1: Miguel is an entrepreneur who started a real estate software company.

He was drowning in customer support tickets.  

“I’d been obsessed with getting back to people and solving their problems as quickly as possible,” he shares in Dan Martell ‘s book Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.

Dan writes: “Like most entrepreneurs, Miguel had built a business that was revolving solely … continue reading

1: “Oprah Winfrey had a rough childhood,” Dan Martell writes in his book  Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.

“She bounced between her grandmother, her mother, and the man she calls her father, Vernon,” Dan writes. “As a young girl, she was abused. As a teenager, she had an unplanned pregnancy. Those were just a couple of the many troubles she … continue reading

1: GSD. Getting stuff done.

Perhaps replace stuff with a less polite word.

This trait is fundamental for most entrepreneurs. “Born entrepreneurs have to find a way to live fully, in their business and in life,”  Dan Martell writes in his book  Buy Back Your Time.

“If we’ve been eating the GSD fruit for some time now, we’ve probably found some success,” Dan notes. “Hard work, even at … continue reading

1: “Can you meet me at my house?”

The voice on the phone was Dan Martell‘s brother, Pierre, Dan shares in his book Buy Back Your Time.

“Sure. What’s going on?” Dan said.

“Well . . . it’s better if we talk in person,” Pierre said. 

Pierre was in his twenties.  Six months earlier, he had started a home-building business. 

He was a self-described “jack of all trades,” and had jumped … continue reading

1: “By the time Stuart found me, he was in the fight of his life,” Dan Martell writes in his book  Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.

“I can barely leave the house,” Stuart told Dan. “I can’t take a full breath, and I’m having panic attacks regularly. I’m living a nightmare.”

Stuart was a once enthusiastic, thirty-four-year-old entrepreneur. After majoring in … continue reading

1: “I can’t do this anymore,” Dan Martell‘s finance said. She laid her engagement ring down on the counter.

His “once future wife” wanted out “four months shy of my wedding day, on a seemingly normal day when I’d been working since the crack of dawn,” Dan writes in his book Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.

“Apparently,” she reasoned, “if … continue reading