One Idea Away

I used to think there were two kinds of people: those with ideas and those without.
Turns out—I was wrong.

Ideas aren’t lightning bolts from the gods. They don’t strike the chosen few. They’re more like gold buried in your own backyard. You have to dig for them.

Pareto, the man behind the 80/20 rule, said there are speculators and stockholders. Stockholders invest in what others create. They follow. Speculators? They imagine. They see opportunities in the chaos. They lead.

Henry Ford didn’t invent the automobile. He simply saw how it could be produced faster and cheaper. He speculated—and then employed thousands of stockholders to follow his vision.

Not everyone will revolutionize an industry. And that’s okay.
But we should be careful not to elevate people like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Bill Gates to some untouchable plane. They’re just men. Men with ideas they acted on.

You can do the same.

James Altucher, a modern-day idea machine, recommends a simple practice:
Buy a cheap restaurant order pad and write down ten ideas a day.
Do it for 30 days.
Doesn’t matter how silly, wild, or boring. Write them.
This isn’t about quality—it’s about volume. Reps. Just like at the gym.

You’re training your mind to look at the world like a speculator.
You’re building your idea muscle.

And who knows?
One of those ideas might change your life.

H.B. Reese was a loyal employee in Milton Hershey’s chocolate empire. He didn’t try to compete. He just added peanut butter to the mix. The result? Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. One idea. Massive impact.

You’re one idea away.

You’re not here to float through life as a passenger.
You’re here to create, contribute, speculate.

Vive Proposito.
Live with purpose.