James Altucher
James Altucher
James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies, including Reset Inc. and StockPickr and says he failed at 17 of them. He has published eleven books, and he is a frequent contributor to publications including The Financial Times, TheStreet.com, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, Thought Catalog, and The Huffington Post. USA Today named his book Choose Yourself one of the 12 Best Business Books of All Time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth23 January 1968
CountryUnited States of America
You're the average of the five people you spend your time with.
The universe wants us to have fun doing more than one thing in life. That's how it learns. You don't have one purpose in life. You have maybe 500 or so.
Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.
You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel anxious in any way.
If you spend a lot of energy on things that are wastes of time, then you waste energy, get sick, and die faster.
I've had lots of ups and downs. I've had situations where I've gone against the rules, and I've lost everything.
Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.
Do what you do with love, and success is a natural symptom.
Life is too long to reject the opportunities in front of you every day.
Robots are the new middle class. And everyone else will either be an entrepreneur or a temp staffer.
People look for their passions. But often, the passions find you. How does your # passion find you? When you are good at something, you get passionate about it. That’s it.
Life is a series of failures punctuated by brief successes
It's how you view the life inside you that creates the life outside of you. Everyday.
Don't do something just for the money. Money is a side effect of persistence. You persist in things you are interested in. Explore your interests. Then persist. Then enjoy all the side effects.