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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 169 - Arianna Huffington: The Delusion We're All Suffering From

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2016

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The coffee pot at my cubicle job always smelled of fresh piss. It was probably rotting from the bright lights and manhandling. We all were. Maybe if I slept more, I would've quit my job (the right way). I would've chosen myself sooner. I'd leave the fog with clarity. That's what sleep can do for you. "This moment is all we have, and my mother always used to say, 'Don't miss the moment.'" "When you're exhausted, you miss the moment because you are just living in some fog, either of the past or the future," said Arianna Huffington, who recently published "The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time." In her latest book (and on my podcast), Arianna Huffington reveals the secret to being awake and living a "fully vital, fully present, fully joyful" life. Listen now. ------------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.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.

0:11.0

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.0

I don't want people to make the perfect transition the enemy of the good.

0:20.0

Because what is important is to begin with microsteps.

0:24.0

And even if you begin five minutes before you're going to turn off the light,

0:29.0

just begin somewhere.

0:31.0

Nobody is ever going to do anything perfectly.

0:34.0

I mean, you had a homeless teenager right the piece

0:38.0

that Harvard happened to read

0:41.0

and the admissions office offered him a place of Harvard.

0:45.0

He's nine, he's third year. It's one of my favorite stories

0:48.0

about the magic of the internet,

0:50.0

how you can bring people together,

0:52.0

otherwise would not know of each other's existence.

0:59.0

So I'm here with Ariana Huffington.

1:04.0

Ariana, how are you doing?

1:06.0

I'm doing great. I got my eight hour sleep, did you?

1:09.0

I did get eight hour sleep.

1:10.0

And you know, we're going to talk about the sleep your book,

1:13.0

the sleep wherever illusion, transforming your life one night at a time.

1:16.0

I do want to talk about a couple of other issues first.

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