About the book
Luck, in James Altucher's telling, is something a person can build. He describes the techniques he has used throughout his life to get through hard times and good ones, and he rejects the corporate job, the college degree and the white picket fence as an American myth. The book appeared in 2011.
Max Gurvits, director of Cross Border Angels, said that if any book shaped how he sees things, it may to some extent have been this one.
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Max Gurvits (Director/Cross Border Angels)
I donʼt think a single book changed the way I see things or my career path. Iʼm trying hard to think now of something that impacted me in such a way… Maybe to some extent James Altucher did (James Altucher - How to be the Luckiest Person Alive!). Heʼs kind of a recognized author nowadays, but I remember following him on Twitter 7-8 years ago, when he was still up and coming, and his almost comical, seemingly self-destructive advice on just doing your thing and not paying attention to others made a lot of sense to me.
I was at that time in the midst of my first company, which looking back did alright, and all of us co-founders have done well, but as it was developing it was really the proverbial roller-coaster from the startup war stories. And much like with Richard Feynman whom I already mentioned above, Altucherʼs witty observations on living life and doing business were a great source of support.
Later, in 2011, the book came out based on his earlier blog posts and I remember pre-ordering it just out of gratitude for those earlier writings. And I have to admit, I havenʼt really been reading him since then.
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