James Altucher: Debunking The 10,000-Hour Myth, How To Master Any Skill | E275

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After selling his first company for a staggering 15 million James Altucher lost everything within two years But instead of letting that setback define him he forged his own unconventional path to success embracing failure and constant experimentation Not only has he built a career as a successful serial entrepreneur and thought leader but he s also a chess master and stand-up comedian In today s episode James will share his transformation story techniques for attaining mastery quicker and how you can forge your own path to success James Altucher is a multifaceted entrepreneur renowned LinkedIn influencer prolific writer and venture capitalist He is involved in over 30 companies across diverse fields including tech energy healthcare and biotech James s writing career boasts over 20 books including Skip the Line and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Choose Yourself In this episode Hala and James will discuss – Skipping the line to mastery – The concept of choosing your own life – Balancing passion amp profitability – The idea that you don t have to be the best – When it s okay to sacrifice money – The 10 000-experiments rule versus the 10 000-hour rule – Experimenting to leapfrog over normal learners – How to become the top 1 in any field – The importance of executing cheaply and quickly – And other topics James Altucher is a multifaceted entrepreneur renowned LinkedIn influencer prolific writer and venture capitalist involved in over 30 companies across diverse fields including tech energy healthcare and biotech No stranger to failing he s launched 20 businesses 17 of which failed James s writing career boasts over 20 books including Skip the Line and the Wall Street Journal bestseller Choose Yourself ranked second among the 12 Best Business Books of All Time by USA Today His writing has been featured in The Financial Times Forbes The Wall Street Journal TechCrunch and The Huffington Post Resources Mentioned James s Website https jamesaltucher com James s LinkedIn https www linkedin com in jamesaltucher James s Twitter https twitter com jaltucher James s Instagram https www instagram com altucher James s Facebook https www facebook com JAltucher Blog James s Podcast https podcasts apple com us podcast the-james-altucher-show id794030859 James s Book Skip the Line https www amazon com Skip-Line-Experiments-Surprising-Reaching-ebook dp B08BLLF3RD ref tmm kin swatch 0 encoding UTF8 amp qid amp sr Book by K Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool Peak Secrets from the New Science of Expertise https www amazon com Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise dp 1531864880 LinkedIn Secrets Masterclass Have Job Security For Life Use code podcast for 30 off at yapmedia io course Sponsored By Shopify – Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting co shopify Rakuten – Start all your shopping at rakuten com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today Porkbun – Get your bio domain and link in bio bundle for just 5 from Porkbun at porkbun com Profiting Justworks – Start your free month now at justworks com profiting Indeed – Get a 75 job credit at indeed com profiting Economist Education – Go to education economist com PROFITING and enter my promo code PROFITING at registration to get 15 off any course from Economist Education This offer ends on March 31st don t wait Airbnb – Your home might be worth more than think Find out how much at airbnb com host More About Young and Profiting Download Transcripts – youngandprofiting com Get Sponsorship Deals – youngandprofiting com sponsorships Leave a Review – ratethispodcast com yap Watch Videos – youtube com c YoungandProfiting Follow Hala Taha LinkedIn – linkedin com in htaha Instagram – instagram com yapwithhala TikTok – tiktok com yapwithhala Twitter – twitter com yapwithhala Learn more about YAP Media Agency Services – yapmedia io Click here to visit this podcast episode

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