Someone on Quora asked: What is the best example of success through ignorance? In other words, someone being successful because they didn’t know enough to know that what they were trying to do was “impossible.” This was my response: I have this friend. I talk to him every day. I told him to take an IQ … Read more
James Altucher‘s Book Choose Yourself would be a great start. He’s made millions multiple times. His advice is pretty solid. Choose Yourself!: James Altucher, Dick Costolo: 8601402853113: Amazon.com: Books P.S. Did I mention that he’s my hero? I stalk him all over the internet. Everywhere he goes, I follow. Shh… Don’t tell anyone though… Let’s keep that as … Read more
The best decision I ever made was to start to live in the present. I used to be the type of person who would live in the past, then become overwhelmed with regret or fear. Other times, when I looked toward the future, I missed out on all the significant events in my life. Or … Read more
I went through hell in my life. I lost everything over and over and over again. I lost my home and multiple cars. I almost became homeless. I lost my career. I lost my high paying income. My ex didn’t want anything to do with me. My programmer stole my money. My investor went to … Read more
When I look back on my life… I keep trying to remember a moment when my partner stood by my side when the world shut me down. I personally don’t think I have a situation like that. Everyone turned their back on me and let me burn, except for the few close friends I had. … Read more
The first time I lost a lot of money back in 2007 isn’t a story that has any real substance to it, as I never really understood the nature of failure. It was something that I could recover from quickly, and I did. The second time was a little worse back in 2008 when the … Read more
Well, I don’t know if I lost her per se… But she decided to vanish and commit pseudocide. Well, not literally. She closed her business. She disconnected all her phones. She deleted all her social media sites. She moved. Then vanished. No one knows where she is. Personally, I think she went to Hawaii to … Read more
On Quora someone asked: How should I feel when people copy my style, vocabulary, tone of voice, ideas, habits, tastes in music and food, or any other aspect of my existence? This was my response: I have a regular personality and a business personality. I compiled my business personality based off of the industry leaders that … Read more
It’s simple. Fail many times. Over and over. Have high expectations and be crushed. After a while, you will no longer have any type of negative emotion, after you go through it all. What I did was I stopped caring about what people thought of me or what I did. When I saw others peoples … Read more
My friend did horrible in school. Hell, his GPA (Grade Point Average) and BAC (Blood Alcohol Content Level) were about the same, a solid 1.0. He had every odd job possible, from making sandwiches at Togos to being a lifeguard. Then he found what he wanted to do. He spent ten years, from age 17, … Read more