How To Overcome Embarrassment & Reach Your Goals Faster w/James Altucher EP 1104

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Entrepreneurship, Fitness, Inspiration, Greatness, Health, Money, Celebrity Interview, Self Care, Celebrity, Success, Mental Health, Relationships, Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Alternative Health, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is author, entrepreneur and investor James Altucher. He's written a new book called, Skip the Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising Advice for Reaching Your Goals. In this episode Lewis and James discuss why James hates the 10,000 hour rule and what he believes you should do instead, how you can become the top 1% in the world of what you like and monetize your dream, how James was able to overcome embarrassment and practice stand-up comedy and how to develop a rich mindset. For more go to: www.lewishowes.com/1104 Check out his new book: Skip the Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising Advice for Reaching Your Goals Check out his website: https://jamesaltucher.com/ Mel Robbins: The “Secret” Mindset Habit to Building Confidence and Overcoming Scarcity: https://link.chtbl.com/970-pod Dr. Joe Dispenza on Healing the Body and Transforming the Mind: https://link.chtbl.com/826-pod Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds with David Goggins: https://link.chtbl.com/715-pod

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0:00.0	This is episode number 1,104 with James Altichur.
0:06.1	Welcome to the School of Greatness.
0:09.4	My name is Louis Howes, a former pro athlete
0:11.6	turned lifestyle entrepreneur.
0:13.5	In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message
0:17.2	to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.
0:21.4	Thanks for spending some time with me today.
0:23.1	Now let the class begin.
0:24.6	Bruce Lee said, if you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
0:35.2	And Michael Jordan said, sometimes things may not go your way,
0:38.8	but the effort should be there every single night.
0:42.8	My guest today is James Altichur, a good friend of mine who has run more than 20 companies
0:48.2	and is currently an investor or an advisor in over 30 companies.
0:52.1	But at one point, James lost everything and a matter of months
0:56.2	went from having $15 million to $143 in his bank.
1:01.6	He pretty much lost it all overnight.
1:03.6	And he realized today's standard view of success comes with a lot of conditions.
1:08.7	And the only effective way to be successful is to choose yourself.
1:13.6	He's written a new book called Skip the Line,
1:16.4	the 10,000 Experiments Rule,
1:18.8	and other surprising advice for reaching your goals.
1:21.7	And in this episode, we discuss why James hates the 10,000 hour rule
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