The Jesse Chappus Show 312: James Altucher - Reinvent Yourself, Defining Freedom, Comedians See The Truth
James Altucher (IG: @altucher) is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master and prolific writer. He's started 20 companies (17 have failed but he's learned a lot along the way) and is currently invested in over 30.
James is the author of 18 books, including Wall Street Journal bestsellers: 'The Power of No' and 'Choose Yourself'. His latest book, "Reinvent Yourself" was #1 in the Amazon store shortly after its release.
His blog, JamesAltucher.com, has attracted more than 20 million readers since its launch in 2010. James hosts a successful podcast, "The James Altucher Show" which has over 30 million downloads.
In this episode, we discuss:
- James' experiment with minimalism
- Always rent, don't buy a home
- The idea of practicing change
- Money, materialism, and consumerism
- Comedians see the truth
- Challenge yourself
- 10 ideas a day
- Executing on an idea
- Self-care is a part of life
- Practice staying in the moment
- Don't read the newspaper or watch the news
- Lessons James learned from his Dad
- What is success?
- Invest in improving yourself
- Defining freedom
- Improving relationships
- Time to rest, time to rejuvenate
- Don't let money get in the way
- Always focus on what's happening now
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