Ep. 7 - Matthew Berry: How to Create Your Fantasy Life
The James Altucher Show
James Altucher
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2014
⏱️ 113 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is James out this way with the James out the show and I am here with my co-host, Aaron |
| 0:14.6 | Brabham. |
| 0:15.6 | James, it's great to be back. |
| 0:17.8 | Man, I got to tell you the feedback's just been ridiculous for your podcast. |
| 0:21.8 | People are loving it. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm loving it as well. |
| 0:25.2 | So who do you have this week for your guest? |
| 0:28.0 | Aaron, I have Matthew Berry. |
| 0:30.8 | He's the ESPN Senior Analyst of Fantasy Sports, which just blows my mind that I get to |
| 0:37.1 | talk to him because he's completely created a career for himself. |
| 0:41.9 | This career did not exist, an analyst for fantasy sports, and yet not only did he create |
| 0:47.7 | this career, but he started off with my dream career. |
| 0:52.0 | He was a writer on Hollywood movies and TV shows. |
| 0:55.4 | He was a professional writer, getting stuff produced, and he quit that. |
| 1:00.8 | He was miserable after a string of successes. |
| 1:03.4 | He quit that and started as a blogger in fantasy sports, filled up to the point where |
| 1:09.7 | now he's got a million or so followers, and he's the biggest guy in the fantasy sports |
| 1:15.4 | business, an analyst for ESPN, but I really want to mention he's also written an excellent |
| 1:20.2 | book called The Fantasy Life, and it's all about his career in fantasy sports. |
| 1:24.8 | I highly recommend people get the book. |
| 1:27.0 | I enjoyed it. |
| 1:28.0 | I don't know anything about sports, but I like how he made this transition. |
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