The Greatest Pleasures in Life

“Because almost every moment of new freedom involves figuring out what prison is enslaving us..." December 11, 2019 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [Altucher Confidential] “Because almost every moment of new freedom involves figuring out what prison is enslaving us...” [Enable Images To See More] The Greatest Pleasures In Life By James Altucher Urgent Warning << [Please Enable Images](We’ve never seen an [announcement like this…]( It’s so groundbreaking, it will be removed from the web 9:30 am tomorrow morning. Don’t Invest Another Dollar [Until You Watch This 3-Minute Video.]( At age 6, Jaqueline du Pré was running, cello over her head, down the performance hall where she was one of the performers that day. She was smiling and laughing and running. A janitor, figuring she must have just performed and was relieved and happy at how she did, said, “You must have just performed. Congratulations!” And she said, “I didn’t perform. I’m about to!” ---- She died at age 42 in 1986. She's one of the greatest cellists in history. But that day, at age 6, she was so excited to perform that she was running TO something. She was running towards an exciting and uncertain and even scary future (“I have to perform and do well!”). She wasn't running with relief and the fading of fear. She was running towards the fear. She grew up to be one of the greatest cellists of all time. I have to give a talk later today and tomorrow. I'm always nervous as hell. And then standup on Saturday. I have to teach myself to run TOWARDS something, with cello overhead. I want to do this every day. Laughing, happy, excited. I am about to perform! Happiness is a scam. I wrote the above post about du Pré a year ago today. I am always trying to make my articles "evergreen." And here it is: I can post the exact same article today. It's to remind me how important it is to run TOWARDS something. To DO rather than plan and think and analyze and hope. To ask a question and leave it in the air, unanswered, floating, but simply asking it. Even that is "DOING." To "choose myself" rather than waiting for others to choose me. Ultimately, if I choose myself it means I am choosing freedom. How can I take a little more control today than I did yesterday, over the things I value most? How? HOW? A good friend of mine has a family member in the hospital right now. He is depressed and having problems. Too often, we chase happiness: the next party, the latest drug, the next "love," the clapping of others, the salary increase, the promotion, and all the other metrics society has approved as "worthy" for us. The ONLY Marijuana Stock You’ll Ever Need… Shocking news out of the marijuana industry… and Wall Street Insiders are going crazy. A massive 1.4 million-square-foot super-greenhouse is coming online… And could send a little-known 60-cent marijuana stock soaring! 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But it is not the key to freedom. Freedom is that feeling: to run TO something. We know we are free when it's in our heart. In our body. It's that feeling of curiosity about the world around us. And permission to ask the questions. It's that feeling of, "I learned today. Even if it was painful and horrifying." Because almost every moment of new freedom, involves figuring out what prison is enslaving us. The prison might be a job, a relationship, the incorrect goal, the wrong direction, or just a feeling that something is amiss. "I chose myself" is that feeling of, "I can be myself. Even if I don't really know who that is and I never will. Even if I feel like such a failure most of the time." "I choose myself" is that feeling of, "I can run towards something, not FROM something." My idea list for today: what are the 10 things I am excited to be running TOWARDS? Hopefully one of those is you. Sincerely, [James Altucher] James Altucher P.S. 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