The document outlines 12 key lessons from James Altucher's book 'Choose Yourself', emphasizing inner beauty, the importance of saying no, and the entrepreneurial spirit in everyone. It encourages readers to enhance others, practice gratitude, foster trust, embrace silence, and approach life with a superhero mindset. Additionally, it highlights the significance of teaching and the impact of small acts of kindness in saving lives.

1. 12 Things I've learnt
Reading
“CHOOSE YOURSELF” by James Altucher

2. #1 Inner Beauty
You can’t be beautiful unless you get rid of the
ugliness inside. People become crappy people
not because of who they are, but because
they are crapping inside of you. Stop letting
that happen.

3. #2 No vs. Yes
Don’t Say Yes When You Want to Say No.

4. #3 Everyone is An Entrepreneur
The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur
are the ability to fail, to have ideas, to sell
those ideas, to execute on them, and to be
persistent so even as you fail you learn and
move onto the next adventure.

5. #4 Be A Beacon of Enhancement
Every day you wake up with that motive of
enhancement. Enhance your family & friends,
your colleagues, your clients, people who you
don’t even know yet but you would like to
know. Become a beacon of enhancement, and
then when the night is gray, all of the boats
will move toward you, bringing their bountiful
riches.

6. #5 Grateful for in your life
Do this every day: wake up and think of five
people you are grateful for in your life right
now. Not people who you were grateful for in
the past. And not people you hope to be
grateful for in the future if they do what you
want them to do. Five people RIGHT NOW.

7. #6 Be a Linker
INTRODUCE TWO PEOPLE. Every day you can
think of at least two people to introduce to
each other who will help each other. You don’t
need to be in the middle and benefit this
time. You’ll benefit next time. Even if it means
giving up opportunities for yourself if you
think someone else would be better for the
job.

8. #7 Being Trusted
This is hard. You can’t force people to trust
you. And trusting someone doesn't release
oxytocin. But being trusted does. So live your
life in such a way that more and more people
will trust you.

9. #8 Zero Tasking
Sometimes it’s better to just be quiet, to not
think of anything at all. A very successful, self
made businessman once told me, “Never
underestimate the power of a long, protracted
silence.”

10. #9 Beauty of Silence
Out of silence comes the greatest creativity.
Not when we are rushing and panicking.

11. #10 Secret Identity
Wake up every day and say to yourself, “I’m a
superhero—what can I do today to save the
world?” And there will be answers. And you’ll
see opportunities. You’ll figure out how to fly
where you are needed. How to lift the car,
how to use your X ray vision to see solutions
that nobody thought possible.

12. #11 Everyone Loves to Teach
Pretend everyone was sent to this planet to
teach you. Famous people, dead people, your
neighbors, your relatives, your coworkers. This
will give you a strong feeling of humility. And
guess what, you will learn from people, you
will appreciate them more, and they will
actually appreciate you more. Because
everyone loves to teach.

13. #12 Save A Life
Wake up tomorrow and say, “I’m going to save
at least one life today.” Even helping an old
woman across the street counts. Even
responding to an email and helping someone
make an important decision saves a life. Even
reaching out to a distant friend and asking,
“How are you doing?” can save their life. You
can save a life today. Don’t let the sun set
without doing that. You are Superman.