Everyday is Saturday

In a goal to produce more quality content more frequently, I will be condensing The Everyday Is Saturday Show into 5-6 minutes, versus the current 18-21 minute format.

It will allow me to create more podcasts because of the length of time and allow the listeners to focus on one topic at a time. Some have emailed me saying the Everyday Is Saturday shows are awesome but it’s like drinking out of a fire hose of information.

Today’s show is the first of the shorter - but more powerful- messages. It is Titled “Change Your Scene.”

Take a listen: Click Here for today’s show. 

You are a champion. 

Sam

My friend Brian Rodgers asked me to create a video kicking off his 12 week success training teleseminar series. The success training is for his elite Paltinum clients and will be an incredible 12 week event. I blogged about Brian a few weeks ago, his story is one that never gets old. He’s a C- college student who runs a 22,000 membership site that helps professionals around the world manage and market their business. Brian is a multi-millionaire and a great guy to boot. I joke with Brian that I have him beat, since I only have about 30 college credits and most of those are health and gym class.

Anyway, I shot the video in my backyard in sub-zero weather. How cold do I look in this video?

I was fired up to promote the event, knowing there will be thousands of champions on the line next week.

Take a look

http://busyagentpro.com/bap-2008-figure-coaching-events.html

You are a champion.

Sam

It looks like Roger Clemens really was at that party at Jose Canseco’s house back in 1998.
see what I’m speaking about, read the latest Clemens story Here.

Say it ain’t so Roger.

Another baseball hero is about to go down in flames, all in the name of trying to keep his perceived persona afloat. Roger Clemons wants you to believe that he is the only one Brian McNamee was lying about when asked how he injected him with steroids. Andy Pettitte admitted to it, Chuck Knoblauch admitted to it and Roger is still stone walling. 

Now it seems there is a photo from that infamous party at Jose Canseco’s house from a then 11 year-old kid who was getting photos off all is heroes, one of them being Clemens. Now their is another witness who says he overheard Clemens in the clubhouse days after the party, joking about the comparisons between Canseco’s wife and his wife’s breast augmentations. Yikes!

It’s looking worse and worse for Clemons as each day goes by, which leads me to this question: “Is anyone really who they say they are anymore?” Specifically in the online world, you see so many “gurus” and people proclaiming their expertise on any subject under the sun. Seems like all you need is a website and you’re good to go - “Insta-Guru.”

My goal with Everyday Is Saturday has always been to help the corporate slave understand that a better life exists outside of their cubicle or corner office. I could not comment on any of that had I not lived it myself. I’ve had it all, lost it all, made it back again and in the meantime gained the understanding that if you have 5 friends in this world you should consider yourself the luckiest person alive. I also know that each and every day is a gift and can indeed be “Saturday.” I teach all over the world and have been paid thousands to coach people who want the blueprint. There’s no way I could sleep at night if I felt the least bit like a sham. Unfortunately, these athletes don’t feel the same way.

Athletes on steroids want you to believe it’s all natural; a by-product of hard work. I even argued in defense of Clemen’s contract last year with the Yankees, check the archives on this blog. I thought if this guy kept himself in such great shape in his mid-40’s, he deserves to be paid $17 million for a half season of baseball. Duped again. It looks like Roger is as guilty as Bonds, Palmeiro, Giambi, Pettitte and the rest of the ‘roiders.’

Every now and again I’ll get a comment like: “Sam, you sound angry when you speak about living the life you love and all that happened along the way.” Not angry, just focused. I have seen so many, I mean SO many phonies, that I seldom give anyone the benefit of the doubt anymore unless they can prove it. I challenge champions-in-the-making to blaze their opwn trail and get hold of quality mentors. Fortunately, there are people who ahev walked the walked but you have to do your due diligence and make sure they are who they say they are.

Just six months ago, most baseball fans would’ve referred to Roger Clemens as a “First ballot Hall of Famer.” Now he may be referred to as anything but that. Some may call him, liar, cheater, druggie, etc. What a difference a year makes. Be careful who you look up to and who you choose to follow. If they are more sizzle than steak, you risk being let down in a big way.

You are a champion.

