The Rich Employee
introverts have a very powerful skill. They can listen. It doesn’t take a lot to ask a person to lunch. You send an email. And then you listen. Soon, you will have listened to everyone. And they are all happy to talk to you. You will know their problems. You will know how you can help them, and you will. That’s how you become indispensable.
James Altucher • The Rich Employee
Every mentally strong person has this one thing in common: the things they most remember that has changed their lives have been the answers to questions they asked. If they never asked those questions, their lives would not have changed.
James Altucher • The Rich Employee
If you want to be a writer, or a businessman, or a programmer, you have to write a lot, start a lot of businesses, and program a lot of programs. Things go wrong. This is why quantity is more important than quality at first. The learning curve that we all travel is not built by accomplishments. It’s only built by quantity. If you see something 1000
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L) EXPERIENCES ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN GOODS
James Altucher • The Rich Employee
A great example is Scott Young, who decided he was going to get a 4-year education at MIT for just $2000. Normally a 4 year education at MIT would set you back about $300,000 in student loans at a 7% interest rate that even a bankruptcy can’t get rid of. First they educate you, then they garnish your wages for the rest of your life and, god forbid
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A powerful example of what a determined mind can achieve, as well as a cautionary tale against the indentured servitude that student loans subject people to. I expect, however, that the window Scott hit, may not be a permanent one.What about the idea of a powerful world class mentor program for self education? Someone who challenges you and checks in, but at a much lower cost than a college. Can you virtualization self learning? Is this what Khan academy is trying to get to?
Every cell in our body changes every seven years. What are the cells made out of? The food you eat. I’ve seen this happen with my own eyes. I watched someone who only eats good foods and never eat junk. Over the past 7 years she has developed a glow.
James Altucher • The Rich Employee
Mentally strong people are always solving other people’s problems. The problems of the individual get solved as a byproduct of solving the problems of the many.
James Altucher • The Rich Employee
You can link your financial success (or other kinds of success) to the success of the larger company. If you can figure out how to do this, then you can stay at your job forever and watch it grow. If you can’t figure out how to do this then you MUST QUIT. But only after eliminating risks.
James Altucher • The Rich Employee
This is not religious but math. The brain takes up 2% of the body’s mass and burns up 25% of the body’s calories each day. One in four calories you eat goes to fuel your brain. When you lie, one side of your brain has to deal with one set of lies. And the other side of the brain has to deal with the other set of lies. So to be at optimal mental str
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People who really lied I not spend this much time in anguish maintaining the lie.