James Altucher: Skip The Line (#119)

In Skip The Line: The 10,000 Experiments Rule and Other Surprising
Advice for Reaching Your Goals, James Altucher busts the
10,000-hour rule of achieving mastery, offering a new mindset and
dozens of techniques that will inspire any professional—no matter
their age or managerial level—to pursue their passions and quickly
acquire the skills they need to succeed and achieve their dreams.
This episode is itself an experiment, as Brian onboards James to
Clubhouse and uses it to interact with listeners live. James is a
successful entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master and prolific
writer. He has started and run more than 20 companies and is
currently invested in over 30. He is the author of 18 books,
including WSJ best-sellers: 'The Power of No' and 'Choose
Yourself'. His latest book, "Reinvent Yourself" was #1 in the
Amazon store shortly after its release. His writing has appeared in
major media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, The New York
Observer, Techcrunch , The Financial Times, Yahoo Finance and
others. His blog, JamesAltucher.com, has attracted more than 20
million readers since its launch in 2010. He hosts a successful
podcast, "The James Altucher Show" with guests of the caliber of
Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, Pieter Thiel, Arianna Huffington, Coolio,
etc. His podcasts have had over 30 million downloads. Join him at
JamesAltucher.com or on Twitter @Jaltucher on Instagram @altucher
You can also text him questions on his personal cell phone (203)
512-2161 00:00:00 Intro 00:06:24 How do you keep motivated to do
10,000 experiments during the slow start? 00:07:48 How to hack the
10,000 rule to become great at almost anything. 00:33:11 The
Michelson Morley Experiment Example: How it changed physics.
00:10:10 Why should experiments have high stakes? Being fearless!
00:14:09 An experiment in writing: Buying Greenland. 00:17:20
Experimentation pushes the limits of your knowledge. 00:21:20
Examples from games - Chess. 00:23:29 The 200 Experiment "rule".
00:25:11 The Plus-Minus-Equals method. The Spoke and Wheel Method.
00:27:31 Brian's Galileo Experiment. 00:33:47 The pajama
experiment. 00:34:38 Applications to risk management and
resiliency. 00:36:47 The Spoke and Wheel Method. 00:41:38 The one
experiment that changed James Altucher's life forever. Overcoming
the fear of failure. 00:53:41 Will there be a creator economy?
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