James Altucher Quotes
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Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.
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Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.
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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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People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you.
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The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.
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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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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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Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.
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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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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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I'm invested in about 13 private companies. I've advised probably another 50 private companies.
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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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Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.
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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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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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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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Worry will never solve tomorrow's problems. It will only take energy away from today.
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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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Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.
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My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom's side who snuck in in a suitcase.
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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 saw 'Star Wars' when I was seven years old, and it changed my life.