Archive for April, 2011

• 10 Reasons You Should Never Own Stocks Again
  Posted by James Altucher on April 28th, 2011 at 7:34 pm, Comments: 0

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  TweetI’m really bullish on stocks and the economy but I don’t think you should waste your money investing in stocks. You might as well flush [...]

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• The Tooth
  Posted by James Altucher on April 28th, 2011 at 7:57 am, Comments: 0

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  Tweet(the “tooth”)   “The Tooth” was given to me as a gift by Janice Kim, the only female American professional Go player (and now a [...]

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• 10 Reasons Why I would Never Donate to a Major Charity (or, How to be a Superhero, Part 2).
  Posted by James Altucher on April 27th, 2011 at 7:49 pm, Comments: 0

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  Tweet“Giving to Charity” is another Myth we uphold fervently in the Great American Religion (just like “own a home”, or “send your kids to college”). [...]

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• The Power of Hypnosis
  Posted by James Altucher on April 27th, 2011 at 8:23 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetI was on a payphone in Chinatown and I wanted to break up with her. I had just moved to New York City, in part [...]

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• The 100 Rules for Being an Entrepreneur
  Posted by James Altucher on April 25th, 2011 at 8:46 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetIf you Google “entrepreneur” you get a lot of mindless cliches like “Think Big!” For me, being an “entrepreneur” doesn’t mean starting the next “Faceook”. [...]

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• Don Graham is a Punk
  Posted by James Altucher on April 24th, 2011 at 9:51 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetDon Graham is a punk. I don’t care if he’s the publisher of the Washington Post. We’ve never spoken to each other. Ever. But we’ve [...]

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• 105,633 unread emails.
  Posted by James Altucher on April 22nd, 2011 at 11:44 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetDan said to me,  go to your Gmail and look at the number that’s to the right of the word “Inbox”. What does it say? [...]

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• Didn’t they realize I was on NATIONAL TV?
  Posted by James Altucher on April 21st, 2011 at 8:12 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetI was instant messaging yesterday afternoon with Andy Monfried.   Andy is the CEO and Founder of an online advertising company called Lotame. Before that he [...]

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• Stop Bullshitting Yourself
  Posted by James Altucher on April 20th, 2011 at 7:28 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetI woke up at about 4am, made coffee, and read stories by Miranda July, Charles Bukowski (from his book “Hot Water Music”) Nora Ephron (from [...]

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• How I Disappointed Tupac’s Mom
  Posted by James Altucher on April 19th, 2011 at 6:50 am, Comments: 0

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  TweetI really disappointed Tupac’s mom. Although, to be honest, it was her manager. She wanted to do an enhanced CD of Tupac’s unreleased songs. I [...]

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