Don’t time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don’t bookmark pages you’ve already read. – James Altucher
I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that. – James Altucher
Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That’s the only difference. Don’t put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need to be ‘better’ than the people in the audience. You aren’t better. You’re simply the speaker. – James Altucher
Become a beacon of enhancement, and then, when the night is gray, all of the boats will move towards you, bringing their bountiful riches. – James Altucher
I’ve had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in my old career or they hated me. – James Altucher
I’ve had lots of ups and downs. I’ve had situations where I’ve gone against the rules, and I’ve lost everything. – James Altucher
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. – James Altucher
Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur: an ability to fail, an ability to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on those ideas, and to be persistent so even as you fail you learn and move onto the next adventure. – James Altucher
When I was 22 years old, I thought girls would like me if I wrote a novel. I spent so much time writing that I was thrown out of graduate school. – James Altucher
I made so many mistakes in my first successful business I’m almost embarrassed to recount them. – James Altucher
Every successful business, even Google, Facebook, Twitter, started with a combination of manual improvements and friends of the founders using the site. – James Altucher
Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class. – James Altucher
Here’s what a phone is: It’s a computer that has a little app on it that allows me to dial numbers and then talk to someone. – James Altucher
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an employee, a student, a homemaker, a writer, it’s time to start forgetting about all the ways the world has promised you safety and comfort. – James Altucher
When I give away a book for free, it gets my name out there. That has lifelong value for me that goes way beyond the few dollars I could maybe charge. – James Altucher
My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure. – James Altucher
Don’t regret your mistakes. You’ll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes. – James Altucher
Don’t forget: when you start a website, it’s not yet a trusted site. So you have to bring people from a trusted site to your site to build up the trust in your site. – James Altucher
My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom’s side who snuck in in a suitcase. – James Altucher
A lot of times, people send me emails, and then I forget about them, or I never respond to them, or I respond to them weeks later. – James Altucher
Don’t sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want. – James Altucher
America is a country of fighters. People who fought their way in and then continued fighting. – James Altucher
