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The James Altucher Show

My Favorite Things! - Morgan Freeman & Denzel Washington Movies

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Episode Description:The podcast episode of 'My Favorite Things' explores various movies such as 'Lean on Me' and 'Argyle', and TV series like 'pen15' and 'Atlanta'. James also shares two websites, ACX and Text Broker, recommending them as platforms to earn money from home. The discussion transitions to financial freedom and the concept of having a 'number' for comfort in life. Jay and James suggest people consider how to grow their wealth through calculated investments for a more secure future. They conclude the episode with book recommendations for gaining financial freedom and better decision-making.Episode Summary:02:20 Introduction to My Favorite Things02:43 Movie Recommendation: Lean on Me03:00 Appreciation for Bill Withers05:07 Movie Discussion: Argyle06:26 Reflections on Technology and Outsourcing07:00 Exploring Spy Comedy Films08:00 Movie Recommendations Continued10:02 TV Series Recommendations: Pen15 and Atlanta17:58 Exploring Online Money-Making Opportunities23:34 Discussing the Book 'How to Satisfy a Billionaire'27:36 Experimenting with Writing and Publishing32:27 Reviewing 'How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World'33:34 Understanding the Concept of 'Boxes' in Life37:59 Exploring Other Interesting Reads39:01 Discussing Personal Financial Goals41:21 Calculating the 'Retirement Number'50:14 Understanding the Importance of Investing51:02 Wrapping Up and Looking Forward ------------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. This is the James Altager show. Welcome to another episode of my favorite things and I'm going to talk about a few of my favorite things.

0:26.0

What does it mean to be a favorite?

0:28.0

Well, it means I'm super excited about recommending it.

0:32.0

It might mean something I was excited about just this past week or something I've been doing research on. So without further ado, let's get started. I saw a movie. I had never heard of this movie. Someone recommended it to me. It's a movie I had never heard of this movie someone recommended to me it's a movie from 1989

0:45.8

It's called Lean on Me. It's like a young Morgan Freeman and I love this movie. I would highly recommend it.

0:53.7

By the way, I knew of the song lean on me and this was a movie named Lean on Me.

0:59.5

I had never even heard of the movie, but lean on me, I would highly recommend the guy who's

1:04.4

saying lean on me, which is Bill Withers. It's most incredible singer. He

1:08.8

sang some of my favorite songs like Grandma's Hands and Hope She'll Be Happier. They're very sad songs like

1:17.7

you almost want to cry when you listen to them but he just got this beautiful voice and sometimes I stand in front of a mirror and try to

1:25.8

imitate his voice. He's got a very like smooth kind of voice. But what I really

1:30.9

admire about Bill Withers is he was disgusted with his record label.

1:36.2

I think it was Columbia Records and they kept, as he became more and more famous,

1:40.5

they kept trying to control the music he wanted, he should do.

1:46.1

Like they thought he would be, oh, be more popular if you do X, Y, or Z.

1:50.4

And meanwhile he's saying to them, you just release an album by Mr. T, an actor,

1:56.4

and you're not releasing the album I want to do, and I'm a professional at this

1:59.9

with a bunch of Grammys and I've sold millions of records.

2:02.8

So he quit the record label and I don't think he ever really performed again.

2:06.9

Like he did a little bit here and there,

2:08.7

but he basically left the musical business.

2:12.2

Also, he wasn't like some young kid when he broke out.

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