Do you want to know the secret of a successful life? Then you should not miss this article by James Altucher.

We are actually working on a separate blog post dedicated to James, because we think every aspiring entrepreneur should follow him closely. But in the mean time, we wanted to share with you his insights about success. James interviewed several successful people for his podcast (also recommended!). Among them Peter Thiel, Coolio, Mark Cuban, Arianna Huffington, Amanda Palmer, Tony Robbins, and many more. After a total of 80 interviews, James summarizes for us what he learned about success and how to achieve it. Needless to say, you should carefully read the entire post. But we found some recommendations particularly relevant to Team Up Start Up and its community. We could not say it better, so we just cite from the post:


C) Focus is not important, but Push is (reinvention).
Very few people have just one career. And for every career, it’s never straight up.
When you have focus, it’s like saying, “I’m just going to learn about only one thing forever.” But “the push” is the ability to get up every day, open up the shades, and push through all the things that make you want to go back to sleep.
Even if it means changing careers 10 times. Or changing your life completely. Just pushing forward to create a little more life inside yourself.

D) Give without thinking of what you will receive.
I don’t think I spoke to a single person who believed in setting personal goals. But 100% of the people I spoke to wanted to solve a problem for the many.
It doesn’t matter how you give each day. It doesn’t even matter how much. But everyone wanted to give and eventually they were given back.

G) It’s not business, it’s personal.
Nobody succeeded with a great idea.
Everyone succeeded because they built networks within networks of connections, friends, colleagues all striving towards their own personal goals, all trusting each other, and working together to help each other succeed.
This is what happens only over time. This is why giving creates a bigger world because you can never predict what will happen years later.


We find point (G) to be particularly relevant to Team Up Start Up. Exchanging feedback is a great way to grow your business idea. Except that, sometimes, growing your business idea is not the biggest payoff you can get from these exchanges. It is the network and the trust you build that will, eventually, lead to success later on. So, sign up to Team Up Start Up and start building your network!