1158: What Did I Learn Too Late In Life by James Altucher on Minimalism & Simplicity

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🗓️ 11 February 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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James Altucher shares what he learned too late in life. Episode 1158: What Did I Learn Too Late In Life by James Altucher on Minimalism & Simplicity James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies and says he failed at 17 of them. He has published 11 books, and is a regular contributor to The Financial Times, TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post. USA Today named his book Choose Yourself one of the 12 Best Business Books of All Time. The original post is located here: https://jamesaltucher.com/2018/01/learn-late-life/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily Episode 1158.
0:04.4	What did I learn too late in life by James Altature of JamesAltature.com and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:10.9	And welcome to the podcast where I simply read blogs to you for free,
0:14.7	like a gigantic ongoing audio book with many different authors.
0:18.6	Today's post being from James Altature, a popular writer and podcaster.
0:23.4	I'll keep this intro nice and short for this Monday episode, so let's get right to it
0:27.1	and start optimizing your life.
0:30.4	What did I learn too late in life by James Altature of JamesAltature.com?
0:39.6	I killed myself every day, non-stop torture.
0:43.4	For decades myself was a deadly mixture of anxiety about money,
0:47.6	pain about relationships, petty jealousy, fear,
0:51.4	wanting people to like me. I'll turn out of graduate school,
0:54.8	failed at business, failed at jobs, lost a marriage, a house, then two.
1:00.2	Always jealous, always crying, always wishing I were someone else.
1:04.4	I constantly thought about money, night and day.
1:07.7	I would go to therapists not to reduce my anxiety but just ask them for money.
1:12.0	I'd go to psychics and astrologers and ask them when I would make money.
1:16.5	They always said, next year you'll make a lot of money.
1:20.0	Or when China was hot, they'd say, I see China in your future, a lot of money.
1:25.4	None of it ever came true. I exiled myself 70 miles away.
1:29.6	I didn't leave my house for three months. I felt dead.
1:33.2	One day, I had a bad trading day. I was so upset. When will things change?
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