The James Altucher Show

"If you're not in the top 1% or striving to be the best you can be at whatever you love doing, you're not going to feel fully alive in the short amount of time you're alive."Friend of the show and Entre Institute founder Jeff Lerner returns, and the tables are turned this time. Today, we're pleased to share Jeff's interview with James on his Unlock Your Potential podcast, which focuses on three pillars:Humans have extraordinary potentialUnlocking our potential is part of our purposeHard things are worth doing if they make us betterThe interview focuses on James' Skip the Line process hacks to become part of the top 1% in your given field, and James explains why striving for the top 1% is much healthier than trying to be #1 in the world.Other Topics Include:What is James' method for digesting the universe? (06:47)Is James a 'Process Hacker'? (11:44)Being in the Top 1% (13:25)Mastering variety vs. Mastering one thing (24:16)Being #1 vs Being #15 (30:18)James' 25-year break from competitive chess (35:54)Is James