I wanted to love this book.
I want James Altucher to be my friend.
James Altucher is a chess-playing, marketing genius and idiot savant with silly hair. The type of person you’d want to have a drink with. His story is fascinating. He made and lost millions in business and investing several times over before making it as a writer.
I am of course none of these things. But both of us are called James so clearly we’d have a lot in common.
The message of the book is simple: The world has gone to hell. If you want to succeed then you have to choose yourself. That means taking care of your physical, mental and spiritual health. It also means putting yourself first in business and having the courage to pursue your dreams.
Basically all the usual self-help crap that you saw on Oprah or read in a Tony Robbins book but were too lazy to put …
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