Wanting to Be Liked

Some people want to entertain, but don’t know how. September 5, 2018 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( [Altucher Confidential] “Some people want to entertain, but don’t know how.” [Bert Kreischer] [Now playing: INSERT PODCAST]( Wall Street and Big Tech may want this video removed [Man holding phone with something on the screen]( This could be your last chance to see [the most important warning of the year.]( Tomorrow, September 6th may be too late. Whether you hold any stocks, cryptos, bonds, or ETFs, or not I strongly urge that you watch [this brief clip]( and learn how you can protect yourself. You could even profit from Wall Street's big surprise tomorrow if you position yourself correctly today. [Click here now]( to see the shocking details. I was laughing, but he was serious. I asked my podcast guest about his relationship with his dad. “What was it like growing up with him?” “I don’t know the right way to say this without it sounding bad,” Bert Kreischer said. He’s a comedian. A great one. And he just came out with a new Netflix special called “Secret Time.” It’s great because you feel like you’re just sitting around, hanging out and listening to a great storyteller. Some people want to entertain, but don’t know how. Bert’s a master at this. “When did you find out you were a good storyteller?” I asked. “In 9th grade,” he said. “I went to an all-boys, Catholic high school and it was so different from my other high school ‘cause there were no girls there.” At his old school (the one with girls) you couldn’t just sit at the cool lunch table. “You had to have a reason,” Bert said. “You had to have an ascertainable talent.” “If you looked around all the lunch tables and one lunch table was hot and people were standing up around it, then you had to have a reason to sit there. And for me, my reason was telling a story.” He walked me through it. The sort-of obsession for acceptance and how it carries into today in both his career and his success. “I remember rehearsing my stories from religion class over to the cafeteria and being like, ‘Alright, I’m gonna tell the story about the beer run.’” He’d come up with plot twists and punchlines. And it worked. People thought he was funny. Acceptance granted. But this need had to come from somewhere. So he told me a story from his childhood. “Homeless Millionaire’s” Guide to Making $50K a Month [James in a helicopter]( James Altucher rides helicopters like taxi cabs… bought bitcoin before anyone even knew about it… gets life advice from celebrities... and spends most of his time homeless... Forbes called him “The Most Interesting Man in the World”... Today, for the first time ever, he’s revealing his #1 favorite secret for making money. [Click HERE to see how YOU can make $50K/ month from your couch.]( “When I was in first grade, I was playing second base. Dani Sullivan was my coach. The bases were loaded. It was an evening game on a Thursday. And a fly ball was hit to me and I caught it in the air. I took the ball, I spiked it, I ripped my shirt off and I started dancing. I’m in first grade… As a parent, right now, I would pay money to watch that. I would definitely pay money if it was my kid. My dad was humiliated. My mom loved it. That was my natural personality. Who I am is right in that kid.” “So let’s say your dad cheered you on in that moment. How do you think that would’ve changed you?” “Oh, I would’ve ended up being some porn star. I’m sure that you need that disapproval to become a well-rounded human being.” “He said, and I believe this, that I remind him of his dad, and he lost his dad to a stroke when he was 13. And I think there was a part of him that was afraid to connect with me, maybe?” I wouldn’t say Bert was defending his dad. It just seemed like he was trying to understand. Or relate. So that it would be OK. And I think he thinks it is OK. Which is big… to be grateful to your parents for the way they hurt you. Or to be grateful to anyone. Or to at least acknowledge that it wasn’t their intent. And that you’re OK. And for Bert, it really worked out. Because he uses his life as material for stand-up. He gets to relieve the tension of his past and gain a voice, a following, money, satisfaction, a new community and so on. “I was supposed to go to therapy today,” Bert said. “I should’ve had him call him.” We laughed. Then he asked for another drink. The conversation went on for two hours. I was laughing for 90% of it. I laughed when he said, “I wonder if you and I have the same disability.” And when he said, “I didn’t know I was fat, to be honest with you, until my friend, who’s bigger than me, fat-shamed me.” And when he said, “I would have loved to have been a hot chick growing up. Because as an attractive woman, you’re automatically famous. You turn heads. And people want to meet you, but I had to learn how to tell a story.” Then multiply that by two hours. Which I realize can be too long of a podcast for some people. So I did something new. I published the full episode AND I also published some highlight clips. I could’ve made 20 or 30 clips. And they’d all be great. But this is just a test. So let me know if you like this and I’ll keep doing it. Here’s the full interview with Bert Kreischer where he talks about everything (storytelling, working with Will Smith, making his own TV show, writing and more): [Play button]( And here are some other clips… If you click any of the play buttons below, you’ll be directed back to the site. And that’s where you can listen in. 1. Create Something You Want to Create [Play button]( 2. Bert Kreischer on “Finding Out He Was Fat” & The Power of Perception [Play button]( 3. Dad Issues & Drinking Problems [Play button]( 4. What’s Your “Natural Personality?” (which should really be called ‘Dad Issues Part 2’) [Play button]( 5. Retirement Goals [Play button]( Sincerely, [James Altucher] James Altucher P.S. Here’s another podcast for you… [“The Bravery to Speak Out” with Bassem Youssef]( I highly recommend you check it out. It’s an incredible story. Simply click the image below… [Video from Bassem Youssef]( Maryland Math Genius Makes Shocking Penny Stock Prediction [Maryland Math Genius]( After hundreds of hours of study and modeling… A Maryland Math Whiz developed a [proprietary algorithm]( – That offers the chance at huge gain chances in the penny stock markets! He calls it the [“Seven Figure Formula.”]( Not only is he the ONLY person with this information – But for a limited time, he’s offering it to ordinary folks to see for themselves. [Click here to give his “Seven Figure Formula” a try today](. 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