FAQ ME Quotes

“Persistence in developing that creativity will make you better at execution, better at idea generation, and more optimistic (simply because over time you will be more confident that you can always awaken it). Creativity becomes your loving friend instead of your enemy. And optimism, creativity, and persistence are all close siblings that want to play together as much as possible.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“In order to be creative you have to be healthy physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“Mother Theresa said if everyone swept in front of their house then the end result would be a clean world.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“The real way to get wealth is to find a customer and perform a service for that customer. Then repeat.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“So the first thing is to spend less energy digesting food. Skip dinner (so your body is not trying to digest when you sleep), go to sleep early, don’t expose yourself to news, avoid pop culture, don’t drink alcohol, try to only be around the people you love, and have a sense of surrender and gratitude.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“Every night I woke up in dread, terrified of yet one more insecure tomorrow. I wasn’t even brave enough to kill myself. And the truth was only leading me closer to a death agony. The agony that youth was gone, and for the rest of my tomorrows I was finished, crushed by my responsibilities, and the carved out hole of loss inside of me.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“I was too demoralized to stop it or to start anything new. I would lie around, unable to get myself back up and start generating new ideas.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“I would sit snug in this giant couch inside this giant apartment in the dark thinking, “how stupid was I? I made money when it was easy and then I lost it all.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“Why are you so angry? Corporate America has always sucked.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“Raymond Chandler’s first novel came out at 51.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“Storytelling has worked for 5000 years. It’s not going to stop now just because we have blogs and tweets.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“I ignore the headlines. Italy is a nice place to eat dinner and sight see but I’m not going to ever think again about their debt.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“Don’t run scared to another country. They aren’t better. They are, for the most part, far worse.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“The way to get easy money is to have the most noble character trait of all: being risk averse.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“The absolute best, surefire way to make a good living is to help someone else make a good living.”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME

“E)    Plan the leap, but don't rely on faith. Plan EVERYTHING”
― James Altucher, FAQ ME