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How To Be The Luckiest Person Alive! [Kindle Edition]

James Altucher (Author)
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Publication Date: May 20, 2011
Building from the core you can create the luck you need, the health you want, and find the wealth, success, and happiness you seek. This book describes the techniques I've used throughout my life to get the luck I needed to get through both the hard times and the great times.

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From the Back Cover

LISTEN! You've been hypnotized. You've been told you need a corporate job. You need a college degree. You need stability. You need the white picket fence. 
Snap your fingers in front of your face. The American Religion is a myth. You don't need the superficial external manifestations of the American Myth. Building from the core you can create the luck you need, the health you want, and find the success you seek.
Stability is only in your mind. There's $15 Trillion dollars in our economy, recession or no recession. It's falling like snow. Reach out with your tongue and taste it.

About the Author

James Altucher has failed and succeeded at a bunch of different businesses. He's written six books. He has fun in life.

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  • File Size: 297 KB
  • Print Length: 166 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0051XX724
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,072 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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80 of 90 people found the following review helpful
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According to the intro, "How to be the Luckiest Person Alive" is supposed to "unleash the core that will drive you from desire to ambition to meaning." Readers can be forgiven if they are still a confused. This book isn't The Secret and it's not going to help you figure out what your life means. It also won't talk about luck.

So what does the book actually cover? A lot. An awful lot. Everything from whether to buy a house, what to do when you're suddenly wealthy, why to avoid college, and how to fire employees. It's nominally about some very high-level generalities about running startup businesses.

The biggest problem is that everything is in lists. Long lists. Long lists with little supporting detail or emphasis. Any real points quickly get lost as he races from one bullet to the next, with no hint which is essential, which is a joke and which is just filler. In one classic chapter, he rattles off over 80 "rules" for a business. Some some like crucial, vital pieces of information like "get a customer" and "be profitable". These rules sound like they can make or break a business and should always be followed. Other rules sound like handy tips, like "have killer parties" and "at Christmas, donate money to every customer's favorite charity." By the time you've droned through ten pages, everything blurs and the really key ideas (whichever they were) are lost. And since it is just a long list of rules, most readers will forget them before the chapter is done.

After he goes through several anecdotes including an uncomfortable chapter when he seems fixated on how much sex and drugs he did in college, the useful content more or less fizzes out. There's no real conclusion and nothing to wrap it up. Instead, as if to ensure that we forget everything, we get almost 100 pages of direct reprints of various blog articles which are, you guessed it, more lists. And since they were blog posts, each chapter is disconnected from everything which came before and after.

He writes very well as a blogger. The list format is a natural fit and writing short, self-contained essays is a virtue. As a book however, it is a failure. My advice is to subscribe to his blog and skip the book.
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37 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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I am a regular reader of James Altucher's blog, and immediately purchased this book when I learned of it. I was excited to read this, but am very disappointed. The book is basically a copy and paste rehash of his blog posts. On his blog, he admits that it took him three weeks to put this book together. It shows. The book is full of misspellings and typos. One of the chapters invites readers to leave a comment in the comment section - obviously something that should have been edited out when pasting from his blog.

I really wanted to like this book, however it is so sloppy that it is almost unreadable.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book falls into the Janis Joplin category "It's so good don't ever start." It's really hard not to read another chapter. I found myself reading instead of working. I am buying more copies for my entrepreneur buddies.

Altucher has screwed up more deals, passed up more opportunities, and utterly thrown away more money than anybody I know. He tells you exactly how he did it. As he points out, you learn most from your mistakes, and he's learned a lot.

I've read the other reviews. They all are truthful. Your expectations will become your reality.

So just buy the book, OK? Your Margarita last night cost more. But this is funny and lasts longer.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
The voice of the Facebook generation
I have to say I was at first immediately offended by James. He seemed to be espousing a philosophy of "wealth is the measure of success". Read more
Published 3 months ago by lostlover
Really good book
This is a really good book. It is an easy and enjoyable read. The cost is also very low. Enjoy!
Published 4 months ago by Oxide
Prolifically good stuff
If you're looking at this one, you know Altucher. Is he crazy, or is the rest of the world?

Answer: Rest of the world. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Gravitas
not wotrh reading
what a disappointment.
dont waste your time with this poorly written book,
The author claims to be an expert on everything. for example diet. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Paul Morris
James is Different
Most people dance around the REAL reason they do things or make certain decisions; James is different than most people. Read more
Published 7 months ago by KY Accountant
A Superb Read
This is an excellent book. A very quick read. Its amazing that this one book covers health, wellness, etc and also provides a very useful guide for entrepreneurs. A must read.
Published 7 months ago by Neena K. Sachdev
Clear & Concise- A good break down of the elements to a stronger you
I've read James's blog and he writes with an honesty that is rare. His book is a distillation of many thoughts on how we can live a life more simply and without the fears that keep... Read more
Published 8 months ago by B'B
Chance favors a prepared mind - reloaded ;-)
After I received a copy of the e-book version of this book for free, Mr. Althucher asked if I would post a comment at Amazon.com once I had a chance to read it. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sasha
Some pearls among the pebbles
A condition of the free review copy of this book which I received was to post a review here.

James Altucher has a fertile mind which spews a firehose-like flow of ideas,... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Juan Falcone
Hit "Add to Cart" Right Away! - Great Read.
I sat down to read this book last weekend and ended up devouring it in one sitting. Great advice, anecdotes, and life lessons! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Arianna
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James Altucher
I've made a lot of money. I've lost a lot of money. I've lost homes/family/friends. I've made some of the above back.

I've gotten really lucky. Several times. With determination, I'll make it stick. And I think you will also.

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