The James Altucher Show
James Altucher interviews the world's leading peak performers in every area of life. But instead of giving you the typical success story, James digs deeper to find the "Choose Yourself" story - these are the moments we relate to... when someone rises up from personal struggle to reinvent themselves. The James Altucher Show brings you into the lives of peak-performers: billionaires, best-selling authors, rappers, astr
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- 1 How to Get Rich in American HistoryJoseph Moore · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 The Psychology of MoneyMorgan Housel · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Your Money or Your LifeJoe Dominguez and Vicky Robin · 1× across 1 episode
Tom Bilyeu: What to Do If AI Threatens Your Career
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Carlos Gutierrez: ADHD Diagnosed at 65, Career Lessons
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Sheer Will: Learning to Lead When There Is No Path
Carlos Gutierrez
his book is sheer will learning to lead when there is no path ▶ tap to play from here
David Rubenstein: Why Owners Care About Winning, Not Money
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How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
David M. Rubenstein
his new book is inside the owner's box and there were two things he told me that i just can't shake ▶ tap to play from here
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
and joe and it was a great book by michael lewis ▶ tap to play from here
The Art of a Great Question with Cal Fussman [From the Archive]
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The Best and the Brightest
David Halberstam
david halberstam his best book or his most well known book is the best and the brightest ▶ tap to play from here
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small
Richard Carlson
don't sweat the small stuff and then they then the guy wrote don't sweat the small stuff for kids ▶ tap to play from here
The 4-Hour Workweek
Timothy Ferriss
the four hour work week yeah which at the very beginning i look i looked at that book and i just scratched my head ▶ tap to play from here
Bill O'Reilly on Brokering a Secret Hostage Release Deal
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Confronting America: What Has to Change
Bill O'Reilly
and that's kind of the whole book confronting america what has to change ▶ tap to play from here
Confronting Evil
Bill O'Reilly
well but the book before this is confronting evil ▶ tap to play from here
Annie Duke on Why We Judge Decisions by Results, Not Logic [From the Archive]
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Thinking in Bets: Making Smart Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts
Annie Duke
now you wrote this book thinking in bets making smart decisions when you don't have all the facts is that the subtitle it it is the subtitle yes ▶ tap to play from here
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
you know so the 10000 hour rule which is sort of not quite accurate but popularized by malcolm gladwell and outliers says it takes 10000 hours to reach your peak potential at something ▶ tap to play from here
Every Hand Revealed
Gus Hansen
gus hansen because that was probably the last poker book i read he had such a great poker book where he just describes hand by hand what he situation he's in and what he's thinking ▶ tap to play from here
The Obstacle Is the Way
Ryan Holiday
i'm sure you're familiar with obstacle is the way and ego is the enemy ▶ tap to play from here
Choose Yourself!
James Altucher
one of my books choose yourself is also written in that format ▶ tap to play from here
The Friendliest Store in the Mall | Ron Johnson Built the Apple Store
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Shop Different
Ron Johnson
he created all the apple stores and he's the author of the new book shop different ▶ tap to play from here
Jon Morrow: The Man Who Changed the Rules [From the Archive]
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Carlo Rovelli: Nothing Exists Alone
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On the Equality of All Things, Lessons on Physics and Philosophy
Carlo Rovelli
his new book is on the equality of all things lessons on physics and philosophy ▶ tap to play from here
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Becoming Kareem, the Skyhook, and the Search for a Self [From the Archive]
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Becoming Kareem: Growing Up On and Off the Court
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
becoming kareem growing up on and off the court really moved me ▶ tap to play from here
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
the autobiography of malcolm x had such a strong influence on you ▶ tap to play from here
Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
your experiences with coach wooden who you even wrote a book about ▶ tap to play from here
How You Get Rich Isn't How You Stay Rich: 300 Years of Proof | Joseph Moore
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How to Get Rich in American History
Joseph Moore
literally wrote the book how to get rich in american history and there's a thousand ▶ tap to play from here
Your Money or Your Life
Joe Dominguez and Vicky Robin
the first financial independent retire early book that's explicitly like formulaic is in nineteen nineteen but the one everybody knows about is called your money or your life and it's by joe dominguez and vicky robbins ▶ tap to play from here
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
it reminds me a lot of morgan housel's psychology of money and morgan's been on this podcast as well ▶ tap to play from here
Seth Godin: The Smallest Viable Audience and the Work That Might Not Work [From the Archive]
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Purple Cow
Seth Godin
s your first book i ever read was purple cow which is probably the uh many people's intro to you which was an amazing book about marketing that still applies ▶ tap to play from here
The Long Tail
Chris Anderson
and the thing is as chris anderson pointed out in his book the long tail benefits the person who owns the platform ▶ tap to play from here
What To Do When It's Your Turn / This Is Mine (actually titled: This Is Mine / The Book / This Might Not Work)
Seth Godin
it reminds me of your last book which this massive beautiful beautiful book and i totally forget the title i think i have early on said alzheimer's but what was this might not work this might not work and it was just a beautiful book ▶ tap to play from here
The Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
this is you know malcolm wrote about this in the tipping point and it's been discussed a lot ▶ tap to play from here
Freakonomics
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
i could think of other books like free economics or even my book choose yourself ▶ tap to play from here
Choose Yourself!
