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DO MEN REALLY THINK ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE ALL DAY? (And Other Fun Facts) | Jeremy Ryan Slate

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Ryan Slate delves into the history of Ancient Rome, dissecting the transition from Republic to Empire, and the events that unfolded during the era. He also discusses the lives and reigns of significant figures like Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustus. Jeremy makes comparisons to modern America, highlighting lessons that can be learnt relating to monetary policy, government structure and wealth distribution. They also explore narratives around power, perceived freedom and its restrictions, and the link between upward mobility and satisfaction in a nation's citizens.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. This is the James Altager show. So Jeremy, first of all, I have to really apologize. I am so bad sometimes at returning emails and so on.

0:25.9

Your book was excellent, you know, unremarkable to extraordinary.

0:31.6

I really enjoyed reading it. And I meant to extraordinary. I really enjoyed reading it and I meant to do a

0:36.4

recommendation and I just never got to it so I really apologize.

0:40.9

There's no worries man life happens I get to get it. You're doing so much man. Like I just appreciate you

0:47.4

have time to get back to me. That's all. No, I just, it was really bad because I told you I would do it and then I just, I got overwhelmed by a bunch of things and I really wanted to do a good job, which sometimes, again, I think we all like to think we're not perfectionists, but I think particularly with writing.

1:07.0

I have a big problem like returning emails, writing forwards or intros or or recommendations,

1:14.0

because I feel like it's got to be,

1:15.0

everything I write has to be like great,

1:18.0

and it's too much.

1:20.0

If you respond to emails the same way I do,

1:21.0

like I get a really long one,

1:22.0

and I look at it, I just go just go oh dear God and I close it

1:25.3

Yeah like the nicer the email is to me the less likely I am to respond like I get a long email and I'm like oh dear God this could have been three bullet points please

1:35.1

Yeah, I almost never respond to emails which is really bad. I have a huge list of people I really want to return their emails and I keep telling myself okay this weekend I'm going to do it and then I don't do it and then it's Monday and

1:47.6

everything's horrible again. What days of today? It's Tuesday. It's Tuesday. I wake up every day and I have like 3 to 500 new ones and I, you know, I can't, you've been doing

1:55.6

this a lot longer than I have, so I can't even imagine what your inbox looks like.

1:58.2

Well, who, like, so you're getting emails for your podcast or what do you, what do you get emails for your podcast or what do you get emails for?

2:05.0

Part of it is like I end up in all these lists that I don't know how I got on so like we go through this process of like unsubscribing to stuff every day is is kind of one thing so I have a process my VA helps me

2:13.8

with on that. The other thing is like since we've been doing a lot more on

2:17.3

YouTube my inbox has just like exploded so it's a lot of like listener

2:22.2

stuff and a lot of lists that I'd like how did I get in this list how did I get here?

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