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Aug 2013
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From My Sister's Couch to My First Milli...

Lewis Howes
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Ever wonder what it's like to make a million dollars? I'm not gonna lie, the first million in sales my company did was kinda surreal. Especially since I was broke, in debt, and sleeping on my sisters couch just two years prior. And to be honest, as big of a dream that it was for […] 
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