The entrepreneur, angel investor, and bestselling author of Choose
Yourself busts the 10,000-hour rule of achieving mastery, offering a
new mindset and dozens of techniques that will inspire any
professional--no matter their age or managerial level--to pursue their
passions and quickly acquire the skills they need to succeed and achieve
their dreams.
We live in a hierarchical world where experience has traditionally been
the key to promotion. But that period is over! Straight, clear-cut
career trajectories no longer exist. Industries disappear, job
descriptions change, and people's interests and passions evolve. The key
to riding this wave, entrepreneur James Altucher advises, is to
constantly be curious about what's next, to be comfortable with
uncertainty so you can keep navigating the rough waters ahead, and most
important, to pursue the things that interest you.
In Skip the Line, he reveals how he went from struggling and depressed
to making his personal, financial, and creative dreams come true,
despite--and perhaps due to--his many failures along the way. Altucher
combines his personal story with concrete--and unorthodox--insights that
work. But Skip the Line isn't about hacks and shortcuts--it's about
transforming the way you think, work, and live, letting your interests
guide your learning, time, and resources. It's about allowing yourself
to do what comes naturally; the more you do what you love, the better
you do it. While showing you how to approach change and crisis, Altucher
gives you tools to help easily execute ideas, become an expert
negotiator, attract the attention of those around you, scale promising
ideas, and improve leadership--all of which will catapult you higher
than you ever thought possible and at a speed that everyone will tell
you is impossible.
