My resume: I begged the teacher to not give me an F so, out of kindness, he gave me a D-. Only then did I have the minimum GPA to graduate college.

My first podcast is 24 minutes long. It’s just me. No guest. The topic: “Why College Is a Waste of Time.” Then I did one about my book “Choose Yourself.”

“Oh, I forget, you don’t even know. I have terminal Stage 4 Cancer,” he said.

When I was a kid, at least 10 girls rejected me because of ugliness when I asked them out.

“I hate James. I wish he would quit.”

What are the most useful money investment and saving tricks?

Anna Koppelman is an angel. She’s the angel I wish I had looking over me back when I was being bullied.

Then I read from at least four different styles of books. I have coffee. I think. I list. I write. Throw stuff out. Then finally it’s around 6am and I begin.

What are the most valuable things everyone should know?

Sara Blakely is weird. I wish I could think like she does. I want to be weird like her.

Every day is an uphill battle for me. I don’t know if this is true for everyone, but I need a spark to start the ignition.

After the third attempt and failure at starting a business I said, “That’s it. I’m never doing this again! This is clearly for other people.”

[this was in response to a question on Quora]

Originally asked on Quora: What Are Things That Do Not Matter In Life?

He is exactly one year younger than me, almost to the day. So we could’ve even grown up together. We had similar interests in music. He could’ve taught me sewing. I could’ve taught him how to play chess.

A broker called up in the Fall of 1998 and suggested I buy a stock. I remember it. Intel. INTC. I had all my money in an account with him. I said, “ok”.

I had an idea. Tell me if you like it.

I heard an eight-year-old kid tell another eight-year-old that he’s not welcome in his home. He said “Trump or Clinton?”

A question I originally answered on Quora: What are some of the dark lessons that life showed you?