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The James Altucher Show

My breakdown of the Presidential candidates and their narratives!

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

What are strong narratives and what are weak narratives?  I sat down with comedian Brian Scott McFadden and we broke down the narratives of all of the presidential candidates to discover what we can learn from each of them and how we might form strong narratives for ourselves.   I also wrote an article about it: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/democratic-disaster-last-night-how-candidates-can-james-altucher/?trackingId=cOH9XPfBQVGug6qlU1GHTQ%3D%3D   I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify   Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram   Check Out The Altucher Book Club Series: Apple Podcasts YouTube Instagram ------------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.

0:06.0

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

0:13.0

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:16.0

For any of these presidents, it almost doesn't matter because nobody understands or reads the issues anyway.

0:22.0

People think, oh, um, for this or against this but no one really knows.

0:26.0

And I don't even know. It's hard to know all the facts and nuances, subtleties, very visual.

0:31.0

How you need people to feel, that's it.

0:33.0

So, so the one thing I'll add before starting with the Democratic candidates is that I think in any high-stakes situation,

0:40.0

and this is just a great example of it, what we're using as an example, in any high-stakes situation,

0:46.0

you're narrative and constructing it and being at how you deliver it, and whether it's a good narrative or not,

0:52.0

and whether it's consistent, is how you achieve success.

0:55.0

So, if you want a promotion from your boss, you have to say, is my narrative that I've been here longer than everyone else?

1:03.0

Is my narrative that you are so and so quick, so now I'm doing two jobs instead of one.

1:07.0

Is it my narrative that, oh, we've gotten better sales, so, and I've increased those sales.

1:13.0

Like you kind of have to stick to your narrative and be strong about it and make them afraid,

1:19.0

that he's going to lose you, and it's all narrative.

1:22.0

That's a nice message that you're selling.

1:29.0

This is a mini-sode where I'm with Brian Scott McFadden, and I'm going to rant,

1:37.0

and he's going to respond or whatever, because our first attempt at this,

1:41.0

I'm going to rant about each candidate running for president, pros and cons, goods or bad.

1:47.0

And by the way, I don't care that much about the issues.

1:50.0

I shouldn't say that.

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