James Altucher

Writing is boring. It’s unnatural. It’s basically sitting and staring at a screen and typing into a keyboard.

We’re all just trying to survive. We all have our insecurities. We can sink in them or try very hard to rise above them.

Your strengths are going to plant their seeds during two important periods of your life.

Got depressed when I was unhappy in a relationship but we were living together and both of us too poor to move out.

You need risk, but it’s definitely not physical risk. The brain can’t tell the difference between social fear and physical fear.

One thing I realized: Relationships are the ONLY important thing in the world.

I spoke to 100s of my heroes. I researched 100s more. I wanted to learn how to reinvent myself. So I learned it by talking to and studying many others who have.

Having a good life hack can be helpful today. But learning how to hack a good life can be helpful forever.

The key is to do the best with what you have today.

“I hate James. I wish he would quit.” I read that in an email of one of my co-workers. He accidentally sent it to me but it was intended for another co-worker. They hated me. I wanted to quit.

I don’t know why more people don’t do this. But I can tell you how to save millions of dollars. Just two simple decisions.

Bullying is a thing. It has a voice. And there’s a way out of the world of “you’re not good enough” and into the world where you belong.