James Altucher is one of my absolute favorite writers on the web. So when he contacted me about the fact that he'd read our self published book, I replied to him and asked if he'd willing to be a guest on BlogcastFM. Lucky for me and our listeners, he agreed. This will be one of the most educational and inspiring interviews you'll hear on our show. Here are are a few of the highlights from our chat:

• The Power of Connecting People in Multiple Parts of Your Life
• Why Giving Is Far More Valuable than Getting
• The Reason James Writes 1-2,000 Words Every Single Day
• How James Made a Transition from the IT Department to Having a Show at HBO
• Some Insights Into Making Lateral Moves Within Your Organization
• Why James Asked for a Time Slot on Television Even Though He Was in IT
• How the Work from His Day Job Led James to Create His First Company
• Lessons from the HBO Media Empire that Can Be Applied to Your Efforts
• Why James Gives Away His Best Ideas for Free
• The 5-Year Plan that Goes into Reinventing Your Career
• How to Develop Your Idea Muscle
• James' Willingness to Fight a Multibillion Dollar Machine
• Why We're Living in the Chose Yourself Era
• A Look Into Pitfalls of the Publishing Industry
• The 4 Essential Components to Thriving in Your Career

Resources and People Mentioned Include:

• Why 2013 Will Be The Year to Quit Your Job
• Love Yourself as if Your Life Depends On It
• Kamal Ravikant
• Julien Smith

Tweetable Insights Include:

• As long as you keep giving, the getting will take care of itself (Click to Tweet)
• You can't just do your job. You have to become one within the company you work for(Click to Tweet)
• Never sacrifice quality and don't be afraid to reinvent yourself (Click to Tweet)
• I never listened to anybody who said "You can't do this" (Click to Tweet)
• Nobody is entitled to get a free ride into entrepreneurship (Click to Tweet)
• I don't write something unless it's embarrassing because that's how you get people to pay attention (Click to Tweet)
• The way to stand out with any content is quality and vulnerability (Click to Tweet)
• You have to actually choose yourself now for success because nobody else is going to choose you (Click to Tweet)