Book notes from The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth by James Altucher

The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth was book written by James after his great success from Choose Yourself. He ended up getting a lot of feedback from his first book from readers who were interested in how to bridge the gap between what the Choose Yourself book talked about and actual reality / tangible actions. I myself thought that Choose Yourself already had a lot (the best being the daily practice that James talks about) but I appreciate that James dives deeper into several topics. This book was written in 2015 and I think is still quite relevant to our times today (and even in the future). Here are the things that I learned from one of my favourite authors:

On quitting your job

James makes a lot of points here that I thought was illuminating. If you are in a position where people could make a decision that can ruin your life (say firing you, saying no to a big project that you want to start and run, declining on your TV pilot, etc.), you are basically stifled from ever succeeding. James argues that it is much better to put yourself in a position to succeed based on your decisions (thus the idea of choosing yourself). He also talks about how technology, automation, artificial intelligence, etc. will soon replace you in your job. And there’s really nothing you can do about it —…