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
Don't stay at the job for safe salary increases over time. That will never get you where you want - freedom from financial worry. Only free time, imagination, creativity, and an ability to disappear will help you deliver value that nobody ever delivered before in the history of mankind.
Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It's about truly helping people.
It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up worm holes into entire new universes.
Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.
The first rule of personal finance is that it's not personal and it's not financial. It's about your ability to make ten changes and not get too depressed over it.
Quantity and persistence will get you the outcomes you need.
I'm scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day.
The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.
Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.
Here's what a phone is: It's a computer that has a little app on it that allows me to dial numbers and then talk to someone.
I always imagine a good leader is surrounded by people who call their mothers at the end of the day and tell them, 'Mom, you can't believe what I did today. Let me tell you about it.'
Money you lose you can always make back. But even five minutes of time lost is gone forever.
My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom's side who snuck in in a suitcase.
Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.