3530: The One Thing You Really Do Need by James Altucher on How to Improve Curiosity and Creativity

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🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3530: Curiosity is the key to personal growth, creativity, and success. James Altucher explores how curiosity fuels innovation, deepens relationships, and opens unexpected opportunities. By embracing a curious mindset, you can break free from routine thinking and unlock new possibilities in every area of life. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://archive.jamesaltucher.com/blog/curiosity-one-thing-really-need/ Quotes to ponder: "Curiosity leads to ideas. Ideas lead to doing something. Doing something leads to failure, which leads to resilience, which leads to success." "When you are curious, you are never bored. You are never stuck. You are never out of options." "Curiosity is about uncovering possibilities and seeing connections where others see none." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.9	Altiture of James Altiture.com, and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:39.9	Welcome back to the podcast where I read to you every day of the year to help bring a bit more
0:44.0	meaning and happiness to your days. So with that, let's get right to our next post and continue
0:49.0	optimizing your life.
0:54.3	The one thing you really do need by James Altisher of James Altiture.com.
1:00.6	I'm feeling sick. I think I need to vomit all the facts stuffed down my face by a bogus educational
1:06.3	system. We spend our lives thinking facts are important. Facts change. Facts are often wrong. Facts have
1:13.7	often killed us. Anyway, I forget most facts I've ever learned. Like, what is RNA? I have no idea.
1:21.7	When did Rome fall? No clue. I've outsourced boring facts to Google. Google can tell me what happened and when,
1:28.7	and how to get there. And when an unknown phone number calls me, Google can usually show me who it is.
1:34.3	I'm afraid of unknown phone numbers. Google, please protect me. People say,
1:39.4	Google is making us stupid because we don't use that part of our brain anymore. I don't really want to
1:44.1	use that part of my brain. I'm fine with it. I don't use that part of our brain anymore. I don't really want to use that part of my
1:44.8	brain. I'm fine with it. I don't need anything. Well, I take it back. Curiosity. And here's why.
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