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I started my first podcast “The James Altucher Show” in January 2015. I’m on around episode #220 (Tony Robbins). I started my next one “Ask Altucher” (a daily podcast) a few months later. It was me answering questions with a guest host and we ran about 300+ episodes. Then I started another one (inspired by […]

Ummm, I’m not so sure anymore. Maybe gratitude was the key they used to lock us away. To send us down the hole. Two things about gratitude and me: A) I have many things to be grateful for.  I can certainly point a finger in almost any direction in time and space and say, “he […]

When someone yells at me, I get scared. I assume I did something wrong and they are right. I tend to be a people pleaser. Which is not the best way to be. I had to figure out what kinds of people there are, how I react to them, and if there are better ways […]

I knew when they said, “Come in for the meeting” I was dead. I said, “Can we meet at a cafe?” “No. Come in.” I was fired. And humiliated. And had to clean up and walk out. Nobody said goodbye. I had nothing to do and no plans, The guy who fired me is dead […]

Walt Disney was the stupidest person in the room. So he stood next to his brother Roy (kept Walt positive after their first business went bankrupt). He stood next to Ub Iwerks (he drew a disgusting rodent for Walt). He stood next to Margaret Winkler (the first person to buy a Disney film: Alice in […]

I helped create a brand new 18 year old today. A new adult US citizen. Happy Birthday Josie Altucher. To be fair, I’m only about 1/4 to 1/3 responsible. When you were born, I really was scared. You were this new one foot tall human moving into our apartment. You didn’t speak English and you […]

Games are like a super power. Games got me into college, got me into graduate school, got me my first job, raised me money for businesses. Taught me strategy, taught me how to handle adversity, taught me how to be deceptive. I was going to do a book: How to Win at Every Game. I […]