Blog Category: Impression Technique

10 WAYS I CONQUER MY ANGER

I was angry once with my ex-wife so i said, “PULL OVER THE CAR!” and she pulled over and I got out on an empty road near nowhere, in 90 degree weather.…

I was angry once with my ex-wife so i said, “PULL OVER THE CAR!” and she pulled over and I got out on an empty road near nowhere, in 90 degree weather. I was wearing a suit, carrying a suitcase, and I started walking the other direction while she drove off. “I showed her!” I […]

Read MoreComment

10 REGRETS YOU CAN AVOID

Lou Costello said, “This was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted” and then he died. I’m not sure if the final words of anyone have any meaning. But there’s the…

Lou Costello said, “This was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted” and then he died. I’m not sure if the final words of anyone have any meaning. But there’s the myth they might be words of magic, teetering on that border between Earth and…whatever. My regrets can be summed up by the word: […]

Read MoreComment

Ice-T, The Power of No, and the Mindset of Success – My Podcast with ICE-T

[Click on the image above for my appearance on Ice-T’s podcast titled “The Mindset of Success with James Altucher”] This guy I didn’t know texted me out of nowhere and said, “You…

[Click on the image above for my appearance on Ice-T’s podcast titled “The Mindset of Success with James Altucher”] This guy I didn’t know texted me out of nowhere and said, “You name drop too much when you write. People who take writing seriously don’t like that.” I should’ve just ignored it but I thought […]

Read MoreComment

10 REGRETS YOU CAN AVOID

regrets you can avoid Lou Costello said, “This was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted” and then he died. I’m not sure if the final words of anyone have any…

regrets you can avoid Lou Costello said, “This was the best ice cream soda I ever tasted” and then he died. I’m not sure if the final words of anyone have any meaning. But there’s the myth they might be words of magic, teetering on that border between Earth and…whatever. Can the regrets of others […]

Read MoreComment

The Only Rules You Need to Know

It really sucked to be Moses. The guy was abandoned as a baby. Then he stuttered (must have been hard to pick up girls with that). Then he was a slave. Then…

It really sucked to be Moses. The guy was abandoned as a baby. Then he stuttered (must have been hard to pick up girls with that). Then he was a slave. Then NOBODY would listen to him. He’d throw a stick down and it would turn into a snake and STILL nobody would pay attention […]

Read MoreComment

The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine

The way to have good ideas is to get close to killing yourself. It’s like weightlifting. When you lift slightly more than you can handle, you get stronger. In life, when the…

The way to have good ideas is to get close to killing yourself. It’s like weightlifting. When you lift slightly more than you can handle, you get stronger. In life, when the gun is to your head, you either figure it out, or you die. When you cut yourself open, you bleed ideas. If you’re […]

Read MoreComment

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to Become a Great Negotiator

A bad negotiation leads to these things automatically: anger, resentment, crying, slavery, and poverty. So it’s very important to constantly study yourself, study the negotiations you’ve done, and try to improve so…

A bad negotiation leads to these things automatically: anger, resentment, crying, slavery, and poverty. So it’s very important to constantly study yourself, study the negotiations you’ve done, and try to improve so you don’t experience the above, which can be easily avoided. Every day for the past 20 years I’ve learned something new about negotiation. […]

Read MoreComment