131: James Altucher - It's Time To Choose Yourself • Exercise Your Idea Muscle • The Power Of No
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2016
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
James Altucher is a successful entrepreneur, chess master, investor, and writer.
He’s been inspiring people both in person through hundreds of events and through weekly Q&A Twitter sessions by speaking on topics including stress, fear, anxiety, money, and relationships.
James’ writing has appeared in most major national media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, ABC, Elephant Journal, Tech Crunch, Forbes, and CNBC. His blog, The Altucher Confidential, has attracted more than 10 million readers since its launch in 2010 and he hosts The James Altucher Show, a popular podcast. James is the author of eighteen books, including the motivational bestseller Choose Yourself.
In this episode, we discuss:
- James' upcoming book - Reinvent Yourself
- People judge books by their covers
- Don't ride the wave of your success, continue to reinvent yourself
- Deeply connecting with people through authenticity
- It's time to choose yourself
- Can we all choose ourselves, is there enough room?
- The Daily Practice - Maintaining your four bodies… physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual
- A simple way to exercise your idea muscle
- Eating, moving, and sleeping are the keys to maintaining your physical health
- Jame's morning routine (part of it)
- Choose who you spend your time with wisely
- James' love for TV and what he's watching right now
- Stop resisting Netflix
- Stop time travelling (anxiety and regret)... be more present
- Difficult gratitude problems
- The only thing that actually counts is doing
- You don't have to be productive all the time, you just need to live all the time
- Social media may be beneficial for introverts
- Embrace your comfort zone... too
- Think twice before you say "yes"
- Warren Buffet's 5/25 Rule
- Living as an extreme minimalist
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The James Altucher Show (podcast)
James Altucher - Choose Yourself! (book)
James Altucher - The Power of No (book)
James Altucher - I Was Blind But Now I See (book)
James Altucher - My Daddy Owns All of Outer Space (kid's book)
Claudia Azula Altucher & James Altucher - Become An Idea Machine (book)
Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner - Freakonomics (book)
Listen to Arianna Huffington previously on TUHP (episode #107)
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312: James Altucher – Reinvent Yourself, Defining Freedom, Comedians See The Truth
313: Chase Jarvis – Creativity Is A Habit (Not A Skill) Available To Everyone
307: Elizabeth Willard Thames aka Mrs. Frugalwoods – Financial Independence Through Simple Living
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and |
| 0:15.0 | welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 131. |
| 0:19.0 | Jesse Chappis here with Marnie Wasserman |
| 0:21.0 | and we are here each and every week to take your health to the |
| 0:23.8 | next level. Today our featured guest is James Altature, a successful entrepreneur |
| 0:28.6 | chess master, investor, and writer. He's been inspiring people both in person, |
| 0:34.5 | through hundreds of events and through weekly Q&A Twitter sessions by speaking on topics |
| 0:40.0 | that include stress, fear, anxiety, money, and relationships. |
| 0:45.2 | James's writing has appeared in most major national media outlets including the Wall Street |
| 0:49.9 | Journal, ABC, Elephant Journal, Tech Crunch, Forbes, and CNBC. |
| 0:56.0 | His blog, The Altature Confidential, has attracted more than 10 million readers since its launch in 2010, |
| 1:02.0 | and he hosts the James Altature show a popular |
| 1:05.4 | podcast. James is the author of 11 books including the motivational bestseller |
| 1:10.4 | Choose Yourself and Choose Yourself as a major focus of today's show. |
| 1:15.0 | I've been following James's work for quite a while now, listening to a lot of his |
| 1:19.2 | podcast. He's a real inspiration, and it was a real honored album on the show today. |
| 1:24.0 | So before we dig into the highlights of today's awesome show, I'm going to read an iTunes |
| 1:29.3 | review to you guys. |
| 1:31.0 | And this one is by Elwood's 08, a five-star review titled Amazing Resource. |
| 1:37.0 | Found your podcast a few weeks ago and I'm loving listening to you on my drives to and from work. Learning a ton about gut health and I've already applied some of the simple |
| 1:46.6 | steps that you and your guests have suggested, such as bone broth. Love that you have a wide |
| 1:51.9 | range of guests with varying areas of expertise, all with such |
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