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I've reinvented my career, my interests, my life, many times over the past twenty years. This is the book I wish I had at the beginning of that long and often volatile journey.
And now the entire world: technology, governments, the shifting landscapes of opportunity and success, are all turning upside down, forcing us to reinvent as individuals and as ...more
I've reinvented my career, my interests, my life, many times over the past twenty years. This is the book I wish I had at the beginning of that long and often volatile journey.
And now the entire world: technology, governments, the shifting landscapes of opportunity and success, are all turning upside down, forcing us to reinvent as individuals and as ...more
Kindle Edition, 378 pages
Published
January 5th 2017
by Choose Yourself Media / James Altucher
(first published 2017)
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Really enjoyed this book and James writing style! it's packed with lessons and inspirations, deliver in a easy, to the point and entertaining way.
it's the first time I see 'competence' mentioned as a contributor to our happiness/well-being.
it's the first time I see 'competence' mentioned as a contributor to our happiness/well-being.
Didn't like this as much as Choose Yourself: Be Happy, Make Millions, Live the Dream, or I Was Blind But Now I See, but there were still some good thinkies, and I took comfort and motivation from Altucher's five-year-cycle for reinvention.
Weak with the occasional insight. It felt extremely self-congratulatory for someone who is so secure with their place on earth. I did like his analysis of Eminem's 8-mile rap, but most felt like extremely short snippets from podcast interviews (I really like Tim Ferris podcasts).
A good book that doesn't tell you how to re-invent yourself.
I liked this book for some reasons however there are things that I really really didn't like about the book that I would like to discuss.
The first and biggest one is this. It isn't a book. It's a list of blog articles pushed together and sold as a complete book about "re-inventing yourself".
I was going to list the blog articles here but James Altuchers website doesn't have a search function (very clever James, guess people will *have* ...more
I liked this book for some reasons however there are things that I really really didn't like about the book that I would like to discuss.
The first and biggest one is this. It isn't a book. It's a list of blog articles pushed together and sold as a complete book about "re-inventing yourself".
I was going to list the blog articles here but James Altuchers website doesn't have a search function (very clever James, guess people will *have* ...more
This was okay (probably more so because it was free on my kindle).
It's a collection of blog posts, which grinds my gears a bit, because it seems fairly counterproductive to reinvent oneself by recycling content in it's entirety.
There was a lot of name dropping, which is fine in the context of 'this person is an expert and says...' but at times I felt like the name dropping was self-serving. There's lots of AirBnB. There's lots of things to do every day, but I don't know that I believe there's ...more
It's a collection of blog posts, which grinds my gears a bit, because it seems fairly counterproductive to reinvent oneself by recycling content in it's entirety.
There was a lot of name dropping, which is fine in the context of 'this person is an expert and says...' but at times I felt like the name dropping was self-serving. There's lots of AirBnB. There's lots of things to do every day, but I don't know that I believe there's ...more
The book is divided in chapters resembling other books such as Tools of Titans. Each chapter summarizes the inspiration James Altucher got from a person, whether it happened personally or not.
Some keys to reinventing yourself:
-Reinvention never stops.
-You start from scratch.
-You need a mentor.
-You need five years to reinvent yourself and purse a new career.
-Money is only a decent measuring stick.
-You are the choices you make every day.
I did take several helpful notes during the book absorption:
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Some keys to reinventing yourself:
-Reinvention never stops.
-You start from scratch.
-You need a mentor.
-You need five years to reinvent yourself and purse a new career.
-Money is only a decent measuring stick.
-You are the choices you make every day.
I did take several helpful notes during the book absorption:
...more
"After every 5 years, every company/organisation/human must look into the analytics and accordingly should reinvent themselves/their thinking processes."
This book is a life-changing self-help book, which is filled with inspiration and lessons from around the globe.
What I particularly liked about James Altucher, the writer, is his humility. His writing on quora are wonderful and I do follow his blog regularly.
Undoubtedly, he is one of my ideals.
Do not hesitate. Go and read this book for ...more
This book is a life-changing self-help book, which is filled with inspiration and lessons from around the globe.
What I particularly liked about James Altucher, the writer, is his humility. His writing on quora are wonderful and I do follow his blog regularly.
Undoubtedly, he is one of my ideals.
Do not hesitate. Go and read this book for ...more
DNF. Very disjointed, jumps all over the place without real reason or meaning. Here and there there are a few interesting ideas, but most of the time I had no idea what this guy was on about.
Outstanding book! Will read again. I've learned so much from this book!
Barbara wrote 700 romance novels. Out of 700 books - she had to come up with 700 different problems to keep her lovers apart, and then solved them.
