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The James Altucher Show

The Power of Obsession

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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?Jay tricked me... So as you know, Jay Yow is the producer of this podcast.  We were talking casually and he asked me about a lot of different things I've been obsessed with ever since I was a little kid and this "Power of Obsession" has driven my entire life for better and for worse.We're just casually talking about it and then I realized he's recording, so we made an episode about The Power of Obsession... You kind of hear in the beginning, I didn't want to do an episode on it. But, then I realized,  this has been an interesting thing for me, and this aspect, this Power of Obsession, has had an overall very positive effect on my life.So here we go-the Power of Obsession. ------------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 jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------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 PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------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

Jay tricked me.

0:10.0

So as you know Jay is the producer of this podcast and we were just talking casually and

0:18.4

he asked me about all the different things.

0:21.4

I've been obsessed with a lot of different things

0:23.4

ever since I was a little kid,

0:24.7

and kind of this power of obsession

0:27.4

has driven my entire life for better or for worse,

0:30.7

sometimes for better, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.

0:33.4

And we're just casually talking about it, and then I realize he's recording, and so we made an

0:39.7

episode about the power of obsession.

0:43.5

And you kind of here in the beginning,

0:45.1

I didn't really want to do an episode on it,

0:47.0

but then I realized, oh, this has been an interesting thing for me.

0:50.7

And this aspect, this power of obsession is overall very positively

0:54.8

affected my life so here we go the power of obsession This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

1:09.0

This is the James Altzer Show. You know what's really interesting is that when you go on that guy's David Shans show that I never really thought about is that the power of obsessions

1:29.8

Right the power of subsistence because you were so obsessed with so many different things,

1:33.5

one at a time, does I have all this interesting adventure that kick you into a quest.

1:39.1

Yeah, like for instance, I mentioned how when I was six years old I was obsessed with Greek mythology.

1:45.1

I've never read a book on Greek mythology since I was six years old, but I remember everything.

1:50.7

Because obsession helps the memory too. Yeah, wait, so I'm just curious. because obsession you can't remember. Oh my God. And then you already start reading like Greek mythology

2:05.3

and stuff like that. Yeah I had to get a special library card to take books out of the

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