James Altucher

To be in the top 1% means to be in the top 10 million of those. That's very easy to do. It's not trivial. You have to work at it. But if you just use these methods, you can do it. Just as an example, though. So this is a photo I have. And I'll put the mic down a little bit. So This was inside a comedy club I owned where I also had my podcast studio. And just going around, this is me.

To be in the top 1% means to be in the top 10 million of those. That's very easy to do. It's not trivial. You have to work at it. But if you just use these methods, you can do it. Just as an example, though. So this is a photo I have. And I'll put the mic down a little bit. So This was inside a comedy club I owned where I also had my podcast studio. And just going around, this is me.

To be in the top 1% means to be in the top 10 million of those. That's very easy to do. It's not trivial. You have to work at it. But if you just use these methods, you can do it. Just as an example, though. So this is a photo I have. And I'll put the mic down a little bit. So This was inside a comedy club I owned where I also had my podcast studio. And just going around, this is me.

To be in the top 1% means to be in the top 10 million of those. That's very easy to do. It's not trivial. You have to work at it. But if you just use these methods, you can do it. Just as an example, though. So this is a photo I have. And I'll put the mic down a little bit. So This was inside a comedy club I owned where I also had my podcast studio. And just going around, this is me.

I invited a bunch of friends to see a podcast I was doing. This is Jim Norton, who's a famous comedian. He just had a Netflix special. This is the Jizza from the Wu-Tang Clan. So I did all the Wu-Tang Clan's websites in the 90s, and he also does chess. Here's Gary Kasparov, who's the greatest chess player who ever lived.

I invited a bunch of friends to see a podcast I was doing. This is Jim Norton, who's a famous comedian. He just had a Netflix special. This is the Jizza from the Wu-Tang Clan. So I did all the Wu-Tang Clan's websites in the 90s, and he also does chess. Here's Gary Kasparov, who's the greatest chess player who ever lived.

I invited a bunch of friends to see a podcast I was doing. This is Jim Norton, who's a famous comedian. He just had a Netflix special. This is the Jizza from the Wu-Tang Clan. So I did all the Wu-Tang Clan's websites in the 90s, and he also does chess. Here's Gary Kasparov, who's the greatest chess player who ever lived.

I invited a bunch of friends to see a podcast I was doing. This is Jim Norton, who's a famous comedian. He just had a Netflix special. This is the Jizza from the Wu-Tang Clan. So I did all the Wu-Tang Clan's websites in the 90s, and he also does chess. Here's Gary Kasparov, who's the greatest chess player who ever lived.

I invited a bunch of friends to see a podcast I was doing. This is Jim Norton, who's a famous comedian. He just had a Netflix special. This is the Jizza from the Wu-Tang Clan. So I did all the Wu-Tang Clan's websites in the 90s, and he also does chess. Here's Gary Kasparov, who's the greatest chess player who ever lived.

Sure. 10,000-hour rule is this idea. It originally comes from this guy, Anders Ericsson, who was a professor who did all the research for it. And basically, he says, with 10,000 hours of what he calls deliberate practice, you could be among the best in the world at anything. And he describes how the Beatles had their 10,000 hours, and he describes various experiments.

Sure. 10,000-hour rule is this idea. It originally comes from this guy, Anders Ericsson, who was a professor who did all the research for it. And basically, he says, with 10,000 hours of what he calls deliberate practice, you could be among the best in the world at anything. And he describes how the Beatles had their 10,000 hours, and he describes various experiments.

Sure. 10,000-hour rule is this idea. It originally comes from this guy, Anders Ericsson, who was a professor who did all the research for it. And basically, he says, with 10,000 hours of what he calls deliberate practice, you could be among the best in the world at anything. And he describes how the Beatles had their 10,000 hours, and he describes various experiments.

Sure. 10,000-hour rule is this idea. It originally comes from this guy, Anders Ericsson, who was a professor who did all the research for it. And basically, he says, with 10,000 hours of what he calls deliberate practice, you could be among the best in the world at anything. And he describes how the Beatles had their 10,000 hours, and he describes various experiments.

Sure. 10,000-hour rule is this idea. It originally comes from this guy, Anders Ericsson, who was a professor who did all the research for it. And basically, he says, with 10,000 hours of what he calls deliberate practice, you could be among the best in the world at anything. And he describes how the Beatles had their 10,000 hours, and he describes various experiments.

Here's Maria Konnikova, who's written a bunch of books about being a professional poker player. So in general, you meet lots of interesting people when you get in the top 1% of lots of different interests.

Here's Maria Konnikova, who's written a bunch of books about being a professional poker player. So in general, you meet lots of interesting people when you get in the top 1% of lots of different interests.

Here's Maria Konnikova, who's written a bunch of books about being a professional poker player. So in general, you meet lots of interesting people when you get in the top 1% of lots of different interests.

Here's Maria Konnikova, who's written a bunch of books about being a professional poker player. So in general, you meet lots of interesting people when you get in the top 1% of lots of different interests.

Here's Maria Konnikova, who's written a bunch of books about being a professional poker player. So in general, you meet lots of interesting people when you get in the top 1% of lots of different interests.

Malcolm Gladwell wrote about this afterwards. And Anders Ericsson wrote a book called Peak that I highly recommend. But My view is that he's just, so deliberate practice means do something and then study it. Like what did you do wrong? And then repeat. Do, study, repeat. Do, study, repeat. And you just do that for 10,000 hours.