The Rich Employee Quotes

“I have never met a mentally strong person who wasn’t a voracious reader.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“If you don’t give yourself permission to create a new world, chances are nobody else will.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“The only way to learn new things is to ask questions and be curious. Find the people who inspire your curiosity because those are the ones you will most learn from.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Everything you learn in school can be outsourced to someone who learned it more cheaply or learned it more recently.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“The more grateful you are, the more you attract things to be grateful for.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Everything that happens in your future is a direct result of what you do today.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Ultimately we are the sum of our experiences and not the sum of our belongings.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“At any point in your career, you are either a thermostat or a thermometer.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“But action leaks the panic out of your head.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“There’s the story of the two men who visit a Zen master. The first man says: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?” The Zen master says: “What was your old town like?” The first man says: “It was dreadful. Everyone was hateful. I hated it.” The Zen master says: “This town is very much the same. I don’t think you should move here.” The first man left and a second man came in. The second man said: “I’m thinking of moving to this town. What’s it like?” The Zen master said: “What was your old town like?” The second man said: “It was wonderful. Everyone was friendly and I was happy. Just interested in a change now.” The Zen master said: “This town is very much the same. I think you will like it here.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Từ ngày bắt đầu, bạn đã phải lên kế hoạch rời đi”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Cưỡng lại sự thay đổi thì thật ngu ngốc”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“This is a wonderful feminine quality but it is also important to remember that our own soothing, helping, and giving to ourselves is critical. So we may skip a day of doing the ten ideas if the world goes upside down. But we can take it again the next morning because our ideas are important. And because our contribution, the way we see the world, our thoughts, translated through a fine-tuned intuition of ideas is important.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“At any point in your career, you are either a thermostat or a thermometer. You either define the temperature of the people around you and help them achieve their goals and dreams, or you simply do as you’re told and be a follower and never inspire. How do you become the thermostat?”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“People will not remember what you said, they will remember how you made them feel, if you consciously cultivate humility and learn from everyone you meet, they will remember you.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“The key: always assume you are the least intelligent person in the room. Always. Do this in every room, at every dinner, in every situation.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“One of my favorite authors, Ken Auletta, was drilling the former prime minister about how much Pakistan knew about Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“The ability to ignore the instant chatter of the mind and to recognize there is something beyond it. There is wisdom beyond it, from the fountain of silence. This is the only way to choose yourself.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Just being an entrepreneur, without having multiple sources of income, without first taking care of the risks, is suicide. G)”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“The Industrial Revolution had given way to the so-called Knowledge Economy was now giving way to something totally knew, a brand new live child of historical tectonic shifts—the Idea Economy. I wasn’t always ready for this. I lost my way. Many times I hit my head against the wall and said, “Why is this happening to me AGAIN!?” And the rate at which I was saying this was happening faster and faster. The world was just changing too fast and I didn’t understand what”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Always take the job, pursue the life, and have the friends that allow you to have as much freedom as possible. I asked Nassim Taleb on my podcast what job should one have. He said, “night watchman, because nobody is around to bother you and you can pursue all your dreams on the side.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Always take the job, pursue the life, and have the friends that allow you to have as much freedom as possible.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“look at. Also, people send me”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“P) The 5 × 5 RULE You’re the average of the 5 people you spend time with. You’re the average of the 5 thoughts you most have. You’re the average of the 5 types of food you eat. You’re the average of the 5 things you are most grateful for. You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“You are the alchemist of your life.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Live life like it’s the last day for EVERYONE ELSE.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“The 5 × 5 RULE You’re the average of the 5 people you spend time with. You’re the average of the 5 thoughts you most have. You’re the average of the 5 types of food you eat. You’re the average of the 5 things you are most grateful for. You are the average of the 5 things you are reading today.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“Goals are a myth. Our ancestors for 200,000 years didn’t have goals. Every day started from scratch: hunt, forage, eat, sex, sleep, and wake up to a new day. Then we were told to find our “goals”. And now everyone asks, “I’m 17 years old and feel like I’ve accomplished nothing in life. What should I do?” Learning to find happiness with less is true wealth. Claudia and I recently got rid of most of our belongings, for instance. Then we started cancelling most meetings that I had set up. Sometimes it was hard. I had agreed to an event and then I would cancel. Ultimately we are the sum of our experiences and not the sum of our belongings. There is nothing wrong with making money but it is only one small part of living a life of comfort, of compassion, of calm.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee

“You can’t get good at something if you are working 20 hours a day. In fact, something is very wrong in your life if that is how much you are working at ONE thing.”
― James Altucher, The Rich Employee