Reinvent Yourself

by James Altucher

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY. BUT MONEY IS A DECENT MEASURING STICK.

WHEN CAN YOU SAY, “I DO X!” WHERE X IS YOUR NEW CAREER?

WHEN CAN I START DOING X?

Take your favorite author and type your favorite story of his word for word. Wonder to yourself why he wrote each word. He’s your mentor today.

HOW DO I MAKE MONEY?

BY YEAR FIVE YOU’RE IN THE TOP 30-50 SO YOU CAN MAKE WEALTH.

WHAT IS “IT”? HOW DO I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO?

Whatever area you feel like reading 500 books about. Go to the bookstore and find it. If you get bored three months later go back to the bookstore. It’s okay to get disillusioned. That’s what failure is about. Success is better than failure but the biggest lessons are found in failure.

THE CHOICES YOU MAKE TODAY WILL BE IN YOUR BIOGRAPHY TOMORROW.

THE CHOICES YOU MAKE TODAY WILL BE IN YOUR BIOGRAPHY

The highest form of creativity is born out of skepticism.

WHAT IF I’M PASSIONATE ABOUT TWO THINGS? WHAT IF I CAN’T DECIDE? Combine them and you’ll be the best in the world at the combination.

Start with an audience of one and see if it builds up.

Don’t try and find the end of the road. You can’t see it in the fog. But you can see the next step and you do know that if you take that next step eventually you get to the end of the road.