James Altucher

James Altucher is the author of the bestselling book Choose Yourself, editor at The Altucher Report and host of the popular podcast, The James Altucher Show, which takes you beyond business and entrepreneurship by exploring what it means to be human and achieve well-being in a world that is increasingly complicated.

  • 6 Ways To Do Nothing And Be More Productive

    6 Ways To Do Nothing And Be More Productive

    I got an email at 5 in the morning that made me angry. It pressed every button. It accused. It threatened. It CC-ed people.

  • How To Deal With Burnout

    How To Deal With Burnout

    It's the body's way of saying, "Whoops! Time is up. You need to make a change."

  • How to Deal With Crappy People

    How to Deal With Crappy People

    Most people are pretty crappy. But not all. And even the ones who are no good and not worthy of your time need a system for you to use so YOU can be happier and leave this lecherous gossipy crack addict thats in your head on the road and kick him or her to the…

  • 19 Ways To Deal With Regrets

    19 Ways To Deal With Regrets

    Everyone has regrets. Historical is hysterical. It’s easy to look back at the past now and see the road signs we missed. The forks in the road we could’ve taken. Those forks are regrets. Is it bad to look back? Of course not. I can’t help it. I have regrets every day.

  • 10 Unusual Things I Didn’t Know About Steve Jobs

    10 Unusual Things I Didn’t Know About Steve Jobs

    6. He doesn’t give any money to charity.

  • 8 Alternatives To College

    8 Alternatives To College

    Whenever I suggest “Don’t send your kids to college,” a lot of very smart people invariably respond: “Well, what else should they do?” And this amazes me. I guess it's really hard to figure out what people aged 18-23 should do during the most vibrant, healthy years of their lives when they grow from being…

  • 10 Reasons Why You Have To Quit Your Job This Year

    10 Reasons Why You Have To Quit Your Job This Year

    You can’t make money without selling something real. You can’t make something real without first imagination manifesting itself in your head. You can’t have imagination without surrendering yourself to an idea that you want to create something of value to other human beings.

  • 7 Things That Happen To You When You Are Completely Honest

    7 Things That Happen To You When You Are Completely Honest

    I got a death threat last week from a guy who's a senior at Brown University who didn’t think I could track him down. More on that in a second.

  • 33 Unusual Tips To Being A Better Writer

    33 Unusual Tips To Being A Better Writer

    I spent the entire 90s writing bad fiction. 5 bad novels. Dozens of bad stories. But I learned to handle massive rejection. And how to put two words together. In my head, I won the Pulitzer Prize. But in my hand, over 100 rejection letters.