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The James Altucher Show

Q’s from Twitter: The Advice I Give My Daughter About Purpose, Books I Re-Read, Procrastination Decoded & More

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.4

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:09.4

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:15.2

James Buchanan was the president before Abraham Lincoln.

0:18.0

People should know because he was one of the most important people in the world.

0:22.5

Be certainly the Civil War was critical on who was the president, right?

0:27.8

And what made you bring it up in your comedy routine?

0:30.3

Because I was making a joke about how everybody always wants to know what their purpose in life is.

0:35.0

So here's a guy who,

0:37.0

most of from an early age,

0:38.2

but his purpose in life was to lead one of the most important countries in the world.

0:42.7

And he achieved his dream.

0:44.4

He achieved his goals in life.

0:46.2

He became the...

0:47.6

Everyone when they were little kids, like I'm in a president of the United States,

0:50.8

he did it.

0:51.8

He was the one little kid who grew up and became president of the United States of America.

0:56.6

And now nobody, 150 years later...

0:59.4

Oh wow.

1:00.4

...is interesting.

1:01.4

...not a single person knew his name.

1:03.4

And so what my point there was,

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