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Every day I list at least ten items. I like to practice my idea muscle. Even if its my stupid idea muscle. They might be business ideas. Thoughts about the revolution. Book ideas. Ideas on how to improve my life. Or blog post ideas. Ideas on who I should be connecting with. And so on. […]

James Altucher is an investor, author, and entrepreneur. His latest books are I Was Blind But Now I See and FAQ ME. You can follow him on Twitter @jaltucher. — My wife was upset at me. “You spent all weekend responding to comments on your blog,” she said, “and it was the one weekend without the kids and […]

Every Thursday I do a Q&A on Twitter from3:30PM to 4:30 EST. I then take some of the answers and expand them on here. I’ll then take some of those answers and expand on them in a future book. I don’t claim to have all the answers. So please feel free to help out and […]

I wanted to be a millionaire by 30 (didn’t happen) I wanted to be a grandmaster of chess, maybe even World Champion (didn’t happen) I wanted to be published novelist by 25 (didn’t happen after 4 solid attempts and thousands of hours of trying) I wanted to be THE GUY to take Lori Byer’s virginity […]

I needed some money and all of my current plans were not working out. First off, I was running a hedge fund. But my fund was really a “fund of hedge funds”. In other words, I invested in other people’s funds. Which, when you think about, is really a stupid idea. First off, the 12 […]

I’m really stupid. I can tell you in advance. I think at heart, if I work at it, I can be smart. But at the moment I’m largely an idiot. I feel I have the right knowledge but I let a lot of stuff get in the way. You know: “stuff”. Worries, guilt, paranoia, grudges, […]

Every Thursday I do a Q&A on Twitter from3:30PM to 4:30. I then take some of the answers and expand them on here. I’ll then take some of those answers and expand on them in a future book. I don’t claim to have all the answers. So please feel free to help out and contribute […]