Products are valued higher than services. James Altucher More Quotes by James Altucher More Quotes From James Altucher Don't sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to making a living from home in any career you want. James Altucher home jobs years When you get in the mud with a pig, you get dirty and the pig gets happy. James Altucher mud pigs dirty Life is a series of failures punctuated by brief successes. James Altucher series life-is If we truly want to learn, we never learn when we are talking. We only learn when we are listening. James Altucher listening want talking Don't time travel into the past, roaming through the nuances as if they can change. Don't bookmark pages you've already read. James Altucher roaming pages past If you act like the river, you ultimately flow past all the rocks along the way. James Altucher rocks rivers past Anxiety and gratitude cant live in the same head James Altucher gratitude anxiety dope Games are all about taking risks. James Altucher taking-risks risk games Success, in every case, comes from the alchemy of your health, your mind, your positive energy, and the real world situations you persistently improve for yourself. James Altucher positive-energy real mind Every time you say yes to something you don’t want to do, this will happen: you will resent people, you will do a bad job, you will have less energy for the things you were doing a good job on, you will make less money, and yet another small percentage of your life will be used up, burned up, a smoke signal to the future saying, “I did it again. James Altucher energy jobs people If you try to get 1% better each day at your health, at your relationships and the way you treat people, at your creativity, and at turning despair into gratitude, then that 1% compounds into an amazing person. Do that 1%. Take one action. Even if the actions is for one minute. The 1/1/1 strategy. James Altucher gratitude creativity people Dont buy into the 20-hours-a-day entrepreneur myth. You need to sleep 8 hours a day to have a focused mind. James Altucher entrepreneur mind sleep Only worry about your own happiness, which doesn’t have to be limited by anyone else’s stupidity unless you allow it to be. James Altucher stupidity worry The idea that we need to “pay our dues” is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap. James Altucher lying people ideas Don't do something just for the money. Money is a side effect of persistence. You persist in things you are interested in. Explore your interests. Then persist. Then enjoy all the side effects. James Altucher side-effects persistence sides People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you. James Altucher listening knows people Life is better when your sinuses are clean, when your arteries are clean, and when your digestive tract is clean. James Altucher sinuses clean life-is The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again. To go for it, to get rejected, to repeat, to strive, to wish. Without rejection there is no frontier, there is no passion, and there is no magic. James Altucher rejection magic passion Arguing with people is like reading your e-mail at 4 in the morning. There is absolutely no good that can come of it. It's just scratching an itch. James Altucher reading morning people If you don't live in the world of choosing, you live in the world of excusing. James Altucher ifs world