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  • James Altucher
    12:29 pm Sat, May 3, 2025
    The only technique to learn something new Dooder/shutterstock.com

    Someone stole $90 million from a company I was involved in. I'm a poor judge of people. The company collapsed. Some things I can't learn. I tend to like people… Read the rest of the article: The only technique to learn something new

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  • James Altucher
    11:15 am Fri, Apr 15, 2016
    How minimalism brought me freedom and joy

    I have one bag of clothes, one backpack with a computer, iPad, and phone. I have zero other possessions. Today I have no address. At this exact moment I am… Read the rest of the article: How minimalism brought me freedom and joy

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  • James Altucher
    4:00 am Mon, Jul 6, 2015
    How do I handle people who have a bad opinion of me?

    One person said, "if you were right in front of me I'd cut off your penis and force you to eat it."

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  • James Altucher
    2:00 am Fri, May 22, 2015
    What I learned about leadership when I interviewed the biggest drug dealer in history

    Rick Ross sold about a billion dollars worth of crack cocaine during his "career."

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  • James Altucher
    5:30 am Mon, May 11, 2015
    The only technique to learn something new

    I had a friend who wanted to get better at painting. But she thought she had to be in Paris, with all the conditions right. She never made it to Paris. Now she sits in a cubicle under fluorescent lights, filling out paperwork all day.

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  • James Altucher
    8:48 pm Mon, Jun 16, 2014
    I stopped a ten million dollar robbery

    "For various reasons, including my wife Claudia is slightly worried I could get killed, I am changing all of the names. All of the other details are intact." A true story by James Altucher

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