INTRODUCTION: My Story, and Why Yours Is The One That Matters D ecember 3
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, 1999—life was good. No, it was great. At 20
years old, my first year of college was behind me. I had spent the last
18 months becoming one of the top-producing distributors for a $200-
million marketing company, earning more money than I had ever
imagined I would be at that age. I had a loving girlfriend, a supportive
family, and the best friends a guy could ask for. I was truly blessed.
You might say I was on top of the world. There was no way I
could have known that this was the night my world would end.
