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New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.

As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.

So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.

Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.

Hey, and Happy New Year, everyone!

Okay, now just for a moment, think of yourself at the age of say 21 or 22.

Maybe you're just at a college or you're in the first few months of a new job.

You've got a roommate or two, you're trying to save a bit of money, whatever.

Okay, now think about Michael Dell.

At the age of 21, he was already running a company that was making like $60 million a year, which every time I say this just still seems crazy to him.

I mean, 21 years old, $60 million, and that was just the beginning for Dell computers.

This story of how Michael built his company, it's a kind of thing that makes you feel like almost anything is possible.

This episode first ran in January of 2018.

You know, here I am, supposed to be going to college, and I've got this thriving business in my dorm room.

I was buying computers and souping them up with more capability and then reselling them.

So, I advertised, I bid on state contracts.

How did you know I'd do all that?

You know, I don't really remember how I figured that out, but I somehow figured it out.

Brahmin VR, it's how I built this, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built.

I'm Guy Ross, and on the show today, how a college freshman turned a dorm room side hustle into Dell, one of the biggest computer makers in the world.

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