James Altucher Quotes
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Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need to be 'better' than the people in the audience. You aren't better. You're simply the speaker.
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Become a beacon of enhancement, and then, when the night is gray, all of the boats will move towards you, bringing their bountiful riches.
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Mistakes I've made in the past make me afraid to try new things in the future. I want to be perfect.
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Everyone is different. We all suffer from the disease of being human. There are a thousand cures but no antidotes.
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The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.
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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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America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.
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The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing scam.
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Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you can.
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How great is it to just rest and be happy and not move when you don't have to.
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I've had lots of ups and downs. I've had situations where I've gone against the rules, and I've lost everything.
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When I was 7 years old, I plagiarized, word for word, stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.
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Read every book, blog, website, whatever, about what you want to be an expert in.
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I'm a big believer in minimalism. Not materialist minimalism, although that's part of it, but time and energy minimalism. The body is given only so much energy a day.
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Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site.
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Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.
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Don't buy into the 20-hours-a-day entrepreneur myth. You need to sleep 8 hours a day to have a focused mind.
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Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.
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When I was 22, I was thrown out of graduate school and then fired from three jobs in a row at higher and higher salaries where I saved nothing.
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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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Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days, you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It's not who we are.
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Products are valued higher than services.
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Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.
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Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.