The James Altucher Show

367 - A.J. Jacobs: Immerse Yourself in The Creative Process

Episode Summary

AJ Jacobs is entertaining. I think that’s the first thing I should say before I also say that he’s a six-time New York Times bestselling author. All his books are funny. And they’re extreme. I’ll explain. AJ comes up with crazy ideas and then...

Episode Notes

AJ Jacobs is entertaining. I think that’s the first thing I should say before I also say that he’s a six-time New York Times bestselling author. All his books are funny. And they’re extreme. I’ll explain. AJ comes up with crazy ideas and then gives us his “normal” way of life to fully immerse himself in a new (but temporary) way of life. This time he’s traveling the world to thank a thousand people who all had a hand in making his daily cup of coffee.

 

Links and Resources

"Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey" by AJ Jacobs (you can pre-order it now) 

 “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man’s Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”  by AJ Jacobs

The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible“ by AJ Jacobs

The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World“  by AJ Jacobs 

My Life as an Experiment: One Man’s Humble Quest to Improve Himself by Living as a Woman, Becoming George Washington, Telling No Lies, and Other Radical Tests“  by AJ Jacobs 

"It's All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World's Family Tree" by AJ Jacobs

Visit his website ajjacobs.com

Follow AJ on Facebook + Twitter

Also Mentioned

My interview with Dr. OZ

23 & Me

Ancestry.com

"Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress" by Steven Pinker

Elisha Gray, he filed the patent for the telephone about 4 hours after Alexander Graham Bell

My interview with Tom Papa

Bill Gates

Ted Kaczynski

Jay R. Ferguson who plays AJ in “Living Biblically”

Seinfeld

Larry David

Jerry Seinfeld

Marlon Wayans who almost played AJ 

John Galecki

The Big Bang

Modern Family

Louie (Louis CK’s show)

CSI

American Idol

Tim Ferriss

Gangum Style  

My YouTube channel

Good Fellas

Tom Hanks

Karma Sutra (book)

I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read

 

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