I made a lot of money and had a great time playing with the words that make up the news. I exploited the laziness behind the news and people's reading habits.
In Los Angeles and other cities, being around immigrants is inspiring. They are touching the American Dream and reminding you how much you take it for granted.
Stoicism is a philosophy designed for the masses, and if it has to be simplified a bit to reach the masses, so be it.
You can't believe your own marketing.
Every media appearance is a learning experience about the media outlet and their journalists and their feelings about you, so treat it as such.
Don't move to New York. Find your own city and your way.
One of the ironies of being with someone you really love for a long time is becoming completely incapable of handling stressful or difficult things by yourself.
In 2007, I went to work in Beverly Hills as an intern at The Collective, a talent management agency. I'd been scouted for the job because of a blog I'd started in college and because the blogger-turned-author I worked for, Tucker Max, was producing a project with the company.
I took the 'Seinfeld' tour of New York once - and if I think about it too hard, my brain explodes.
Do I regret how my life turned out? Of course not - not for a single second.
In June 2007, I finished up school for the year. I didn't know it at the time, but I was done with college forever. By the end of the summer, I had dropped out and would not return.
Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' to repeating whatever rumor or speculation people are chattering about, the general ethic is, 'We'll publish just about anything.'
In my experience, marketing is best when it proves the product it is supporting.
If you need to fudge the facts a little bit to make your narrative work, there is nothing anyone can do to stop you.
The best kind of marketing messages are the ones that don't seem like marketing messages. Because it means that the viewers' defenses are down.
Stoicism - and philosophy - are not the domains of idle professors. They are the succor of the successful and the men and women of action.
Philosophy is not just about talking or lecturing or even reading long, dense books. In fact, it is something men and women of action use - and have used throughout history - to solve their problems and achieve their greatest triumphs. Not in the classroom but on the battlefield, in the forum, and at court.
People love stories; they use stories to make sense of the world.
My parents disagreed sharply with me over the decision to leave school.
The primary occupational hazard of blogging is this: it's easier when you yourself take on some of the traits of insanity. It's a job that requires the doer to be selfish, self-absorbed, and superficial.