Dr Wayne Dyer was yearning for success, so he packed his car full of books and drove across the whole country to connect with people face to face.
Viral is a disease that you want to get rid of, but connection can lead to lifelong benefits.
Wayne says that if something isn't ...more
Barbara wrote 700 romance novels. Out of 700 books - she had to come up with 700 different problems to keep her lovers apart, and then solved them.
Dr Wayne Dyer was yearning for success, so he packed his car full of books and drove across the whole country to connect with people face to face.
Viral is a disease that you want to get rid of, but connection can lead to lifelong benefits.
Wayne says that if something isn't ...more
Sweet, Syrupy, and Full of Empty Calories
I'm not sure I understand why a string of blog posts ended up as a book of sunshine-and-rainbow levels of over-saturated, saccharine optimism. They're just aphorisms like:
Frankly, I didn't know who James Altucher was before this, but was surprised to discover he is apparently ridiculously successful. I guess this is sort of his "B-Side" stuff then, because they're literally just ...more
I'm not sure I understand why a string of blog posts ended up as a book of sunshine-and-rainbow levels of over-saturated, saccharine optimism. They're just aphorisms like:
'Oh, wow, Pope Francis called a woman who wrote to him—what a great guy!'
Frankly, I didn't know who James Altucher was before this, but was surprised to discover he is apparently ridiculously successful. I guess this is sort of his "B-Side" stuff then, because they're literally just ...more
Should be read randomly
This isn't a book as such, but a nice candy bag to dip into over time. Almost makes me want a random mode for Kindle, where each time you start you get an unread chapter.
Compared to the "original" Choose Yourself, Altucher seems more reflected, more nuanced and thoughtful this time around. The mix of actual insights from interviews, with more generic learning from Chaplin etc makes for a good contrast and some thought-provoking quotes.
This isn't a book as such, but a nice candy bag to dip into over time. Almost makes me want a random mode for Kindle, where each time you start you get an unread chapter.
Compared to the "original" Choose Yourself, Altucher seems more reflected, more nuanced and thoughtful this time around. The mix of actual insights from interviews, with more generic learning from Chaplin etc makes for a good contrast and some thought-provoking quotes.
James Altucher sometimes suffers from self-grandeur and has a writing style that can bother, but he has a point. If you want to excel in any field you have to work hard and more importantly build networks. That’s the lesson.
Loved all the stories. Easy to read and inspiring!
Great book, an absolute steal for the price!
For the price, this book is an absolute steal, it has distilled knowledge and tactics which will allow you to live more, to make your tomorrow more effective.
I specially recommend this book to people who are concerned about opportunities in life, I hope this will be exactly the fuel you need to improve. I am glad of the opportunity to read this book and I will be looking forward to apply the things I have learned here l.
For the price, this book is an absolute steal, it has distilled knowledge and tactics which will allow you to live more, to make your tomorrow more effective.
I specially recommend this book to people who are concerned about opportunities in life, I hope this will be exactly the fuel you need to improve. I am glad of the opportunity to read this book and I will be looking forward to apply the things I have learned here l.
DISCLAIMER: I abhor self-help books. I find them preachy, unrealistic and generic to the point of uselessness. I also expect arguments to be made with sound logic and the ‘try it out for yourself and see’ attitude in these books doesn’t really gel with me. I am certainly not who this book is written for.
I picked this book up on a whim because I liked James Altucher’s writing style from his pieces on Quora. I rolled my eyes at the title and expected to toss it aside in disgust in an hour. So I am ...more
I picked this book up on a whim because I liked James Altucher’s writing style from his pieces on Quora. I rolled my eyes at the title and expected to toss it aside in disgust in an hour. So I am ...more
I have read several books by James Altucher and I recognized some chapters from previous books. There were some new and good chapters but for someone who reads James’ blogs, most of the chapters are taken from his blogs and compiled into this book. Although I appreciate the work James does, I believe that he is slowly running out of ideas. I like to compare this book to a music album. If you release a new music album, you don’t put in songs from previous albums in there unless it’s re-mastered ...more
James gets me:)
I follow him on twitter and was eager to get this book when I heard about it. Great points in here, several quotes that should be framed. Well done, James. Thank you for honesty, curiosity, and wisdom.
I follow him on twitter and was eager to get this book when I heard about it. Great points in here, several quotes that should be framed. Well done, James. Thank you for honesty, curiosity, and wisdom.
Really good yeah awesome go read it. It's $1.99
I just wasn't a fan of this one at all.
A lot of it felt rehashed, even within the book itself.
