Go to college. Get a good job. Save for retirement.

The model for living a happy life (or at least a safe one) is crumbling around us. The systems are broken, and doing things the ‘right’ way no longer affords the security we were promised.

So, how do you uncover what IS true and forge your own path? How do you choose yourself?

James Altucher is a former hedge fund manager and bestselling author of Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream. His latest release is called Skip the Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising Advice for Reaching Your Goals.

On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, James joins me to describe the heated response to his article ‘NYC Is Dead Forever … Here’s Why’ (including Jerry Seinfeld calling him a putz!) and discuss the devastating consequences of the economic lockdown in New York.

James explains how global demand for the US dollar is staving off inflation for the time being and why the go-to wealth protection asset is shifting from gold to Bitcoin.

Listen in for James’ take on the Reddit/GameStop incident as part of a bigger battle between Silicon Valley and Wall Street and learn how to sift through what’s true and what isn’t to ultimately choose yourself.

Key Takeaways

The heated response to James’ article ‘NYC Is Dead Forever … Here’s Why’

The devastating consequences of the economic lockdown in New York City

Why the big businesses that survived the pandemic will recover quickly as the economy reopens this Spring while small businesses may not

What inspired James’ move to Miami and how life in Florida through COVID differs from life in New York

How global demand for the US dollar is staving off inflation for the time being

Why the ‘flight to safety’ is shifting from gold to Bitcoin

James’ take on the Reddit/GameStop episode as one spoke in the wheel of the battle between Silicon Valley and Wall Street

The business models that could come from crypto and blockchain technology

How the media portrayed the GameStop story as part of cancel culture and why James’ sees it as an example of billionaires vs. billionaires

What Choose Yourself teaches about sifting through what’s true and what isn’t to make informed decisions about our lives

How making a commitment to improve by 1% each day compounds over time

What James learned from Adam Grant about how our first reactions aren’t always right

Connect with James Altucher

Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream by James Altucher

James Altucher’ BIG BET

Connect with Addison Wiggin

Consilience Financial

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Resources

Skip the Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising Advice for Reaching Your Goals by James Altucher

‘NYC Is Dead Forever … Here’s Why’ by James Altucher

Jerry Seinfeld’s Op-Ed in Response to James’ Piece

The James Altucher Show

Choose Yourself: The James Altucher Story Docuseries

Stand Up NY

Dr. Marty Makary on The James Altucher Show EP560

Jim McKelvey on The James Altucher Show EP576

Jim McKelvey on The James Altucher Show EP635

Casey Research

ARK Invest

Tyler Winklevoss’ Blog on ‘The Case for $500K Bitcoin’

Altucher’s Crypto Trader

Glenn Greenwald’s Article on the Capitol Riot

Adam Grant on The James Altucher Show EP684

Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant

Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant