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James Altucher (IG: @altucher) is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, chess master and prolific writer. He's started 20 companies (17 have failed but he's learned a lot along the way) and is currently invested in over 30.

James is the author of 18 books, including Wall Street Journal bestsellers: 'The Power of No' and 'Choose Yourself'. His latest book, "Reinvent Yourself" was #1 in the Amazon store shortly after its release.

His blog, JamesAltucher.com, has attracted more than 20 million readers since its launch in 2010. James hosts a successful podcast, "The James Altucher Show" which has over 30 million downloads.

In this episode, we discuss:

• James' experiment with minimalism
• Always rent, don't buy a home
• The idea of practicing change
• Money, materialism, and consumerism
• Comedians see the truth
• Challenge yourself
• 10 ideas a day
• Executing on an idea
• Self-care is a part of life
• Practice staying in the moment
• Don't read the newspaper or watch the news
• Lessons James learned from his Dad
• What is success?
• Invest in improving yourself
• Defining freedom
• Improving relationships
• Time to rest, time to rejuvenate
• Don't let money get in the way
• Always focus on what's happening now

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