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
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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