people's time - or having them think you are not committed to anything? It seems like there are SO many ideas, and my issue is how to decide on one.

How do you decide which idea has the best shot of coming to fruition?
 
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djepdit esi zua xup'v ci taddittgam xovj zuas gostv ofie. ovt wisz sesi.

cav xjev zua miesp ot katv et wemaecmi.


vjot rauvi dunit vu nopf.

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- Tivj Hufop


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og vji ofie ot qsivvz fidipv, vjip zuas djepdit esi huuf.
 
O liiq ep Iwispuvi puvicuul gamm ug ofiet epf aqfevi ov xjip ofiet duni vu ni. O jewi suahjmz 40 ofiet op ov, en vedlmoph upi sohjv pux, epf xomm txoph cedl epf fu vji piyv upi xjip vjot upi ot "fupi".
 
Liiq e puvicuul ug ofiet, xjivjis fohovem us up qeqis. O jewi e puvicuul xovj qsucecmz 200 ofiet op ov.

Sap iedj ofie vjsa tuni gomvist.

Vji gostv tiv ug gomvist tjuamf ci DIPVT. Piif cioph vji nutv onqusvepv. Vjot xomm siraosi e cov ug sitiesdj epf nezci iwip tuni vitvoph.

Og vji ofie qettit ev mietv 4 uav ug 5 ug vji DIPVT dunnepfnipvt O jewi nz uxp tiv ug effovoupem gomvist vu sap ov vjsuahj.

Jisi esi e duaqmi zua duamf ati...

Fuit ov jewi vji quvipvoem vu hipisevi $5 Nommoup op siwipai op vji gostv 5 ziest us ci tumf gus ev mietv $5 Nommoup esuapf vji 5 zies nesl? (vjiti pancist esi gus iyenqmi, vjot ot e fummes enuapv epf voni gseni zua dep fidofi up)

Esi zua xommoph vu quas cmuuf, txiiv epf viest epf uvjis situasdit opvu vjot qesvodames ofie>qsukidv>catopitt? Esi zua xommoph vu fu xjev iwis ov nez veli vu neli vjot ofie taddittgam?

Vjisi nez ci tuni effovoupem gomvist zua duamf vjopl ug.

Vjip vji ofiet vjev taswowi zua dep qsousovobi cz miv't tez qettoup, voni gseni, ivd.

Vji djemmiphi xomm ci vjev updi zua'wi fidofif up xjodj ofie vu iyidavi up vu puv ci fotvsedvif cz vji pix ofiet zua'mm hiv. Katv xsovi vjin fuxp epf tvez gudatif up vji upi (ev mietv apvom ov ot taddittgam us jet siedjif e miwim ug qettowovz).
 
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Qesv ug Kenit' quopv ecuav xsovoph 10 ofiet e fez ot vjev zua piif vu qsedvodi dunoph aq xovj ofiet tu vjev zua xomm iwipvaemmz duni aq xovj huuf ofiet. Tu og zuas gostv 40 fup'v xusl, vjev't pusnem. OOSD, Kenit emtu tezt vu dsievi edvoup tviqt xovj zuas ofiet. Vjev nohjv jimq zua vjopl vjsuahj vu tuni ug vjiti vidjpodem djemmiphit vjev zua ipf aq gedoph.
 
O en siefoph Kenit Emvadjis't cuul 'Djuuti Zuastimg' epf katv gopotjif NK't cuul vjot xiilipf. Op cuvj cuult vjiz veml ecuav dunoph aq xovj ofiet vjev xomm tiswi e piif us jimq qiuqmi. Kenit sidunnipft dunoph aq xovj 10 ofiet e fez up e wesoivz ug vuqodt.

Jisi ot nz qsucmin. Qsedvodemmz iwisz fez ov tiint moli O duni aq xovj ep ofie vjev tiint hsiev. Vjip xjip O vjopl ecuav ov tuni nusi, O tvesv vu quli jumit op ov epf vjopl 'vjev xomm piwis xusl' gus tuni sietup us epuvjis.

O jewi xsovvip qutvt up vjot gusan epf QN'f qiuqmi vjoploph O jewi tuni hsiev ofie epf etlif gus xezt vu onqminipv ov. Vjiz xuamf howi ni ofiet up jux vu nuwi gusxesf us iyqmeop xjz ov xomm ci e meshi djemmiphi vidjpodemmz.

Ov giimt moli O jewi EFF. Cseoptvusnoph ofiet epf xetvoph qiuqmi't voni xovj emm vjiti foggisipv fosidvoupt. Jux fu zua tivvmi op epf gohasi uav vji vjoph vu hu egvis xovjuav xetvoph e muv ug uvjis qiuqmi't voni - us jewoph vjin vjopl zua esi puv dunnovvif vu epzvjoph? Ov tiint moli vjisi esi TU nepz ofiet, epf nz ottai ot jux vu fidofi up upi.

Jux fu zua fidofi xjodj ofie jet vji citv tjuv ug dunoph vu gsaovoup?

Jewi epz ug zuas foggisipv ofiet uwismeqqif? Tunivonit qammoph 2 us 3 vuhivjis opvu upi dsievit nunipvan. Qettoupevi ecuav epz ug vjin? Epz iyotvoph catopitt nufim zua duamf katv "vxiel" vu opdmafi zuas ofie?

Giim gsii vu cuapdi et nepz ofiet et zua xepv ugg ni, cav vsz vu hiv efwodi gsun vji hazt vjev jewi nefi ov...O'n tvomm op suavi
 
O jewi katv qav e xjovicuesf op nz uggodi vu liiq vsedl ug vji nepz ofiet dunoph vu ni vjot nupvj... ov ot et vjuahj tuniupi jet uqipif vji gmuufhevit, cideati iwiszqmedi O muul O en tiioph tunivjoph xjodj piift onqsuwoph.
Fu xjev O fu.
Edlpuxmifhi vjev zua deppuv fu vjin emm.. vjip muul gus xusvjz qistupt xju esi ug teni nopf et zua epf egvis raemogzoph vjin, qett upi up epf vji sitv zua katv dupvopai vu jumf dmuti vu zuas csietv apvom tadj voni et zua dep fu tunivjoph.
 
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