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I was so scared, bro. I was like sitting on the ground with the gun under my chin.

My thumb was on the trigger and I just couldn't push it.

Yeah, man. I just wanted to stop.

He is a serial entrepreneur, an investor, and a best-selling author of the book, Buy Back Your Time.

We have the inspiring Dan Martel in the house. The things that happen to us that hurt us the most

are the most powerful tools that we have to help other people.

I think sometimes when we're in the thick of it, that bottom is a great foundation to build from.

But it's also proof that God is the rock at the bottom.

What is the mindset that someone needs to overcome this feeling of rock bottom and overwhelm

to finally step into their abundance?

I wish I understood this soon, and you kind of alluded to it.

But...

Dan, I'm excited about this because I've known you for, I think, a decade and a half now,

2008, 2009.

Yeah.

I don't think a lot of people know who just see the highlight reels of you and just see the short content of your success.

And the private jet and the millions of dollars and the, you know, the AI mastery that you have,

that back in your teens in

your early 20s you were a drug addict you were alcoholic you went to jail you had a lot of issues

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