Aim Higher: The podcast with purpose
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Talk about a jack-of-all-trades. This week on “Aim Higher,” I sat down with James Altucher. James is a stock trader, investor, writer, and entrepreneur. He’s worked for Showtime and HBO and newspapers. He owns a comedy club and he’s been a stand-up comedian himself. He’s a chess master. What’s the one thing that ties it all together? James says, “I focus on what I love doing, and make sure the idea is sustainable.” That’s it. And to do that, he told me that he takes many small, survivable risks. He describes risks as “the wall between the comfort zone and success.” Risk feels uncomfortable, he told me, because we can sense that there are failures on the other side of that wall. But that’s why success is there, too—because it’s not a crowded place. I’m grateful for having had such a wide-ranging conversation with James. In fact, we discussed gratitude and how we need to set ourselves “difficult gratitude problems” in order to build a capacity for more gratitude. James has a unique, powerful and always helpful view on leadership and life. Listen in. You won’t be disappointed.
There is no success without courage
BONUS: Questions from the Aim Higher mailbag
Maureen Metcalf: Authenticity is key to productivity
BONUS: A leadership lesson from JFK's moonshot
What it takes to destroy trust
Cameron Mitchell: A culture of hospitality
BONUS: The practice of self assessment
Why great leaders ask great questions.
Richard Sheridan: How to lead with joy
Accountability: The importance of doing what you say you’re going to do
Howard Behar: The importance of servant leadership
Self-awareness: The starting point for your journey of success
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