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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 5 - Lewis Howes: The Millionaire Who Couldn't Read

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2014

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

You've heard the stories about college dropouts who go on to become billionaires... like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerburg... And you might even know that 20% of America's millionaires never stepped foot on a college campus. But how many guys have you heard of who read at a second grade level... yet go on to be millionaires? My guess is none... but you're about to meet one. His name is Lewis Howes, and he's this week's guest on the James Altucher Show, a radio show we recently helped to launch. Lewis Howes' story is nothing short of amazing... At age 10, he was 6'3". He described himself as a "gangly, skinny, ugly, acne kid, who couldn't read or write or do anything." In the eighth grade, he could only read at a second-grade level. He cheated on every test in high school because he says that's the only way he could pass. But Lewis' life changed dramatically after talking his way into college. He wanted to become a football player... and despite a series of major setbacks and injuries, he became a two-time All-American. Thing is... when it came time to leave college, the NFL didn't want him. He had no other skills. He was broke and depressed. By now, you might be wondering how listening to a former semi-pro football player can help you become more successful and wealthy. Turns out, a lot more than you'd think... Howes figured out an ingenious way to make a fortune. At one time, he was making an incredible $60,000 per hour. This week, you'll hear the amazing story of Lewis Howes, who now travels the globe teaching people exactly how they can achieve their dreams. Schools can't prep you for success anymore. Today's millionaires prove that if schooling and traditional employment does not work for you, then you must figure out how to connect with people on a different level. And Lewis teaches you exactly what you need to do to get there. He reveals the secret thing that people should never, ever do when they're trying to get ahead. I was shocked because it's usually the first thing people think they SHOULD do! He also reveals the question that he always asks during networking sessions. Lewis explains, "That simple question opened the door" to his future as a millionaire.   Like James Altucher, Lewis Howes is a quirky, interesting guy, who's become a huge success by thinking outside the box.   ------------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 is James Altature and I'm here once again at the James Altature show. Today we're going

0:16.0

to have a guest, Lewis House, but first I am joined by my excellent co-host Aaron Brabham,

0:21.5

Aaron. How's it going today? Man, it's fantastic. James, I am sitting in sunny Orlando. It's a high of

0:28.4

80 degrees today, not a cloud in the sky, but yet I'm in a little dungeon doing the podcast,

0:34.0

but there's nothing I'd rather be doing than talking to you, my friend. Excellent. Well, except you

0:40.2

kind of maybe a little bit want to make me feel jealous about the whole Orlando thing. It's snowing

0:46.7

here right now while we're doing this. Yeah, but you don't even care. You don't even leave the

0:50.8

compound, right? I don't leave it all. Although I'm going down to Miami in about a, I think in about

0:57.2

two weeks. Actually, your show. That's right. I'll see you there. And it's called the Stansbury

1:02.0

Society. It's unlike any conference that's ever been put together before. I'm very excited

1:07.6

about. It's going to have some fantastic speakers. It's going to be a lot of investment stuff,

1:10.8

but also a ton of like life hacking things. We're going to have our own version of a short tank,

1:17.2

Stansbury tank, where you, Porter and Matt Smith are going to have the opportunity to throw

1:24.0

a little bit of capital to some entrepreneurial people. I think people will really enjoy it.

1:28.8

Yeah, I'm excited. It sounds like a lot of fun. All right, James. So what are you burning on

1:33.8

today? Is there anything that you've read or anything that you're tracking or any blog posts

1:39.0

that you've written lately that are really kind of taking over your mind or maybe the book you

1:44.5

just finished up? Well, you know, it's interesting. So we obviously, we interviewed Lewis House

1:51.2

who's coming up in a few seconds. And it really got me to thinking about the issue of

1:57.4

mastery and passion. Everybody always says, Oh, I've got to find my passion in life.

2:03.0

You know, when everybody thinks they're sort of entitled to this passion, that somehow it's

2:06.7

just waiting for them out there. And if they just sort of stumble into it, life is going to be

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