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Your dad is an alcoholic. Your mom is mentally ill from syphilis and is institutionalized when you are a child.  You quit school at the age of 13 and, essentially, join the circus to pay the bills. And ever after, you have to make people laugh to get paid. You move to Hollywood and after […]

“Everyone’s going to want to use it for porn,” I said. I was talking with my friend Steven Kotler, author of several of my favorite books like “Bold” and “Tomorrowland” and one of the foremost thought leaders on the state of the future. We were talking about virtual reality. I wasn’t right about the porn. […]

I forgot to tell you about something. I wrote a book as a joke. I made a challenge to myself. I would write a book and publish it in the same weekend. And it would be fun. So when Prince George (son of Prince William and Princess Kate) was born, I “ghost” wrote his autobiography. […]

My daughter turns 17 today. Dear daughter, I can’t give you any advice. At 17 I knew nothing. At 21 I knew a tiny bit more. At 25 I knew less. At 40 I disappointed everyone. At 47 I was shattered. At 48 I am happy again. What have I learned from it all? Nothing, […]

They said put your hand on this barbecue, it will be ok. So I did. I still have the burn. I ran home crying. My parents came out and asked the boys, “who told him to do this?” I was five years old. They all said, “He did it himself.” So my dad hit me. […]

I have to give a talk next week at Microsoft. I said, “I have to prepare it. But it will be easy”. She made a joke, “Don’t be easy.” But she’s right: If you are going to give of yourself, don’t be easy. Don’t make your words slutty. Make it painful to get those words […]

I wanted the plane to crash. I wanted her to break up with me. And I wanted my business to fail. I could picture it: the plane spiraling down out of control. Maybe on fire. Maybe everyone screaming. But before that, I wanted her to tell me she loved me. That she was CERTAIN. I […]