Thursday 24th May 2018
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 252
Title: My
Top 7 Rules..By James Altucher
Today I am breaking ranks
with myself and to bring you verbatim the write up by another sensational
writer, a best selling author, a podcaster and youtuber and also an eccentric -
James Altucher
This is his narrative
completely unedited
"Mike Tyson woke up
and nudged me.
“WTF?”
I said and tried to stay asleep.
“James,
someone on Quora is asking for the top 7 Rules.”
“So?”
“Listen,”
he said, so softly it was like a whisper, and he almost crushed me when he
rolled over onto me.
“Remember
my one rule,” he said.
I
tried to get awake. I didn’t want to die.
“Remember,” the great
philosopher and former world heavyweight champion of the world said, “When
someone hits you in the face, all of your plans are out the window.”
“Ok, ok,” I said. Went to
the bathroom. Washed my face. Brushed my teeth and sat down to answer the
question.
These aren’t platitudes.
They aren’t things I can read and feel good about myself on a commute to work.
This
isn’t self-help. This is survival.
When I don’t follow these
rules (ALL of them), I go down. I am beaten. It’s a knock-out. My brains get
splattered, my heart gets broken and my bank account goes to zero and my kid’s
friends spit in their faces.
Rule #1: BAD PEOPLE = BAD RESULTS
When I am in a bad
relationship, I lose money, friends, self-esteem, time, and health. Period.
Someone
gave me this advice: “You’re not going to end up dead. You’ll end up in jail.”
Dead,
jail, broke, friendless. It doesn’t matter. I don’t want any of it. End it.
And
this holds just as much for a bad business partner and a bad friend. People who
bring you down, need to leave.
What if you are the bad
person?
No problem. If you’re the
one bringing people down, then surround yourself with good people and you will
be inspired by them and you will start being a good person.
So
either way, get rid of the bad people in life.
Rule #2: YOU’RE AN ALIEN FOR JUST ONE DAY
Every
day when I wake up, before I even open my eyes, I say, “Where am I?” I breathe
deeply. I wiggle my fingers and toes. I peek out and see the sunlight coming in
my eyelids.
Ok,
I’m on Earth. Today. I’m a human. Today.
Who
am I?
I
start to filter through my memories, figuring out who I am. For the day.
Because
I’m an alien on a mission. I’m sent to this one body for just this one day and
my only purpose is to determine how to improve his life for just this one day.
And then I will be off to
a new body. So the coast is clear. I can do whatever I want that I judge will
improve this person, this body I am inhabiting for the day, and then I move on
without regrets of anxieties.
Trust me: this helps me
make better decisions, this helps me to not worry, and this helps me to feel
less regret.
If
it sounds stupid, you don’t have to do it. This is what works for me.
I’m on a mission to make
“james” a better person today by the time he goes asleep. And if I fail, then
the Universe will explode
Rule #3: CHOOSE YOURSELF
Rule #4: IDEAS ARE THE
CURRENCY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
It’s ok when nobody
believes me on this one.
But
gone are the days when a degree and a title will guarantee you a safe job,
promotions, salaries, and a stable life.
Ideas
and skills will propel you to vision and purpose…to success and freedom.
How do you do this?
a)
Write ten ideas a day to exercise idea muscle (it doesn’t matter that I’ve said
it before. its how I remind myself to do it every day.) When I haven’t done
this, I’ve lost my life, when I do this, I help everyone around me. It’s that
simple
b)
Always learn from everything. Everyone I speak to.
Everything I read.
Everything I do. I try to remember and write down ten things I’ve learned.
They don’t add up. They
multiply. Because ideas have sex with each other and make thousands of new
ideas.
Because things you learn,
connect the dots with other things you learn and spit out unique ideas nobody
has ever thought of. This is how the universe has grown ever since the Big
Bang.
Your
brain gets overpopulated and eventually actions spill out. Which leads me to:
Rule #5: ACTIONS > WORDS > THOUGHTS
Everything done in history
is the result of an action being DONE.
Not
a thought. Not a word. Only actions are recorded by the scribes of humanity.
Do
something today. Take a course. Learn how to shoot a bow and arrow. Start a
book. Connect two people who can help each other. Raise a child. Build a
school.
Rule #6: HELP PEOPLE
If you just help yourself,
you live a small life. If you have a reason to get out of bed that is bigger
than you, you will have a big life.
Some people worry about
their Instagram likes. Other people every day try to help others.
Rule #7: The 1% RULE
Every day try to get a
tiny bit better in physical health, emotional health, creativity, and
spirituality.
1%
a day compounds to 3,800% per year. It’s amazing what this means. What this has
done for my own life.
I’ve
gone from suicidal and depressed to starting companies and writing books just
because of this one rule, rule #7. If you forget rules 1-6, they are all
derived from rule #7.
Mike Tyson is looking over
my shoulder.
“Remind
them, James.”
You
have to remember when you’ve been punched in the face, when you are bleeding
flat on your face on the floor, to get yourself up and do these rules.
You have until the count
of 10. Or you lose.
The only way to survive is
when everything is against you, when you are about to go into a life coma of
depression and anxiety, that these rules are what will change you and save the
world.
Even
just pick one and DO it. That’s how you get off the floor. Just one.
This is your mission."
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