Ep. 168 - Tony Hawk: Don't Stand Still

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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I was getting good at saying, "no thank you" to certain thoughts. Sometimes it was just conversations I didn't want to have. Like this one I'm writing. If I were sitting with you, I doubt I'd say any of what I'm about to. I guess that's why I have questions. Because maybe you know something I don't. Maybe I can learn from you. And I do. I always do. There's a formula for loneliness and a formula for connection. No matter the gravity of your sinking, we are all just inches above the ocean. When I ask question, I watch people discover answers they didn't know they had. And I feel them light up. They connect with themselves. But I pretend it's me. I asked Tony Hawk about his career. We talked about falling a lot. But I'm avoiding the metaphor about "falling" and getting back up. Because then you'll think I'm transitioning from falling to failing. And there's already enough dirty, failure porn out there. So maybe, here's something new.... 3 questions I asked Tony Hawk: (on my blog) ------------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	Hey, your goal was invited to interview freeway Rick Ross, the largest crack deal in history,
0:06.0	at a conference run by Jason Gainyard who runs the Mastermind Talks conference about several
0:10.6	hundred entrepreneurs show up and listen. This year, Jason had a surprise guest. He wanted me to
0:15.9	interview Tony Hawk, who was the world champion of skateboarding for 12 years in a row and has sold
0:21.5	about a billion dollars worth of video games on skateboarding. I had no idea what I was going to
0:25.9	ask Tony. I knew nothing about skateboarding, but what fascinated me was how you can take any
0:31.0	interest. And Tony was of course interested in riding his skateboard and basically create a business
0:36.7	empire out of it. And I wanted to find out how Tony did it, how he became excellent skateboarding,
0:41.9	how he became excellent at business. And that's where this interview went. By the way,
0:46.8	keep listening all the way to the end. You'll hear a bonus part where we open questions up to the audience.
0:51.8	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. This is the James
0:58.8	Altiger show on the Choose Yourself Network. Today on the James Altiger show.
1:06.9	The way I turned pro was I had reached the top of the amateur ranks and I'm filling out the entry
1:12.4	form to the next event and there's a checkbox. This is amateur and this checkbox is pro. And so I
1:17.2	checked the pro box. And then that was it. And so when did you decide, okay, I'm going to dominate
1:26.8	every area of it. And that was never a difference. That wasn't your world. That was not a conscious decision.
1:32.5	No.
1:42.0	He's come out of the bushes. Typical Altiger fashion. Just like last year, we had James
1:48.4	interview Rick Ross, the real Rick Ross. For those of you who were not here last year,
1:53.2	the real Rick Ross was the second largest drug kingpin in US history. I think when he was arrested,
1:59.0	he was worth $600 million. And sweetheart of a guy. He really is a super nice guy.
2:07.5	But this year we have Tony, the little more milder. Yeah, you're not into that stuff.
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