502 - [Special Edition] - How To Find Your Fire & Fuel Your Brain with A Mindset That Actually Encourages You To Do What You Want in Life

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 96 minutes

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This is Part 3 of my 500th podcast celebration. All three episodes have incredible clips from incredible guests. Here's the list of clips for Part 3. And let me know which clips you love. Or who you'd like to hear more from. And we'll bring it to you. Thanks. - James Clip 1 - Ep. 438 - Brad Meltzer: Our County's Secrets (Untold Stories From the CIA & Secret Service) Clip 2 - Ep. 481 - Take Back The Power: Amy Morin on Toxic People, Setting Boundaries & Deciding What's Worth Your Time Clip 3 - Ep. 460 - Jeff Garlin: Don't Give Yourself a Back Up Plan (Why Having No Net Leads to Greater Success) Clip 4 - Ep. 437 - John Maxwell: THE Master of Personal Growth Clip 5 - Ep. 424 - Byron Allen: How To Make History in Your Dream Industry (A Story About Outsmarting The Standards) Clip 6 - Ep. 451 - Eric Schmidt: Becoming the CEO of Google... Unlearn Arrogance & Become Your Greatest Clip 7 - Ep. 425 - David Rubenstein: The Importance of Having a Good 2nd and 3rd Life (Lessons From The Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group) Clip 8 - Ep. 473 - Jamie Metzl: The Future of Life on Earth: Threats, Opportunities, & Scientific Predictions You Never Saw Coming Clip 9 - Ep. 471 - Eric Weinstein: The Formula for Innovation (And How to Escape Your Own Restrictions) Clip 10 - Ep. 491 - Find Your Creative Calling: Chase Jarvis on How to Establish a Daily Practice & Make Time for What You Love 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 Check Out The Altucher Book Club Series: Apple Podcasts YouTube 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	Thanks again for listening. This is the final part of my 500th podcast celebration.
0:06.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. This is the James
0:12.0	Altiger show on the Choose Yourself Network. Today on the James Altiger show.
0:20.0	I go in with great preparation which allows me to be loose. But what kept you going when you thought
0:26.3	of quitting because I had nothing to fall back on. I dropped out of school. My dad always
0:31.2	just said, have something to fall back on. If I had something to fall back on and I kind of liked
0:35.6	it, I might have fallen back on it. It's true. So you got to be aware of some internal trigger like,
0:43.7	oh, this doesn't feel good anymore. Right. Right. And then to remind myself, is this really how you
0:48.2	want to spend your life from the questionnaire? I was asked myself like my mom was 51 when she passed
0:52.2	away. I think, well, that's not that far into the future for me anymore. I'm turning 51 in
0:59.6	13 days. So, don't scare me. Well, and so for me, I just remember, okay, how do I, you know,
1:06.6	is that how I would have wanted to have spent my time? Not really. And so to just keep that bigger thing
1:12.4	in mind. It was quite an interesting time. You know, my mother had me. She got pregnant with me when
1:20.0	she was 16. And she had me 17 days after her 17th birthday. So on paper, I didn't look like a very
1:28.3	good bet. You know, a little black baby born to a 17 year old black teenage girl in 1961 and
1:36.4	Detroit, Michigan, you probably wouldn't bet on that baby to have it. And that's one of the
1:41.2	remarkable things about this country is when you look at where someone starts with such
1:47.7	humble beginnings and how it changes along the way if you work hard and have faith. And I had an
1:54.8	epiphany. And I remember the hair just went up on my arms and I said, this is when I'm going to spend
2:01.6	the rest of my life doing.
2:03.5	When I started interviewing people in late 2013, I would never have thought I would have done
2:20.8	500 podcasts. This is almost the longest straight activity that I've done in my life. And the reason
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