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I saw a plane crash. Sometimes people have seen a fake plane crash. Like in a movie. And sometimes people see a plane crash on the news if someone miraculously took footage of it. But I saw a plane crash right in front of me. And 100s of people were incinerated that second in front […]

I’m speaking about suicide tonight. And failure. And despair. I’m speaking about how when you lose all hope, you can still lose more. But it’s at that point, you have an enormous opportunity to gain. Specifically, how I gained when I was at that moment. But that’s not what this post is about. And by […]

My first four books were so bad, so arrogant, PUKE! And then I wrote and published 18 books. The first six were bad. Maybe more. Maybe first eight. Life had been a straight line for me: lived in same house for 12 years. Went to good college. Went to graduate school. My therapist doesn’t agree […]

This is not the worst review I’ve ever had. One time some reviewer posted, “James Altucher is a Zionist psychopath who poses as a ‘self help’ author.” I am deeply offended by that statement. For one thing, I’m not a ‘self help’ author. I don’t give advice. I just tell my story. I tell other […]

I want there to be that moment, “and then everything in my life changed”. It always seems there’s no “right place” and “right time”. The right place is always far away. The right time was always a long time ago. I missed it. I missed her. I miss you. When Richard Branson was 27 he […]

I do standup comedy now up to six times a week. And I’m even less reluctant to write about it now than when I went up zero times a week. Because of the simple cliche: the more I DO, the less I KNOW. And sometimes it’s so painful I cry. And sometimes it’s so exhilirating […]

Katie took all of my money. And then I went broke. But that’s what friends are for. Tens years later, yesterday, we went to an advance screening of Louis CK’s new movie, “I Love You, Daddy” coming out on November 17. Louis stars, wrote, directors, produces, etc the movie. He filmed it as secretly as […]