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The James Altucher Show

450 - Mark Malkoff: It's OK to Not Takes Yourself Seriously All The Time.

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Mark Malkoff is a comedian who challenges himself to the impossible. And I don't mean medical miracles or anything like that. Everything he does is purely ridiculous. "I get super focussed when someone says I can't pull something off," he said. This episode will teach how to become persistent. And it will teach you that it's ok to not takes yourself so seriously all the time. 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: YouTube 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.

0:14.8

It's interesting experiences I think are more valuable than money.

0:19.4

So in every case, so whether you're trying to build a brand, like being very capitalistic

0:24.0

about it, you're trying to build some brand thing or some effect, it's always worth it to

0:29.0

lose money on those if the experience is good and correct and you know you're going to

0:33.6

get fans and whatever from it.

0:35.4

And if it's fun for you.

0:36.4

Yeah, yeah, my philosophy's always follow my curiosity, my enthusiasm and can I pull it

0:41.0

off?

0:42.0

So, okay, so interesting gets noticed by 500 people, extreme gets noticed by 500,000 people.

0:49.0

All right, so we're recording.

0:59.2

So excited to have Mark Malcoff on the show.

1:02.0

I have to say people might not know the name, but I'm just going to list off a bunch of

1:05.9

things, but there's going to be even more things that we'll talk about.

1:08.7

You're doing right now your big things.

1:11.5

You're doing a podcast on persistence, which is very good, which are producer Steve Cohen

1:16.2

has been on.

1:17.1

You're doing a podcast on the tonight show with Johnny Carson, which I want to talk about,

1:21.9

but you you worked for Steve and Colbert on the Colbert report.

1:27.3

You've but you've also done all these amazing like I want, like I was telling you earlier,

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