That day in 2010, however, I actually received an email from James’ longtime assistant. I’d given him advice, he’d built a few successful businesses, and we’d developed a nice virtual rapport. He was a great guy and a huge help to other readers. I vividly remember the day I received an email from someone we’ll call “James.” James was a frequent commenter on my blog, and we’d become friendly over time. To kick off this post, let’s start with a real example from 2010. Soon, I was engulfed in a hailstorm of both great and terrible things, and I was utterly unprepared for any of it. It was quickly translated into approximately 40 languages, and shit went bonkers.
It hit the New York Times Hardcover Business bestseller list, where it stayed for an unbroken four years and four months. The 4-Hour Workweek, my first book, was published in 2007. In retrospect, there was a lot of self-loathing from tough childhood experiences, and I desperately hoped that love from without (i.e., from masses of other people) would somehow make up for hate from within.Īs luck would have it, I got to test this hypothesis. At the time, I was 28.įortunately, unlike during my darkest period in college, I wasn’t serious about suicide. That’s an actual sentence I spoke to one of my closest friends. “If I’m not famous by 30, I might as well put a bullet in my head.” Letters of John Adams Addressed to His Wife I shall envy neither their music nor their colors. Let the butterflies of fame glitter with their wings. Let the cymbals of popularity tinkle still. I had more hair, a flip phone, and absolutely no idea what was coming.
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