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I used to cry because of my hair. When I was in high school, all the girls I liked only wanted to date the guys who were into sports and had straight blonde hair. If you were a guy on the football team with blonde hair and blue eyes you could date anyone in my […]

I used to watch comedy. And I had a totally different list. Now I’ve been doing standup for almost three years. Now I see so many more of the subtleties. But still my list changes every day. Today this is my list: A) Dave Chappelle. Watch how he tells a story. He uses his voice, […]

The choices you make today determine your autobiography tomorrow. So I gave up. I threw out all of my belongings. I didn’t sign any new leases. I didn’t officially live anywhere. I started moving around in Airbnbs. I had to clean ship. Clean out. Clean up. People would smile around me and I couldn’t understand […]

I am an anxious person. Anxiety leads to bad decisions leads to bad futures. In 60 seconds I try to describe how I deal with my anxiety. Watch the video here.   A post shared by James Altucher (@altucher) on May 4, 2018 at 6:24am PDT In the morning, I tell my daughters, “Give.” And […]

This is what happens at 50: Nothing. Nothing changes. And I’m still ambitious. And I still worry about tomorrow. And I still want to learn to be more peaceful. I still want to choose myself. For health. For success. For good people in my life. You have more experiences to create art, write a book, […]

The police were running after me and yelling “STOP!” I was sure I was going to jail. I was driving the wrong way down a one way street. I was afraid to stop because I had a suspended driver’s license and I had no registration in the car. But I was afraid to get shot […]

Almost three years ago I threw out all of my belongings, stopped renting an apartment and lived only in AirBnBs. I moved every few days. I lived out of a carry on bag. I had fewer than 15 belongings, and if I ever bought anything new, I would throw out or give away one of […]