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The 9 Skills Needed to Become a Super Connector

[I did this as a guest post on TechCrunch yesterday and now publishing here.] — I know why I’m not a billionaire. Other than having the consistent self-sabotaging quality of destroying money…

[I did this as a guest post on TechCrunch yesterday and now publishing here.] — I know why I’m not a billionaire. Other than having the consistent self-sabotaging quality of destroying money in massive bonfires every time I sell a company I also have a severe psychosocial disorder which makes me a horrible connector of […]

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I'm Running for Vice-President of the United States

“Dan Quayle might go down in history as one of the greatest Vice-Presidents of all time.” I said that. “I’m sure after Dan Quayle dies people will realize what a great President…

“Dan Quayle might go down in history as one of the greatest Vice-Presidents of all time.” I said that. “I’m sure after Dan Quayle dies people will realize what a great President he would’ve been.” I said that also. I was on a date with a girl with frizzy, blonde hair, glasses, who smoked and […]

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ASK JAMES: MEET GOOD PEOPLE, THE ECONOMY, OCCUPY THE UNIVERSE, WAKING UP SCARED, AND MORE

Every Thursday from 3:30-4:30 EST I do a Q&A about anything in the Universe. People ask me about stuff ranging from the economy, to dating, to stocks, to who is the best…

Every Thursday from 3:30-4:30 EST I do a Q&A about anything in the Universe. People ask me about stuff ranging from the economy, to dating, to stocks, to who is the best superhero, to why am I so amazingly handsome but never was a male supermodel? I take some of the questions and give more […]

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Ten Unusual Ways to Get in the Top 1%

At midnight my door opened and I saw the shadow of someone about 4 feet tall walk into my room and stand by my side of the bed. “I can’t sleep,” she…

At midnight my door opened and I saw the shadow of someone about 4 feet tall walk into my room and stand by my side of the bed. “I can’t sleep,” she said and she was smart enough to also say, “my mind is racing”. Over the nine years of her life so far she […]

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The Top 10 Lists of All Time

The world of bloggers seem to be firmly divided into two groups: those who hate lists and those who like lists. This being a list of two puts me firmly in the…

The world of bloggers seem to be firmly divided into two groups: those who hate lists and those who like lists. This being a list of two puts me firmly in the latter camp. Those who hate lists. I get a lot of criticism for some of my posts. I’ve used lists on only about […]

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Why "I Was Blind But Now I See" is My Best Book Ever (and now on Kindle)

I’m not going to brag. The purpose of this post is to inform on three things: A) A lot of people have been asking me when the book is going to be…

I’m not going to brag. The purpose of this post is to inform on three things: A) A lot of people have been asking me when the book is going to be available on Kindle. It’s there. Click on the cover below and it will take you to the Kindle version. If you can’t see […]

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7 Things I Learned from My 8 Greatest Teachers

Yesterday was my 25th high school reunion. I wanted to go. I had a car key and I could’ve driven there. I was close to feeling like I was going to do…

Yesterday was my 25th high school reunion. I wanted to go. I had a car key and I could’ve driven there. I was close to feeling like I was going to do it. But I was feeling somewhat shy. I didn’t like high school much. When you are rejected so much you build a tough […]

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