Brian Tracy explains the 20 Idea Method: write 20 answers to "What could I do to earn $100,000 in 12 months?" ranging from easy to extremely hard. He says the hardest ideas, especially the 20th, create breakthroughs, and more people have become millionaires using this than any other technique.
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What could I do to earn $100,000 over the next 12 months? The more specific the question, the better. Then you devote yourself to writing 20 answers to this question. You must write a minimum of 20 answers. Work harder, work smarter, start earlier, stay later, change occupations, upgrade my skills, whatever it is. Keep forcing yourself to write till you've written 20 answers. We call this mindstorming. The first 3 to 5 answers will be easy. The next 3 to 5 answers will be difficult. The last 10 answers will be incredibly difficult. But I have given this exercise to people who've gone on to become millionaires so many times I've lost track, because they often find that the 20th answer changes their whole life. And if you've ever done this once, it's absolutely staggering. More people have become millionaires with this simple idea of mindstorming, what I call the 20 Idea Method, than any other single method of creative thinking ever discovered.
What's in it for me? I mean, that concept— I watched that video I don't even know how long ago, and it's definitely helped me make way more than a million bucks.