Ideas Quotes by James Altucher

9 Ideas quotes by James Altucher

James Altucher shares nine bite‑size ideas on ideas, each reflecting his entrepreneurial mindset and willingness to experiment.

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Do as many ideas as possible. The right idea will pick you.

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If coming up with ten ideas sounds too hard, then come up with twenty.

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The idea that we need to “pay our dues” is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and…

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I had ideas first, wealth second. It only worked in that order.

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The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur are the ability to fail, to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to…

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Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn,…

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You can't make money without selling something real. You can't make something real without first imagination manifesting itself in your head. You…

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But business is just a vehicle for transforming the ideas in your head into something real, something tangible, that actually improves the…

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Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur: an ability to fail, an ability to have ideas,…

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“How do you get past this?” Diversification is everything. You get past “this” by having lots of “that”s.”

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The best speakers are the ones who have put 10,000 hours into listening.

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“Someone who is reinventing always has spare time. Part of reinvention is collecting little bits and pieces of time and carving them the way…

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America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting.

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I'm scammed almost every day. Or, if not scammed, at the very least someone tries to scam me. Usually more than once a day.

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Honesty is about the scars. It's about the blemishes. But it's more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego.…

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Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.

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Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you…

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“Finally, I started to care more about getting better than about winning. I started to study my losses. I would take my losses to…

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“g) Time it takes to reinvent yourself: five years. Here’s a description of the five years: Year One: You’re flailing and reading everything and…

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I can tell you this: Everything in my life that I am happy about it is the product of a huge mistake.

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Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

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