James Altucher Quotes

Money is not the fuel to power this engine called life. Only meaning is. Meaning will get you the abundance you need, the life you want, the pleasures you crave.

There's two ways to learn: passively and aggressively. Passively is when you study your mistakes, read the history of what you are learning, network, find your "tribe", find a mentor, etc. Aggressively is right when you are in the middle of it. You're neck deep and the ball is coming at you: what do you do? Passively is in your head. Aggressively is noticing RIGHT NOW and taking action. In your head is important. But ACTION is what creates heroes.

Because the human mind is prepared to have up to 150 friends (the so-called "Dunbar Number") and most of us are not at 150, so we replace them with who we see on TV or in magazines.

Don't force yourself to learn something if you don't want to or it's not a natural talent. What's the role of talent? Very small. But you have to start with it. Talent is the seed of skill. How do you know if you are talented? If you loved it when you were ten years old. If you dream about it. If you like to read about it.

The learning curve that we all travel is not built by accomplishments. It's only built by quantity.

Don't forget the important rule: the secret of happiness is not "being great" - the secret is "growth". If you only "try" you'll get to your level that is natural for you. But growth will stop and you won't be happy.

If you aren't obsessed with your mistakes then you don't love the field enough to get better.

What you do every day matters much more than what you do once in awhile.