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The James Altucher Show

Buy Back Your Time! | Dan Martell

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When Dan Martell was  14 years old, his parents gave him up to the foster care system.  At age 15, he ended up in a car chase with the police while driving a stolen car with a handgun inside and tried to end his life. While in rehab after a stint incarcerated, he focused his attention on a 486 computer and Java programming handbook and never looked back.Today, Dan is on a mission to scale companies and help CEOs "Buy Back Their Time",  and is known as one of the world's most popular "SaaS coach" to CEOs.  Dan's upcoming book shows entrepreneurs at every level how to scale their businesses fast while avoiding burnout.------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book Skip the Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe  to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The guy had his gun, the police were chasing him.

0:12.2

He was ready to do suicide by cop and the turnaround he has had since that moment is incredible.

0:22.0

I first met Dan Martell in 2013.

0:25.8

We both gave a talk about some of the horrible things that had happened in our lives.

0:32.0

He gave his talk, which was much worse situation than I could even imagine.

0:38.4

He told me something in this podcast, nine years later, that I had no idea, no clue about

0:45.6

and I was astonished.

0:47.0

And also, he's the author of, Buy Back Your Time.

0:51.3

It's a great book for any entrepreneur or anybody who just feels like they're so

0:55.7

busy, they don't even have time to think or be creative or do what they love.

0:59.7

I highly recommend people pre-order his book, Buy Back Your Time, go to buybackyourtime.com.

1:06.3

But first, listen to his story, starting with guns.

1:14.6

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

1:19.5

This is the James Altiger Show.

1:26.5

Okay, well first off, Dan and I met at this contest where we had to give a talk and Tim

1:37.3

Ferris was giving a talk, Ryan Holiday, Dan Martell, Lewis House, me, Mark Echo, Mark

1:42.8

Echo, Joey Coleman.

1:45.1

And then people voted, which, it was like a contest, people voted which talk gave the

1:50.7

most value and the winner would get $30,000.

1:55.4

And I, everybody kind of assumed I think that Tim Ferris was going to win with Joey Coleman

1:59.2

one and he had a very powerful technique for winning.

2:01.4

But I remember your talk was, was riveting and you mentioned some of that story, which

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