3827: What Did I Learn Too Late In Life by James Altucher on Lessons Time Reveals

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🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 10 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 3827: James Altucher shares an unfiltered look at decades of anxiety, addiction, and self-destruction, revealing how simplicity, boundaries, and daily micro‑improvements revived his confidence, creativity, and sense of freedom. His hard‑earned insights show how minimalism and integrity can transform a life once ruled by fear and attachment. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://archive.jamesaltucher.com/blog/learn-late-life/ Quotes to ponder: "Maybe desire = anxiety = negativity." "When you get rid of the clutter of life, of the mind, of emotions, then true love takes its place." "Loving yourself is Abundance." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.8	What did I learn too late in life by James Altiture of James Altiture.com.
1:29.8	I killed myself every day, nonstop torture. For decades, myself was a deadly mixture of anxiety about money, pain about relationships, petty jealousy, fear, wanting people to like me. I was thrown out of graduate school,
1:36.5	failed at business, failed at jobs, lost a marriage, a house, then two, always jealous, always crying,
1:44.1	always wishing I were someone else. I constantly thought
1:47.1	about money, night and day. I would go to therapists, not to reduce my anxiety, but just ask them for
1:52.8	money. I'd go to psychics and astrologers and ask them when I would make money. They always said,
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