“The Crappy Person Checklist” published in Life Learning by James Altucher

Medium Daily Digest Published by Authors and publications you follow The Crappy Person Checklist When I was 40 I completely gave up. I wanted to disappear. Screw passion and purpose. I was done. I had no friends. Or I was scared of my friends. Or I was ashamed of myself. I forget. Lots of bad things were happening. ¶ I remember talking to a friend and crying on the phone, 'why is this… in Life Learning, by James Altucher 3 min read Don't Wait. Love Now. Instead of Being Told to Love Then. in umair haque, by umair haque 5 min read On the Strict Use of Verse in (Epic) Poetry A reflection of a poet alien to English language Martin Rezny 3 min read The WWDC Preview: No Hardware But Maybe A New Use For Apple Pay Apple's WWDC is about a week away, and the buzz machine is gearing up for what we can expect from the world's biggest company's big annual… PYMNTS 2 min read Recommended by Medium Staff Why I Liked David Turner's De La Soul Piece Critic David Turner recently wrote a piece for MTV News about hearing De La Soul's "3 Feet High and Rising" for the first time. The album… was released in 1989. Turner is now twenty-four — I am forty-nine years old, meaning I was twenty-two when "3 Feet High and Rising" came out. People got mad about Turner not loving this De La Soul… Sasha Frere-Jones 10 min read The Founding Father of Bling How Jacob Arabo Became Hip-Hop's Diamond King in Cuepoint, by Rachelle Bergstein 7 min read Most recommended by People you follow Ev Williams The UK Might Leave the European Union. Here's Why. By Tom Humberstone in The Nib, by The Nib 3 min read Steven Levy Oils and Artichokes. Reaching out to a Mom with Alzheimer's As a primary school student, I was never particularly good at art. In the third grade I sat next to Randy Royce. Plump, ruddy, polite… in Human Development Project, by Teresa Carpenter 7 min read M.G. Siegler Why We Binge I've covered business news for nearly 25 years, but my dirty, little secret is: I'm a film and television junkie. A frustrated… Carl Quintanilla 4 min read Top stories in economics Why Do the Poor Make Such Poor Decisions? Our efforts to combat poverty are often based on a misconception: that the poor must pull themselves up out of the mire. But a… revolutionary new theory looks at the cognitive effects of living in poverty. What does the relentless struggle to make ends meet do to people? ¶ On November 13, 1997, a new casino opened its doors… in Utopia for Realists, by Rutger Bregman 11 min read Who is Creating the Future Nobody Wants? Here's an amazing fact: It's 2016 and humanity is collectively moving toward a future that nobody wants. We are literally going somewhere… in Personal Growth, by Joe Brewer 6 min read Top stories in entrepreneurship The freelancer and the entrepreneur Which are you? Are you sure? A freelancer is someone who gets paid for her work. She charges by the hour or perhaps by the project. Freelancers write, design, consult, advise, do taxes and hang wallpaper. Freelancing is the… in The Startup, by Seth Godin 3 min read Top stories in startup When all you do is react, you never really act I always wanted to go to art school. It was a dream I had, when I was a kid, because I wanted to be an artist more than anything. My hands… were always covered in ink, pencil rubbings and paints, and I carried a sketchbook everywhere. ¶ But when I realized my Dad wanted me to go to art school too, I suddenly refused to go. I refused to… in Life Learning, by Jon Westenberg 5 min read Silicon Valley Has A "Problem" Problem The issue with our 'Change The World' narrative. in Life Learning, by R.M.T 4 min read Top stories in health I Lost 86 Pounds and Learned a Few Things Eighteen months ago, I got an assignment from a magazine editor: Check out those "sitting is the new smoking" articles and see if there's… anything there. So I read the studies, interviewed some doctors, and dug into the science. As I read all this material about obesity and sitting and cancer and death, it occurred to me that I weighed… Chris Higgins 7 min read Chasing The Grail: Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Illumina, and Google Ventures Are Betting This Company… A conversation with Jeff Huber, CEO of Grail in NewCo Shift, by John Battelle 12 min read Read more on Medium Connect with us on:

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