James Altucher Quotes
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The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.
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It's hard to know which stars in the sky will turn into black holes. And which ones will open up worm holes into entire new universes.
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A lot of times, people send me emails, and then I forget about them, or I never respond to them, or I respond to them weeks later.
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If you introduce person A to person B, and then person B is able to solve a pain point in his life, then you just made a good connection.
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People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you.
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I am a sore loser. It's not that I'm so competitive with others. But I'm competitive with myself. I like to do better than I did before.
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My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure.
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Most people don't have the power of persuasion.
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You can't make money without selling something real. You can't make something real without first imagination manifesting itself in your head. You can't have imagination without surrendering yourself to an idea that you want to create something of value to other human beings.
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Nobody wants to make me a rich man. In fact, most people want to make me a very poor man. I can guarantee some people fantasize at night about how poor they can make me.
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When I was 22 years old, I thought girls would like me if I wrote a novel. I spent so much time writing that I was thrown out of graduate school.
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Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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I always imagine a good leader is surrounded by people who call their mothers at the end of the day and tell them, 'Mom, you can't believe what I did today. Let me tell you about it.'
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Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes.
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I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers.
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Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.
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Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read.
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I'm invested in about 13 private companies. I've advised probably another 50 private companies.
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Worry will never solve tomorrow's problems. It will only take energy away from today.
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Ultimately, the best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening.
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The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.
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Read every book, blog, website, whatever, about what you want to be an expert in.
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I saw 'Star Wars' when I was seven years old, and it changed my life.