Dan Martell found the internet in 1998 and built his first web applications, then founded multiple companies. He calls entrepreneurship a personal development program that required becoming a new version of himself. Software became a positive addiction that replaced harmful habits, and he's been sober ever since.
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1998, I discovered this small little thing called the internet, just perfect timing. I got launched in writing software on my computer to quickly moving to web applications on the internet and built a ton of companies in that space and just kept learning and growing. And what happened for me, Tyler, was entrepreneurship became this personal development program, the journey of betterment. And if I wanted to have more success in my business, I had to look in the mirror and say, "Who do I need to become?" And then software just became the addiction that turned out to be a positive addiction instead of one that was obviously obviously negative, like drugs or alcohol and stuff like that. So yeah, man, I've been sober ever since, and I've got two beautiful kids. I have a beautiful wife, living a completely different life.