Blog Category: Uncategorized

The ONE Way to Achieve Your New Year's Resolutions

I really screwed up my New Year’s Resolutions of 2011. I never learned Spanish. And now I’m scared I’ve shot myself in the head already for 2012. There’s blood everywhere. My brain…

I really screwed up my New Year’s Resolutions of 2011. I never learned Spanish. And now I’m scared I’ve shot myself in the head already for 2012. There’s blood everywhere. My brain has fallen to the floor. The silver bullet was the goals I put in front of me, right in the beginning of the […]

Read MoreComment

My Last Death Threat in 2011

I got this email the other day: “Just saw you on CNBC. Shocked! I thought for sure I read you had hung yourself. Well, now I have a new wish for Christmas!”…

I got this email the other day: “Just saw you on CNBC. Shocked! I thought for sure I read you had hung yourself. Well, now I have a new wish for Christmas!” It was signed kosoverh@bellsouth.net and he was referring to a recent TV appearance I made where I was bullish on the economy in […]

Read MoreComment

Ask James: College, Confidence, Radical Honesty, Success After 50, Guilty Pleasures, and MORE!

WHY PARENTS SHOULD NOT SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE CashN1n9 michael cash  asks: You said don’t go to college, may i know why??? ANSWER: I’ve written many blog posts on this. And…

WHY PARENTS SHOULD NOT SEND THEIR KIDS TO COLLEGE CashN1n9 michael cash  asks: You said don’t go to college, may i know why??? ANSWER: I’ve written many blog posts on this. And I’ve had at least seven death threats on this topic. Here’s one of my posts on the topic. Here’s one of the death […]

Read MoreComment

The Purpose of Marriage

Robert (@StockSage1) asked: “What’s the purpose of marriage?” ANSWER: First off, I know Robert very well. He has an idea for a blog post that he’s never done that I think is…

Robert (@StockSage1) asked: “What’s the purpose of marriage?” ANSWER: First off, I know Robert very well. He has an idea for a blog post that he’s never done that I think is brilliant: it would bleed, tell a story, and show his clients that’s he’s not afraid to speak the truth. But the post has […]

Read MoreComment

My Minimalism Manifesto

Claudia and I spent the entire Thanksgiving on an airplane, going from San Francisco to New York. We avoided the entire holiday. Cooking, cleaning, getting together with relatives, all the small talk,…

Claudia and I spent the entire Thanksgiving on an airplane, going from San Francisco to New York. We avoided the entire holiday. Cooking, cleaning, getting together with relatives, all the small talk, all the hateful talk, all the gossipy talk, all the expenses. I hate that shit. Claudia slept almost the entire way. We got […]

Read MoreComment

Nine Unusual Ways to Get Yourself Off the Floor

What does it mean, “Your divorce was amicable.” ? When someone tells me that, I think: liar. How does that happen? And don’t think I don’t ask. I ask. “Was it just,…

What does it mean, “Your divorce was amicable.” ? When someone tells me that, I think: liar. How does that happen? And don’t think I don’t ask. I ask. “Was it just, you guys woke up and looked at each other and said, ‘OK, that’s it’ “and then it was all good after that? You […]

Read MoreComment

Secrets of the Accidental Entrepreneur

[my guest post from techcrunch this weekend] I was in a meeting with Uri Geller. You know who he is. He’s the psychic that bends spoons. He’s been doing it since he…

[my guest post from techcrunch this weekend] I was in a meeting with Uri Geller. You know who he is. He’s the psychic that bends spoons. He’s been doing it since he was a kid. Marvel Comics even did an issue once where Uri Geller was helping out Daredevil. The cover has Daredevil wearing an […]

Read MoreComment