10) How to Generate Ideas and Execute Quickly | James Altucher
06/02/16 • 49 min
This interview was originally published on December 22, 2014, as HTE 038: Most Things In Life Fail. It’s Ok. | James Altucher
From teaching you specifically how to make a living in six months, a great living within two years, and how to be rich within three years, James Altucher joined me for my most unconventional interview to-date.
James Altucher has built more successful businesses than most of us will ever start — not to mention the giant list of failed companies. He has lost more money than most of us will ever earn. And he brings us it all, in genuine Altucher fashion, during this interview.
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Today’s guest is one of my all-time favourite writers and I rarely go more than a few months without rereading his book Choose Yourself. He is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, blogger and podcaster.
He has founded or cofounded over 20 companies and 17 have failed. He sold one for $15 million and spent all of the money — all of it. Then he built and sold another within its first year for $10 million.
He fails quickly. He fails frequently. He claims Entrepreneurship is a sentence of failures punctuated by brief success.
He is invested in about 28 private companies. He advises about another 50 private companies — companies ranging from $0 in revenues to a billion in revenues.
This conversation is long than usual but you will not even notice because not a second is wasted. Now, let’s hack... James Altucher.
Now, let’s hack... James Altucher.
What you will learn in this episode:
- How James makes his sound better during a podcast (maybe I should have edited this part out)
- Exactly how to make a living in six months, a great living within two years and be rich within three to four years.
- Success can be measured today or it can be measured in decades.
- The important thing is to always be thinking of giving to others.
- Most ideas that people have are bad (and this is ok).
This interview was originally published on December 22, 2014, as HTE 038: Most Things In Life Fail. It’s Ok. | James Altucher
From teaching you specifically how to make a living in six months, a great living within two years, and how to be rich within three years, James Altucher joined me for my most unconventional interview to-date.
James Altucher has built more successful businesses than most of us will ever start — not to mention the giant list of failed companies. He has lost more money than most of us will ever earn. And he brings us it all, in genuine Altucher fashion, during this interview.
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Today’s guest is one of my all-time favourite writers and I rarely go more than a few months without rereading his book Choose Yourself. He is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, bestselling author, blogger and podcaster.
He has founded or cofounded over 20 companies and 17 have failed. He sold one for $15 million and spent all of the money — all of it. Then he built and sold another within its first year for $10 million.
He fails quickly. He fails frequently. He claims Entrepreneurship is a sentence of failures punctuated by brief success.
He is invested in about 28 private companies. He advises about another 50 private companies — companies ranging from $0 in revenues to a billion in revenues.
This conversation is long than usual but you will not even notice because not a second is wasted. Now, let’s hack... James Altucher.
Now, let’s hack... James Altucher.
What you will learn in this episode:
- How James makes his sound better during a podcast (maybe I should have edited this part out)
- Exactly how to make a living in six months, a great living within two years and be rich within three to four years.
- Success can be measured today or it can be measured in decades.
- The important thing is to always be thinking of giving to others.
- Most ideas that people have are bad (and this is ok).
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9) How to Find (and Follow) Your Inner Voice | Jessica Rea
This interview was originally published on March 11, 2015, as HTE 070: How to Find and Follow Your Inner Voice | Jessica Rea
The popularity of this interview has been truly impressive. Not that Jessica isn’t a smart entrepreneur, she definitely is. But the fact that she is not a ‘big name’ in the space and how she struggles simply with the title of entrepreneur, makes this conversation more interesting
Jessica is in the same position you may be in, and I believe that is why this conversation has resonated so well with listeners like you. This is a deep dive into the inner voices (and struggles) of becoming an entrepreneur.
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Today’s guest is not only a smart entrepreneur, she is also part designer, part business strategist, and part coach. A few years ago she would’ve told you that she wasn’t an entrepreneur, but this has changed.
She now runs her own successful business and helps other ‘ladypreneurs’ gain the clarity and confidence they need to connect with their ideal clients, build their brand and business online.
Last year, we had the pleasure of meeting at Chris Ducker’s Tropical Think Tank and I was blown away by her marketing strategies (which she calls her super power) and her truly beautiful web design work, that has been the foundation of her business for years.
Now, let’s hack...
Jessica Rea.
In this 33-minute episode Jessica and I discuss:
- Understanding your clients and helping them achieve their goals
- Turning your insecurities into assets
- How to create opportunities for yourself
- Dealing with the loneliness of starting your own business
- Why Jessica starts her day the night before
- How to start your day to stay focussed and productive
- Learning to hit publish (both literally and metaphorically)
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