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

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

I first met Dan Martell in 2013.

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

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

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

and I was astonished.

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is the James Altiger Show.

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

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

Echo, Joey Coleman.

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

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

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

one and he had a very powerful technique for winning.

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

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