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James Altucher Quotes

Total quotes: 24
“We’re just a tiny spark of light between two darknesses,” I said. “And my spark can now start to flicker. I feel a sense of relief at this.”
— James Altucher, James Altucher, Thank God At Least Half My Life Is Over. Good Riddance.
Tagged: Philosophy
“I start off stupid.

I learn.

I do. The only way to get better is to DO. Not think or write or watch. DO.”
— James Altucher, The Power Of Stupidity: How I Dumbed My Way Out Of Failure
Tagged: stupidity, Learning, Doing
“Own what you do. I don’t mean legally or financially (although that could be fine if you get it). But own your decisions. Make your choices. Once you have to ask for permission, someone else has the keys to your freedom.”
— James Altucher, Jocko Willink – What I Learned About Being A Warrior
Tagged: Decisions, Choices, Freedom
“I try to do this instead: live life like it’s everyone else’s last day.
Then you learn to treat everyone with the highest respect. They are dying tomorrow!”
— James Altucher, 10 Things I Do To Guarantee Failure For Myself And Others
Tagged: Life, Living, Treat Others as You Want To Be Treated, Respect
“So the odds are on my side. I will live forever. Unless something weird happens. Like dying.”
— James Altucher, 10 Things I Do To Guarantee Failure For Myself And Others
Tagged: Life, Living, Forever, Dying, Death, Absurd
“Life is an experiment. That’s the beauty of all of this. We’re all scientists in this giant laboratory.”
— James Altucher, 10 Things I Do To Guarantee Failure For Myself And Others
Tagged: Life, experiment, Beauty Of Life, Scientists
“Our life is a list of the experiments we try, the discoveries we make, the failures we encounter along the way to greater successes and rewards.”
— James Altucher, 10 Things I Do To Guarantee Failure For Myself And Others
Tagged: Life, Experiments, Failures, Success, Discoveries
“The one mantra if you want to get good at something is not: Learn. Or read. Or study. Or dream.

It’s do. Every day.”
— James Altucher, Jocko Willink – What I Learned About Being A Warrior
Tagged: Mantra, Doing, Habit, Learning, Reading, studying, Dreaming
“Terror is not fun. It is pain. But when you push through it, you’re in a new world. A world you never explored before. It’s a mystery, a maze, a game, a play.”
— James Altucher, The Discomfort Zone
Tagged: Terror, Pain, Comfort Zone
“'Success' is a weird word. It’s one of those things that everyone wants but nobody knows what it means.”
— James Altucher, What's The Relationship Between Relationship Success And Career Success?
Tagged: Success
“Happiness and well-being are also outside of the comfort zone. You have to travel into your discomfort to find the silver linings hidden. The mystery.”
— James Altucher, The Discomfort Zone
Tagged: Happiness, Comfort Zone, silver lining, Mystery
“We’re all just trying to survive. We all have our insecurities. We can sink in them or try very hard to rise above them.”
— James Altucher, The Most Important Factor In Being Happy
Tagged: Survival, Insecurities, Rising Up
“But always choose who you deal with. Who you give power to. This is the way of reclaiming power over your own life.”
— James Altucher, When You’re Feeling Lost
Tagged: Choices, Path, Power, Life
“But compassion is a muscle. And it’s important to exercise. And the best way to change someone’s life is when they really need your help and you have the ability to give it.”
— James Altucher, How To Deal With Angry People
Tagged: Compassion, Changing Lives, Helping Others, Helping People
“I always think I live a life where I do what I choose. I find the uncertainty in life breeds anxiety and seeks out worry in the brain.”
— James Altucher, The Most Important Choice You Can Make
Tagged: Life, Uncertainty, Choices, Anxiety
“Sometimes to survive the biggest pains on the way up, you have to fly without a safety net. You have to fall.”
— James Altucher, Jim Norton — Dropout And Laugh(A Comedian’s Journey)
Tagged: Surviving Pain, Pain, Failing
“But integrity is a dream we can all aspire to. And it’s a nice intersection to share with someone.”
— James Altucher, Jocko Willink – What I Learned About Being A Warrior
Tagged: Integrity, Dream
“Mastery has a language to it. Speak that language and you will learn how to master anything you have some degree of talent in.”
— James Altucher, The Ultimate Guide To Achieving Peak Performance In Life
Tagged: Mastery, Language, Talent, Learning
“If you aren’t weird enough to find a way to celebrate today, then it will be harder for you to celebrate tomorrow.”
— James Altucher, When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Gets Going
Tagged: Weird, Celebrating
“Maybe the only thing I know in life: the more I help people, the more I have to give. It’s like a barrel of infinite water.”
— James Altucher, The Most Important Factor In Being Happy
Tagged: Helping People, Helping Others, Giving, Life
“I don’t need to make a dime off of this book.”
— James Altucher, Choose Yourself!
Tagged: first lines of books, Making Money, Do Book Make Money?
“One of the best days of my life was the day I took the elevator down to freedom. It was the middle of the day. I walked out. No boxes. No handshakes. I left and played chess in Union Square. The same place I got my first client after starting my own company.”
— James Altucher, Jocko Willink – What I Learned About Being A Warrior
Tagged: Freedom, Quitting Your Job, Starting Your Own Business
“Comedy is about observing the hidden truths in life that everyone knows but nobody has ever quite articulated. And standup is about how to articulate that truth in such a way that people feel momentarily unsafe and confused (the setup), and relieved (the punchline).”
— James Altucher, Jim Norton — Dropout And Laugh(A Comedian’s Journey)
Tagged: comedy, Standup, Truth, Life
“We’re going to die. There’s nothing to stop it. There’s no protecting future generations. Fleeing to Mars won’t help. Science won’t stop Yellowstone.”
— James Altucher, What Are Some Of The Dark Lessons That Life Showed You?
Tagged: Dying, Death, End point
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