Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

GENERATE 20 ANSWERS
You then discipline yourself to generate at least 20 different an-
swers to that question. Force yourself to write out 20 different
things that you could do that would help you to double your in-
come. You can write more than 20 answers, but you must write a
minimum of 20.
Your first answers will probably be simple and obvious. You
could write, “work harder,” “work longer,” “upgrade my educa-
tion,” “improve my skills in specific areas,” and so on. They will be
easy. The next 5 to 10 answers will be harder. The last 10 answers
will be excruciatingly difficult, like squeezing water out of a stone.
But to get the most out of this exercise, you must force yourself
to continue writing until you have answered the question 20 differ-
ent ways. You can play with these answers if you like. For example,
you can write the exact opposite of one of your earlier answers. You
can also generate ridiculous answers as well.