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I didn’t even want to do a podcast. Too much work! And I’m too shy to ask guests to come on. And I get so nervous I hope each podcast will get cancelled. Or a natural disaster will happen. But I wanted an excuse to ask people how they made their lives better. Maybe I […]

I can’t say “No”. If people ask me for something, it’s really hard for me to balance their needs with my own. Like, if I need to spend time with my kids. Or I need to read or work on writing or business. But people are asking me to do X, Y, or Z. This […]

Once again I was so nervous before a talk that I forgot to prepare. I kept thinking it would “come to me” but it never did. “Bulletproof Coffee” was a sponsor of the “Thrive Conference” I was speaking at so I kept taking shots of Dave Asprey ‘s super-coffee. I drank ten cups of coffee […]

Here’s what happened… I bought too many books… Usually that’s a good thing. This time it wasn’t. I bought over 1,000 copies of two of my favorite books ever written. It was an accident, but now I want you to profit off of my mistake. First I’m going to tell you what the two books […]

(Note from James:  Today I’m just republishing a post from the Choose Yourself Facebook group that is too good not to share.  Thanks to Ian Luebbers for being brave,  for writing this and for letting me share it on my site) This is a true story. I’ll tell you how I did it in a minute (and […]

I’m sick of the phrase, “KILL IT!” Or “STOP WATCHING & START HUSTLING!” Or “TO WIN THE GAME YOU HAVE TO PLAY IT!” I am sick of business inspirational slogans. They don’t work. They aren’t true. I have lost all of my money listening to them. I bled out my mouth in the street trying […]

I was going to get fired. I’d get to the office late, close my office door, and then try and write fiction all day. Then at 4:45, before it got dark, I’d sneak out, walk to the highway and hitchhike home. Hitchhiking helped me overcome chronic shyness. I’d look forward all day to it: who […]