Choose Yourself!
Good for her. Don’t be a hater! Ninety-nine percent of people are haters. Bless that which you want.
James Altucher • Choose Yourself!
Most people obsess on regrets in their past or anxieties in their future. I call this “time traveling.” The past and future don’t exist. They are memories and speculation, neither of which you have any control over. You don’t need to time travel anymore. You can live right now. When I walk around New York City, everyone seems to have glazed eyes.
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Make the list right now. Every dream. I want to be a bestselling author. I want to reduce my material needs. I want to have freedom from many of the worries that I have succumbed to all my life. I want to be healthy. I want to help all of the people around me or the people who come into my life. I want everything I do to be a source of help to
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So you need to tame the wild horse or it will tame you until you are a slave. Nobody wants that. The way you tame it is through focused use. Set a goal: I’m going to come up with ten ways I can have more time for myself. Or I’m going to come up with ten ways I can make my job better. Or ten business ideas. Make sure the list you plan to do is a
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I like to call people who I think have interesting stories and hear what they have to say.
James Altucher • Choose Yourself!
I used to go out every night. You never know, I would think. I used to go to every business meeting I was invited to. You never know, I would think. I used to go on TV every time I was asked. You never know, I would think. Maybe someone would SEE me. And call me and offer me and give me and want me and like me and love me.
James Altucher • Choose Yourself!
“I’m having a problem with my reporters. They all get Twitter accounts and then the ones with a lot of followers suddenly want raises and promotions.” “Why is that a problem?” I said. “Don’t you want your reporters to be widely liked and respected?” He gave the typical BS response. “We’re about the news. Nobody is a star.” That’s the problem. A
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We rob ourselves of our joy and happiness when we stop and check in with what everyone else is thinking and saying about us.
James Altucher • Choose Yourself!
In this new era, you have two choices: become a temp staffer (not a horrible choice) or become an artist-entrepreneur. Choose to commoditize your labor or choose yourself to be a creator, an innovator, an artist, an investor, a marketer, and an entrepreneur. I say “and” rather than “or” because now you have to be all of the above. Not just one. An
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