The James Altucher Show

Alex Berenson had the dream job. But he was unhappy. And perhaps it even scarred him in some ways.   He switched it up. To his true dreams. To the dreams he had for himself since he was a child.   I want to do this.   First off, Alex has written 11 bestselling thriller novels. Alex knows how to get the reader to turn the page and ask, "What happens next?!"   This is an unbelievably hard skill.   But it's not the  most  important skill when you are moving into your dream job.   I will tell you the most important skill. And Alex explains more clearly how he did it when we are in the podcast.   The most important  skill is to have this weird sort of "active arrogance".   Here's the gap: The best in your profession have skills, experience, and they know how to sit down and DO something every day.   The beginners: they WANT to do something. They PLAN to do something. They SAY they will eventually do it. They THINK they have the skills they need.   But they never do it.   The ones who succeeed. They have the arroga