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James Altucher interviews the world's leading peak performers in every area of life. But instead of giving you the typical success story, James digs deeper to find the "Choose Yourself" story - these are the moments we relate to...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Becoming Kareem, the Skyhook, and the Search for a Self [From the Archive] (opens the original)
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Episode Description: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins James for a From the Archive conversation about basketball, identity, mentorship, faith, writing, civil rights, and his book Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court . The episode begins with basketball. James asks Kareem how the game has changed since his playing days, and Kareem explains the shift toward the three-point shot, the rule changes around physical defense, and the way modern spacing has altered how teams score. But the conversat
How You Get Rich Isn't How You Stay Rich: 300 Years of Proof | Joseph Moore (opens the original)
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A Note from James: In 1790, one of the easiest ways to get rich in America was the old-fashioned way: marry someone rich. George Washington did pretty well that way. Benjamin Franklin, meanwhile, was so deep in debt that he offered to marry a woman if her parents would mortgage their house to pay off his printing press debt. When they said no, he married someone else who had money. And back then, debt was not just annoying. It could land you in debtor’s prison. Actual prison. And not just you—yo
Seth Godin: The Smallest Viable Audience and the Work That Might Not Work [From the Archive] (opens the original)
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Episode Description: This is a From the Archive episode with Seth Godin. Seth Godin returns to the show for a conversation about making work that matters in a world obsessed with hits, rankings, followers, algorithms, and approval. James opens by talking about Seth’s long body of work: Purple Cow , Linchpin , Graceful , thousands of blog posts, and Seth’s then-new podcast Akimbo . Seth explains why he had thought about podcasting for years but resisted it because audio creates a different kind o
Arianna Huffington: The Sleep Revolution, Microsteps, and the Joy of Being Awake [From the Archive] (opens the original)
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Episode Description: This is a From the Archive episode with Arianna Huffington. Arianna Huffington returns to the show for a conversation about sleep, success, reinvention, and the cultural delusion that burnout is the price of achievement. James begins by asking practical sleep questions: Is nine hours too much? Can sleep be split into two four-hour blocks? Arianna explains that for most people, seven to nine hours is the real range, and that sleep should leave a person fully recharged, not li
Nancy Cartwright: Bart Simpson, Fellini, and Finding the Artist Inside [From the Archive] (opens the original)
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Episode Description: Nancy Cartwright is best known as the voice of Bart Simpson. But in this archive conversation, James is interested in the artist behind the voice. Nancy joins the show to talk about In Search of Fellini , the film she co-wrote with Peter Kjenaas based on her own trip to Italy in the 1980s. At the time, Nancy was already working as an actress and voiceover performer, but she became obsessed with Federico Fellini’s La Strada . She studied scenes from the film in acting class,
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