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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

971: Do You Want to Have Money or Impact by James Altucher

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

James Altucher shares how money is simply a tool--and the lowest tool at that. Episode 971: Do You Want to Have Money or Impact by James Altucher (Setting SMART Goals & Becoming a Powerful Change Agent). James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and podcaster. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies and says he failed at 17 of them. He has published 11 books, and is a regular contributor to The Financial Times, TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post. USA Today named his book Choose Yourself one of the 12 Best Business Books of All Time. The original post is located here: https://jamesaltucher.com/2018/02/want-money-impact Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 971,

0:03.7

Do You Want to Have Money or Impact?

0:06.4

By James Altercher of JamesAltercher.com

0:09.1

and I'm a very own personal narrator, Justin Mollick,

0:11.5

reading to you from some amazing blogs

0:13.2

to help you optimize your life.

0:15.6

But for now, let's get right to the post

0:17.4

and start optimizing your life.

0:23.4

Do you want to have money or impact?

0:25.9

By James Altercher of JamesAltercher.com.

0:29.5

One of the most famous people on television

0:31.5

was on my podcast.

0:32.9

I asked him, are you addicted to being relevant?

0:36.5

He had to think about it.

0:37.8

He had sacrificed relationships, time with family,

0:40.5

rest time for himself, all the name of what he did,

0:43.7

which helps maybe millions, or maybe not, who knows.

0:48.1

I think so, he said, but I don't know what to do about it.

0:51.9

For a while, I felt sorry for him, but I was also scared for myself.

0:55.3

I'm an addict.

0:56.5

I want to be relevant.

0:58.1

I want to have an impact.

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