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
James Altucher quotes about
Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. 100 years from now your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.
Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.
Nobody can tell you what to do. No matter what they pay you. No matter what obligations you feel you owe them. Every second defines you. Be who you are, not who anyone else is, or who anyone else wants you to be.
I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.
It's in the valley of failure that we sow our seeds of success.
Rejection-and the fear of rejection-is the biggest impediment we face to choosing ourselves.
Only worry about your own happiness, which doesn’t have to be limited by anyone else’s stupidity unless you allow it to be.
Being fearless precisely when you are most scared is the best hack.
Mistakes I've made in the past make me afraid to try new things in the future. I want to be perfect.
Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site.
It's easy to get anonymous people to hate you. Have an opinion. Be creative. Be yourself.
The big thing in life is to focus on providing more value to people than they expect. The rest comes then.
I made so many mistakes in my first successful business I'm almost embarrassed to recount them.
Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.