Q&A: Optimism. Am I a “True” New Yorker? Biz Idea, Buying Book Rights of Old Books...
The James Altucher Show
James Altucher
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2020
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. |
| 0:06.8 | This is the James Altiger Show. |
| 0:12.8 | Today on the James Altiger Show. |
| 0:15.7 | So in this podcast episode, which was a Q&A, I talk about optimism and everybody was |
| 0:22.7 | writing me. |
| 0:24.1 | Some people were very angry from New York, but I can't keep everyone happy with an article. |
| 0:30.3 | If you wrote a good article, if you know that it made people think my one rule of writing |
| 0:34.9 | always is don't hit publish unless you're afraid of what people are going to think. |
| 0:39.2 | I just stated facts. |
| 0:40.2 | I stated my experience. |
| 0:42.1 | However, people interpreted it. |
| 0:43.7 | It was up to them. |
| 0:44.7 | But a lot of people wrote me and told me they were sad afterwards after they read it. |
| 0:48.6 | This article that I wrote about New York City and what's going to happen to it and some |
| 0:52.0 | of the things that are currently happening. |
| 0:54.1 | So I wrote another article and I explained in this Q&A why I'm actually very optimistic about |
| 1:00.6 | opportunities throughout the whole country, like what this really means for the whole country. |
| 1:06.3 | And I also add to address a lot of people were saying I was not a true New Yorker. |
| 1:11.1 | I address that. |
| 1:12.8 | I also share a business idea for someone who wrote me who was 51 years old looking for a new |
| 1:18.1 | start in life. |
| 1:20.0 | I talk about another idea. |
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