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The James Altucher Show

819 - Todd Herman: How to turn into a Super Hero!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

I have been going to Chess Tournament, I have had some wins and some losses. Now, I am thinking about how can I take my chess to the next level. How can I do better in the next chess tournament? I have been studying chess for at least 4 to 5 hours a day, analyzing my games, and been taking chess coaching sessions. And then it hit me, what about, The Alter Ego Effect!So I called up the author of The Alter Ego Effects, Todd Herman, to get a "Free" Coaching Session! That's why I enjoy doing podcasts!  In the episode, we talked about how a kid took on the alter ego of Paul Bunyan, and then excel in baseball! We also talked about the techniques of looking for your own alter ego.Last but not least, all the advice that Todd gave me to search and take on my own alter ego, and let see if I could do better in my next tournament!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.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 PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotify Follow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------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.

0:09.6

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.8

I didn't realize this but often when a baseball player goes up to bat or a basketball player

0:20.8

enters the game or a salesman enters the meeting, they put on a different persona, a larger

0:27.1

than life persona that is so deeply baked into their brains and actually makes them perform

0:33.7

better.

0:34.7

So Todd Herman, author of the Alter Ego Effect is helping me out with something.

0:39.8

This applies to everyone but specifically I wanted him to help me in such a way that

0:43.5

it could be applied to all of you.

0:45.6

So I'm trying to be the best tournament chess player I've ever been.

0:50.2

I was a competitive player when I was younger and I want to be competitive now and even better.

0:56.8

He hasn't been always working out as well as I would like.

0:58.9

The world is a different place 25 years later.

1:01.3

So Todd is helping me achieve my peak performance by helping me find my alter ego that I could

1:10.2

bring to those moments when I need peak performance.

1:13.7

And you can use the exact same techniques to achieve peak performance in whatever area

1:18.3

it is.

1:19.3

You want to achieve it.

1:20.3

Whether it's investing or your job or career or a sport or music or writing.

1:26.3

This is in his podcast and you'll see what I mean.

1:29.1

This one is going to change my life.

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