Most of the time, it feels more like he's trying to blatantly brag than to help anyone.
Hard pass.
A lot of it felt rehashed, even within the book itself.
Most of the time, it feels more like he's trying to blatantly brag than to help anyone.
Hard pass.
boring and repetitive. I'd call it "the survivorship bias". I highlighted some quotes anyway, but overall it wasn't something inspiring or super helpful
Donald Trump's speeches are more coherent.
Great read, with good actionable advice. Thinking in getting the paperback version to read it often.
Preachy, stream-of-consciousness word-vomit. Could not finish.
I give up. This book is officially wasting my time.
Full of grammatical errors. I'll move on to something readable.
Full of grammatical errors. I'll move on to something readable.
Altucher is one of those people that both inspire and scare me. When he goes for something he goes all in. He currently has no physical possessions other than a bag, a laptop and a list of friend’s who will let him crash on their couch or house sit. When he runs out of friends he uses Airbnb.
He has nothing left.
But he makes a stunning amount of money in subscriptions to his financial advice feed.
This book is 47 chapters of what are really summaries of what he learnt from a select few of his ...more
He has nothing left.
But he makes a stunning amount of money in subscriptions to his financial advice feed.
This book is 47 chapters of what are really summaries of what he learnt from a select few of his ...more
What I really liked about that book was that it was divided into a lot of short chapters - very easy to digest. Whenever you have 5 spare minutes you can read on. The chapters not really depend on each other, so it's okay to skip or jump. James writes humorous and entertaining and always inspiring. I took a loooot of notes.
Whats funny is, that I asked myself several times why the f*ck the book is called "Reinventing Yourself". Because on the surface it seemed not at all about that. But halfway ...more
Whats funny is, that I asked myself several times why the f*ck the book is called "Reinventing Yourself". Because on the surface it seemed not at all about that. But halfway ...more
Anything that James writes is automatically a 4-star for me as it has immense value in it. He has to have only one additional great point in the article or book and it automatically becomes a 5-star piece for me. This book is a collection of his articles from the blog some of which I have already read many times but the stand out pieces which I had not read were about Eminem, Larry Page and about to make impossible things happen.
His take on Eminem's lose yourself and the end scene rap from the ...more
His take on Eminem's lose yourself and the end scene rap from the ...more
This book simultaneously wanted me to be better but to also throw it out the window. Whilst some of the inspirational parts were alright, a lot of it was quite repetitive, perhaps in no small part due to the nature of the book as it feels like a dozen articles stitched together.
Some of the overall advice, particularly about getting mentors feels very...hollow. Perhaps it is how I have lived my life but there is something distinctly about that concept which feels so far from what is considered ...more
Some of the overall advice, particularly about getting mentors feels very...hollow. Perhaps it is how I have lived my life but there is something distinctly about that concept which feels so far from what is considered ...more
"Reinvent Yourself" is a compendium of useful ideas, teachings, and quotes that the author has garnered from his mentors; popular thought-leaders, performers, and athletes; as well as his own personal experiences--some good, mostly bad.
This book is a good kick in the pants, motivating you to get up do something. Altucher evaluates ideas that have led to past successes, but also provides advice on how to cope with and survive failure.
I was encouraged to become comfortable being uncomfortable, ...more
This book is a good kick in the pants, motivating you to get up do something. Altucher evaluates ideas that have led to past successes, but also provides advice on how to cope with and survive failure.
I was encouraged to become comfortable being uncomfortable, ...more
Some interesting thoughts in an enjoyable format. A list of lessons learned from smart people, books and other inspirational sources. Reported in a very personal way.
You need a mentor, but don't worry about finding one: everything is a mentor. Have a passion for your health, start form there. Take baby steps. You don't need a passion to succeed. Do what you do with love and success is a natural symptom.
Do not set unattainable big goals, but focus on getting better every day, a little step at a ...more
You need a mentor, but don't worry about finding one: everything is a mentor. Have a passion for your health, start form there. Take baby steps. You don't need a passion to succeed. Do what you do with love and success is a natural symptom.
Do not set unattainable big goals, but focus on getting better every day, a little step at a ...more
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James Altucher is a writer, successful entrepreneur, chess master, and investor.
He has founded over 20 companies and sold some of them for large exits. He has also run venture capital funds, hedge funds, angel funds, and currently sits on the boards of many companies.
He has written and been profiled in most major national media publications like the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, CNBC, ...more
He has founded over 20 companies and sold some of them for large exits. He has also run venture capital funds, hedge funds, angel funds, and currently sits on the boards of many companies.
He has written and been profiled in most major national media publications like the Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, CNBC, ...more
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