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The James Altucher Show

602 - You Can Change Passions at ANY Point in your Life with Rich Roll

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Rich Roll QUIT his job in his 40's. Then he started over completely. He went from lawyer to extreme athlete, bestselling author, podcaster, a speaker and more. I went on his podcast recently. And now we're airing it here. We talked all about this idea of giving yourself permission to switch passions (or follow the one you've always dreamed of). Because it's never too late. I've switched careers in my 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's. I'll keep reinventing until I die. That's how you stay alive. BUT you also don't want to have to be at the bottom when you start over. So we talk about that too. Here's a list of things you'll learn about: How to do what people told you you never could do What to do when your fear of other people's opinion is bigger than your will to change your life Why fear is IMPORTANT in reinvention How to get the courage you need every day My upcoming book, "Skip The Line" and my latest book "Think Like A Billionaire" Rich's story of leaving his job in his 40's and starting over How to transfer skills from one job to a new one The importance of experimentation How to believe in yourself How to come up with ideas for reinvention (and how to know which ideas are good ones) Goal setting (when NOT to do it. And when to do it) Hot to discover what you actually like doing in life ALSO, make sure you get yourself this snack for quarantine. I'm obsessed. It's OutStanding Foods "Pigless Pork Rinds" (aka it's vegan). It tastes delicious. And it's full of protein. So you can feel good about snacking on it. I worked out a special deal for you. Just go to think link PigOutWithJames.com 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 ------------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.

0:07.0

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:13.0

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:16.0

Look, we're in a rapidly changing world where we're going to be compelled to have to reinvent

0:20.6

ourselves.

0:21.6

We're living longer, etc.

0:23.6

And you don't want to just have to switch gears and figure out a new career later in

0:29.2

life and start at the bottom, like the skip the line book that you have coming up.

0:34.2

And I think it's interesting because it's about this very thing.

0:38.2

Yeah, and you went through this.

0:40.2

In your mid-40s, you left a profession and kind of started where you did start new

0:46.2

professions.

0:47.2

And a lot of people are going through that, but they always think, well, I'm already 45.

0:51.8

How am I going to learn to be the best or the top 1% of some fields so I can make a living

0:57.7

at this.

0:58.7

But also, I think knowing, being aware of what you're interested in doing, knowing when

1:05.0

your heart wants to do something when your heart doesn't want to do something I think

1:08.4

is really important.

1:09.4

There's something about where naivete meets an audacious dream and then some steps are

1:15.9

taken that that's how anything amazing is created.

1:19.3

Well, there's so many layers of you can't do this involved in any creative act because

1:26.4

if people weren't saying, Rich, you can't do this, then thousands of other people probably

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