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America is a country of fighters, people who keep fighting even after they get in. James Altucher also says honesty means showing your scars and learning from mistakes, even if you fear judgment. He talks about earning trust for a new website, hiring only when needed, and spending time with people and books that make you happy.

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

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It's easy to get anonymous people to hate you. Have an opinion. Be creative. Be yourself.

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The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.

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People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you.

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Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

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Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.

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

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The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.

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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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A lot of times, people send me emails, and then I forget about them, or I never respond to them, or I…

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I love being honest and intimate with people. I love building community. I love emailing with readers.

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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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People build up a life, it becomes unsatisfactory, and they want to figure out how to change it like an outfit on…

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The big thing in life is to focus on providing more value to people than they expect. The rest comes then.

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Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to…

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Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of…

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Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every 'world' I've been in, most people I've meet are…

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Only think about the people you enjoy. Only read the books you enjoy, that make you happy to be human. Only go…

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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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Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you…

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I want every idea I have to make me money. I want every post I write to have 10,000 Facebook likes. I…

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Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That's the only difference. Don't put any…

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Reading is the best return on investment. You have to live your entire life in order to know one life. But with…

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Every time you say yes to something you don’t want to do, this will happen: you will resent people, you will do…

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You're the average of the five people you spend your time with.

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People look for their passions. But often, the passions find you. How does your # passion find you? When you are good…

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You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel…

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Don't forget: when you start a website, it's not yet a trusted site. So you have to bring people from a trusted…

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When people give you their stated reason for doing something always assume they are giving you a reason that sounds good, but…

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This is a cliché, but never listen to anyone who says “You can’t do that”. Those are usually the people who can’t…

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If two people believe in the same story, they might be thousands of miles apart and total strangers, but they still have…

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You'll have to hire people to expand your business. But it's a good discipline to really question if you need each and…

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I always imagine a good leader is surrounded by people who call their mothers at the end of the day and tell…

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Nobody wants to make me a rich man. In fact, most people want to make me a very poor man. I can…

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Honesty is about the scars. Its about the blemishes. But its more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form…

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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…

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Stick with the people who love you and don’t spend a single second on the rest. Life will be better that way.

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If you try to get 1% better each day at your health, at your relationships and the way you treat people, at…

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Take control of who you report to, what you do, what you create. Or start a business on the side. Deliver some value, any…

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

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

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

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

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.

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.…

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

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

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

“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…

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

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