James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master, author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book Choose Yourself, and host of The James Altucher Show, where you’ll join today’s most influential thought-leaders in exploring what it means to be successful and achieve well-being in a world that is increasingly complicated.

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• Choose Yourself – James’ book
• JamesAltucher.com – James’ website where you can access his podcast
• James’ Phone Number – 1-203-512-2161
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3 Key Points:

1. Minimalism declutters your life, your worries, and your thoughts.
2. Respect the fact that challenges will always come up, but do what you can to avoid risks in your life.
3. Advice is Autobiography. People know what’s successful because it has worked for them in their lives.

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Time Stamped Show Notes

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• [00:52] – James is on EOFire for the third time!
• [01:09] – Author of Choose Yourself and host of The James Altucher Show
• [01:45] – He grew up in NYC, and he has failed at a lot of businesses!
• [02:19] – He would always lose money immediately
• [02:40] – Now he wants to be smarter in all aspects of his life.
• [02:55] – He has written 18 books, and loves writing.
• [03:35] – James is great at being himself.
• [04:20] – Choose Yourself is available for 99 cents on Amazon.
• [05:09] – His next book, Reinvent Yourself, will come out soon.
  • [05:43] – His podcast is about peak performance.
  • [06:03] – He has learned from the people on his podcast and from himself.
  • [06:48] – The timeline for reinvention and what these other people have done.
• [08:29] – How has minimalism brought you joy in your life?
  • [08:40] – A great focus on all aspects of your health.
  • [09:21] – Even when bad things happen, his recovery time is getting faster.
  • [09:58] – Everything outside of personal health should be put to the side.
  • [10:18] – You don’t need much of anything at all.
  • [10:31] – James hired someone to get rid of everything that he didn’t really need.
  • [11:00] – He even threw out his diploma and photo albums.
  • [11:35] – All he has now is two bags of things that he can take with him everywhere.
  • [12:00] – Getting rid of all worries besides his personal health.
  • [13:00] – Life has become much more free
  • [13:15] – Getting rid of the clutter of thought
  • [13:48] – Focusing on what’s really important
  • [13:58] – De-cluttering anxiety from his life
  • [14:29] – He has more freedom and joy
• [17:32] – What do you hate and what do you do about it?
  • [17:42] – Positive thinking doesn’t really work.
  • [17:52] – Bad things and struggles will happen no matter what.
  • [18:20] – “Respect the fact that things are difficult”
  • [18:33] – Limiting the risks and the things that can get in your way.
  • [18:42] – Owning as few things as possible
  • [19:20] – Avoiding a long commute to work
  • [20:25] – Figure out what works for you. We all will come up with unique solutions.
  • [20:51] – “You can’t spend time with toxic people”
  • [22:00] – There are simple things you can do to avoid getting sick.
  • [22:45] – “Avoid dying earlier”
• [23:18] – Could “Advice is Autobiography” be the title of your next book?
  • [23:45] – I want to hear how people know what’s successful and what works
  • [24:00] – I don’t want a lecture without a personal story
  • [25:16] – I share what works for me
• [25:35] – Can you take one or two things you’ve learned about life from the people you have interviewed?
  • [25:45] – Nobody is a success in isolation
  • [25:48] – I’m not a believer in talent
  • [26:13] – A basketball player who got a mentor
  • [27:05] – Dedication to improvement every day
  • [27:41] – You’ve got to keep working at it every day
• [28:05] – Parting piece of guidance: Get up in the morning, and try to say to yourself, “What am I going to do every day to improve physically, emotionally and creatively?”
• [28:35] – Connect with James on his blog at JamesAltucher.com or at 203-512-2161
• [28:49] – Buy Choose Yourself for 99 cents!

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