American - Author | January 23, 1968 -
I keep track of my blog stats, Facebook subs, my Amazon rank, Twitter followers, Facebook likes per posts, my chess ranking. I get stressed when they all don't go up.
James Altucher
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The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.
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When I was 7 years old, I plagiarized, word for word, stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.
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Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.
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Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.
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A lot of times, people send me emails, and then I forget about them, or I never respond to them, or I respond to them weeks later.
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Here's what a phone is: It's a computer that has a little app on it that allows me to dial numbers and then talk to someone.
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Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.
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Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.
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The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.
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Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.
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Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you can.
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