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I’m a complete sexist. I want women to look as good as possible. And I’m not the only one. Women want to look as sexy as possible. That’s why they buy hundreds of millions worth of form-fitting Spanx shapewear every year. And now Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx is worth a billion according to […]

“I Want to Die” is still the most popular search term that takes people to this blog. A couple of things about the above sentence. First off, it’s a lie. “James  Altucher” is the most popular. “Altucher” might be the second most popular. But for phrases that don’t include “Altucher” then “I want to die” […]

Every Thursday I hold a Twitter Q&A from 3:30-4:30 EST. I answer right there, then I expand and post here. And then I will summarize in a book. The first book, “FAQ ME“. Just came out:   WHY ARE PEOPLE AFRAID OF SUCCESS? Brian Kissel ‏ @KisselB  Why are people so afraid of success? Is […]

I had a great post all ready to go on what it’s like to be deaf. For the past year I couldn’t hear anything with my right ear. I could only hear out of the other ear if you basically yelled into it. I could barely talk on the phone. Everyone sounded like they were […]

I was very ashamed. Alex brought it up delicately. We were on plane coming back from some BS meeting somewhere where we were supposedly analyzing a company for our VC fund. “I saw you put your apartment up for sale?” he said. He must’ve been looking at listings because he was in the market to […]

I wrote and self-published a brand new book, published TODAY:  FAQ ME. Here’s the cover. If you click on it, it takes you straight to the book. If you’re an Amazon Prime member you can read it for free. Otherwise, it’s $2.99 for the Kindle version. Also, anyone who bought my last  book and sent […]

There’s a weird debate happening out there. Apparently Rick Santorum “accused” Obama of insisting that every child go to college. Other websites have said that Obama has never said this but instead has encouraged every kid to seek a higher education. I don’t care about Obama or Santorum. I don’t care about politics at all. […]