#382 Jason Portnoy of Paypal and Palantir on Porn Addiction, Shame Cycles, and the Dangers of Having It All

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Action Plan:</span> <a href= "https://jimharshawjr.com/action"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://jimharshawjr.com/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">ACTION<br /> F</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ree Clarity Call:</span> <a href="https://jimharshawjr.com/action"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://jimharshawjr.com/</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">APPLY</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author and Venture capitalist Jason Portnoy grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey. He went to</span> <a href= "https://jimharshawjr.com/?s=Stanford+University"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Stanford University</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and eventually found himself in Silicon Valley in the middle of what’s called the PayPal Mafia— where he worked with visionaries like</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, and Reid Hoffman</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This launched him into a life of wealth and prestige that he never dreamed of growing up.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He had stock options in PayPal.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Flashy cars.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">And an amazing family. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Everything looked perfect on the outside, but on the inside, he had unhealed traumas from his past. Slowly and painfully, Jason descended into the dark world of pornography and sex— which pushed him and his life to the edge.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to this episode of the</span> <a href="https://jimharshawjr.com/podcast"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Success Through Failure podcast</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">as Jason walks us through his book,</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Silicon-Valley-Porn-Star-Rediscovering/dp/1544