James Altucher

You’re going to scare yourself. Because people close to you will react.

Someone stole $90 million from a company I was involved in. I’m a poor judge of people. The company collapsed.

I just wanted to light that part of my brain on fire.

They all made fun of me.

Sometimes things are just simply horrible. There’s no question – some days and moments are the worst. People say “be positive”. That means nothing. Positive got you here.

I never wanted to fire any employees but I had no money raised and there was a danger my biggest client would fire me. We were late on every project and we were no longer doing a good job.

I told her I loved her and I wanted to marry her but I was afraid to ask her mother.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmndCPvXiik&w=560&h=315%5D I gave this talk at a local TEDx event in San Diego. I revealed how at one point failure led me to consider suicide, and how I turned my life around by following five key practices.

I thought I was done with the hard work of being a human being. I sold my first company for $15 million.

I was handing out food at a food kitchen for the homeless and it was disgusting. I thought maybe I would be less depressed if I helped others.

The worst day in my life as an entrepreneur was … every single day.

Claudia and I threw out everything we owned this weekend. We threw out 98% of everything.