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The James Altucher Show

464 - Humble the Poet: Unlearn The Lessons That Hurt You. So You Can Learn The Lessons That Help You (Part 2)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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This is part 2 with Humble the Poet. In part 1 we talk about how he quit his teaching job. And became an artist. In part 2, Humble tells me how he became an artist who serves a community AND profits.     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.

0:06.6

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:12.6

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:14.6

I was rhyming in different languages since I was a child.

0:19.5

So I always had rhythm, connotation.

0:22.0

I always had energy and a little bit of theatrics in the way I spoke and everything.

0:26.5

When I saw it, I spoke with a poetry for the first time.

0:29.1

I fell in love with it.

0:29.9

And I was like, hey, I can do this.

0:32.9

And be this me a great way to me, girls.

0:35.8

Why is that?

0:36.8

You know, it was the simplest, cheapest way to be a rock star.

0:39.8

So when you quit being a teacher, did you quit?

0:42.4

Or were you fired?

0:43.3

Or like, oh, yeah.

0:44.3

So this is the good stuff.

0:45.7

What happened was I had no intentions of ever quitting.

0:48.7

I'm like, I'm going to do this on the side.

0:50.3

This is going to be fun.

0:51.6

It's a cool way to keep life interesting outside of my 9 to 5.

0:55.3

And it took the life of its own.

0:57.0

So now all of a sudden, success is kind of a curve like this, where it's, you know,

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