A biography for James Altucherhasn’t been written yet.
“I can tell you this: Everything in my life that I am happy about it is the product of a huge mistake.”
“Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read.”
“Money you lose you can always make back. But even five minutes of time lost is gone forever.”
“When I was 22 years old, I thought girls would like me if I wrote a novel. I spent so much time writing that I was thrown out of graduate school.”
“Everyone is different. We all suffer from the disease of being human. There are a thousand cures but no antidotes.”
“The American Dream never really existed. It was a marketing scam.”
“Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.”
“Every day, you reinvent yourself. You're always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.”
“Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you can.”
“I saw 'Star Wars' when I was seven years old, and it changed my life.”
“Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.”
“Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.”
“I loved Internet businesses, having built and sold one. And I loved the financial business, despite the fact that it was almost all a scam.”
“Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.”
“You're the average of the five people you spend your time with.”
“Every tomorrow is determined by every today.”
“Whether you're an entrepreneur, an employee, a student, a homemaker, a writer, it's time to start forgetting about all the ways the world has promised you safety and comfort.”
“Buying coffee on the street instead of in a Starbucks is the poor man's way to get rich. In other words, you will never get rich by scratching out ten cents from your dollar.”
“Become a beacon of enhancement, and then, when the night is gray, all of the boats will move towards you, bringing their bountiful riches.”
“We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.”