James Altucher
i could think of other books like free economics or even my book choose yourself ▶ tap to play from here
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
that led to steve pressfield's the war of art which led to the idea of the resistance ▶ tap to play from here
Arianna Huffington: The Sleep Revolution, Microsteps, and the Joy of Being Awake [From the Archive]
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The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
Ariana Huffington
we're gonna talk about the sleet your book the sleep revolution transforming your life one night at a time ▶ tap to play from here
The Female Woman
Ariana Huffington
your book from nineteen seventy four the female woman is on sale on amazon for one hundred fifty six ▶ tap to play from here
Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Arianna Huffington
cause you were on after you wrote Thrive ▶ tap to play from here
Nancy Cartwright: Bart Simpson, Fellini, and Finding the Artist Inside [From the Archive]
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Hello, He Lied: And Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches
Linda Obst
there was a book i read linda opst wrote this book called hello he lied and it was about writing and producing and it was an awesome book ▶ tap to play from here
Kevin Coates: A Hidden Architecture
Kevin Coates
i order this book uh just like a coffee tea it's a big it's a massive it's like one inch thick of this guy's work ▶ tap to play from here
Mike Massimino: Why Failure Couldn't Keep this Astronaut from Outer Space [From the Archive]
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Spaceman: An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Mike Massimino
you also recently wrote the book spaceman an astronaut's unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe ▶ tap to play from here
Ray Dalio: Principles, Failure, and the Formula for a Successful Life [From the Archive]
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell
my son gave me a a book in two tausen fourtin joseph campbell's hero of thousand faces and it came at a particular interesting point in my life ▶ tap to play from here
Perfect Is Boring: Tyra Banks and Carolyn London [From the Archive]
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Perfect Is Boring: Ten Things My Crazy Fierce Mama Taught Me About Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss
Tyra Banks and Carolyn London
super excited to have tyra banks and her mom carolyn london who just wrote this excellent book called perfect is boring ▶ tap to play from here
Dan Harris: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics [From the Archive]
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Ten Percent Happier
Dan Harris
you did the new york times bestselling book ten percent happier ▶ tap to play from here
Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics
Dan Harris
meditation for fidgety sceptics uh which he wrote with uh uh jeff warren ▶ tap to play from here
Tools of the Titans
Tim Ferriss
how in tools of the titans so many of the titans he speaks to meditate ▶ tap to play from here
Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist
Stephen Batchelor
investigate the books of a guy named stephen bachelor who would by the way make a great guest actually was on the podcast ▶ tap to play from here
Waking Up
Sam Harris
even though he wrote an excellent book about it called waking up ▶ tap to play from here
Steven Pressfield: The Hero’s Journey, Resistance, and Becoming the Artist You’re Meant to Be [From the Archive]
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
Steven Pressfield
the legend of bagger vance was was also a movie ▶ tap to play from here
The Authentic Swing
Steven Pressfield
it's described in your other book the authentic swing ▶ tap to play from here
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patanjali
i took the yoga sutras written in five you know three hundred or four hundred b c ▶ tap to play from here
What Is Your Story About?
Steven Pressfield
the second one's called what is your story about ▶ tap to play from here
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
Chris Vogler
i'm sure you've read the writer's journey oh you mentioned i have not read that one i'm blanking on the author but vogler ▶ tap to play from here
Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Blake Snyder
i'm stealing that one from uh blake snyder yeah some save the cat ▶ tap to play from here
Thirty-Six Righteous Men
Steven Pressfield
you have another one coming out thirty six righteous men ▶ tap to play from here
The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
people also know you from the war of art turning pro ▶ tap to play from here
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
Steven Pressfield
nobody wants to read your shit there's so many books with like shit and fucking the title now ▶ tap to play from here
The Knowledge
Steven Pressfield
then you wrote the knowledge which we spoke about on our last time we got together ▶ tap to play from here
The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
i go back to go back to the bible for a second like jesus would say ▶ tap to play from here
Goodbye, Columbus
Philip Roth
Philip Roth I was particularly interested in'cause you know, you go from Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoys complaint ▶ tap to play from here
The Naked and the Dead
Norman Mailer
catch twenty two naked in the dead from here to eternity ▶ tap to play from here
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
victor frankl you know on the nonfiction side ▶ tap to play from here
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
made the deal for jack carrow axman on the road for nine hundred bucks in nineteen forty eight ▶ tap to play from here
Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Richard Rohr
i'm reading a really interesting book right now called falling upward by richard rohr ▶ tap to play from here
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Creative Imagination for Personal Growth
Robert A. Johnson
there's a book called inner work by robert johnson ▶ tap to play from here
Charles Duhigg Lost 45 Lbs on a GLP-1 | Why Food Noise Vanishes
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The Power of Habit
Charles Duhigg
charles dohig the author of the power of habit ▶ tap to play from here
Super Communicators
Charles Duhigg
author of the power of habit and super communicators ▶ tap to play from here
The Alter Ego Effect
Todd Herman
he wrote a book called the alter ego effect ▶ tap to play from here
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