3360: Can We Change Our Lives? by James Altucher on Surrendering to the Present & Personal Growth

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🗓️ 19 October 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3360: James Altucher reminds us that change begins in the present moment, offering a practical approach to transforming our lives with four simple daily goals: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. By focusing on incremental improvements and surrendering to the present, we unlock the potential for profound change that starts today, not tomorrow. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://archive.jamesaltucher.com/blog/can-we-change-our-lives/ Quotes to ponder: "The past is one arrow that has been shot at you. But blaming yourself is the second arrow. Don’t kill yourself with the second arrow." "Your life is going to change with such blinding speed you won’t believe it. It will feel like magic coming out of your fingertips and your eyes." "Make four goals for today. Just four." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily. Can we change our lives by James Altature of James Altature.com
0:07.0	and I'm Justin Molleck your very own personal narrator read to you every single day of the year so that you don't have to find blogs and articles yourself.
0:15.6	All in an effort to make your and my days just a little bit better.
0:19.6	So with that let's get right to it and continue optimizing your life.
0:28.0	Can we change our lives by James Altiture of James Altiture. This question came from my Twitter Q&A.
0:36.0	Hey James, little question.
0:39.0	I work in a bank that I hate.
0:41.0	Do you think we can change our lives for the better? Answer. The worst is wondering
0:47.5	how you'll find the strength tomorrow to do the exact same horrible things you did today and have been doing for maybe years. Where will you find the
0:56.6	strength for these incompetent people around you, for the running, running, running, all over the place and getting nowhere,
1:04.4	despite attempts to escape the crushing necessity,
1:07.4	the sickening feeling that destiny won't change,
1:10.8	that every night you'll be down and out crushed by the dread of even more
1:14.8	sorted and more insecure tomorrow's. But right now it's over starting this second.
1:21.7	You might have feelings about the past.
1:24.0	I did nothing with my life.
1:26.0	I hate that I took a job at the bank, etc.
1:29.0	But those are just feelings.
1:31.0	The past is gone.
1:33.0	Yes, you have feelings about it.
1:35.0	Say hi to them.
1:36.0	That's it.
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