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
Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.
Ultimately, the best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening.
The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.
Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.
Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.
I want every idea I have to make me money. I want every post I write to have 10,000 Facebook likes. I want every talk I give to have people laughing at all the right jokes. I want everyone to like me all the time.
People build up a life, it becomes unsatisfactory, and they want to figure out how to change it like an outfit on a doll. But you can’t change life from the outside. We all know this now.
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.
Every day you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.
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.
Rejection-and the fear of rejection-is the biggest impediment we face to choosing ourselves.
Being fearless precisely when you are most scared is the best hack.