307 - Kareem Abdul Jabbar: Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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NBA's all-time leading scorer? Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Six-time NBA champion? Kareem Abdul Jabbar. 50 years of athleticism. THAT'S peak performance. Then he combined his career with activism, philanthropy (President Obama awarded him with "The Presidential Medal of Freedom," the nation's highest civilian honor.). He's also collaborated with HBO documentaries to create the highest rated sports documentary in history. I don't know anything about sports. But I'm grateful I got to learn from Kareem. (And now you do, too). Show Notes: "Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court" by Kareem Abdul Jabbar "Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court" by Kareem Abdul Jabbar becomingkareem.com Autobiography of Malcolm X I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:10.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.0	We'll be your advice to someone who's young and seeking to find their identity as well.
0:20.6	Because we're all sort of young and empty in the beginning.
0:22.6	We're empty vessels in the beginning.
0:24.4	The strongest message I can impart is that knowledge is power.
0:28.6	So find out about what your future could be and figure out what you want to do to get to that future.
0:36.0	Seek out all the knowledge that you can to figure out what motivates you and then pursue those things.
0:42.0	And for every individual that might be a different goal, a different issue.
0:46.8	But every individual has a unique spark and we have to find what that is and what it leads us to.
0:54.0	And if we can do that, we'll find our path.
0:56.0	It's the one that we choose, the one that makes sense to us as individuals.
1:07.8	So very excited to have cream Abdul Jbar.
1:12.6	Cream, welcome to the podcast.
1:15.4	Thank you very much. Nice to be here.
1:16.8	You know, I always have to sort of an intro with the obvious unfortunately, which is you're probably one of the...
1:21.8	I mean, you definitely are one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
1:25.0	You have the record of most points scored in your career.
1:28.2	You played 20 seasons.
1:29.6	You were, you know, your team was the champion for so many years.
1:35.2	I don't know how many records you have broken in basketball that still haven't been...
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