Sam

The first book I ever read about how to become financially free was Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It was the summer of 2002 and I was attending my first real estate boot camp held in Cincinnati, OH. The event went from Friday through Sunday and was loaded with tips on how to use real estate as a vehicle to retire young and retire rich.

I took notes like I had a gun to my head because the discussions and techniques were so new and by the way, so awesome! After our final break of the day, the instructor taught the last hour or so about mindset and how it is the first place you need to start if you want to truly experience the life you love.

He recommended a few books for us to read over the weekend to get our mind in the proper mindset to begin our real estate investing career. One of those books was Rich Dad Poor Dad. I remember stopping at the bookstore on the way home and buying the book. I began reading it that night and finished by the end of the day Sunday. People who know me laugh when they hear that story because I was the furthest thing from a voracious reader at the time. Besides the sports section, I had not sat down to read much of anything.

I couldn’t put the book down. Kiyosaki described his two dad’s in the book. One was his real dad who worked for the state of Hawaii as a teacher, well-educated and full of book smarts. His other dad was his rich dad who was not well-educated but was very wealthy.

Kiyosaki described the huge differences between the two which all began with their mindset. Paraphrasing one of the excerpts from the book: ” My poor dad taught me to get a good education so I could work for a good company. My rich dad taught me to learn about business and the power of money so I could buy the comapny of my choice. Two completely different angles on how to live the life you love. Spend $150K on a college education and go work for the next 40 years or invest in yourself, learn how to buy a business and earn profits instead of wages.

I tell people everywhere how Rich Dad Poor Dad changed my thinking and subsequently my life. I was off to the races on exiting the worst race of all - the rat race- by the age of 40. I no longer would settle for the status quo and listen to broke people trying to give me financial advice. I bought my first rental property a month later with a credit card and the rest is history.

You can change your circumstances right now if you really want to, the problem is most will not even try because of fear. Sir Isaac Newton’s principle that “a body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion” is so true. Once you take the first step towards your dream you have begun the process. I recommend personal development for the mind because I know how powerful is was for me. You have to begin with the six inches between your ears, your brain needs to be programmed away from all the negativity that’s been pumped into it all these years.

You are a champion.

Sam

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If you just can’t see yourself going off on your own and living life on your terms, here is a great blueprint for a life of security. Since it’s the weekend, I wanted to post this because some people, believe it or not, are actually putting in some extra time at work this weekend. Are they being compensated for their extra time? No way. What is the price you put on time away from your family or favorite hobby? That is part of my “Security Blueprint.” I will be sharing just one step from this blurprint today.

Step One: Work Weekends - This is a surefire way to impress the boss. You will not accomplish one thing that you could not have done during the week but that doesn’t matter. Bosses love to see their slaves in the camp after hours. It gives the boss a sense of power that they can actually make another human being do something they don’t want to, as well as making you look good. Unfortunately, you look like a moron because you couldn’t get the job done in your normal 50 hour work week, but who cares - the boss doesn’t view it that way - remember, he’s a slave too.

In my former life, I would challenge the ‘working weekends” philosophy when I received my second managerial promotion. Prior to my promotion, we would bring employees in on Saturdays, buy bagels, doughnuts and coffee for them and then report back to the powers to be that we worked an extra day, which certainly translated to more production. Here was the reality. Everyone came in, ate all the food, socialized for a few hours, played online, pushed some paper, waited for any sign of the first person to leave and then jumped in their car and went home. How can you blame them, they just worked an entire week, who wants to come back on a Satrurday? Good news for them: free breakfast. Bad news for company: no production. I said “Uh, let’s just get more out of our regular work week and lose the weekends.” Most agreed, some old-timers were reluctant. Who cared really, as long as quotas were being met. After the dust settled, our prodcution was better and employees were happy to be with their families on the weekend.

Corporate Slave Tip: If you do go into the office on the weekend, be sure to send an email to someone. Emails are awesome because they are time stamped and verify you were in your hole working away. Be sure to copy as many upper level managers as possible on your emails. Is it brown-nosing? Absolutely. What the hell do you care? Get that email out first thing Saturday morning and copy everyone from your boss to the CEO’s wife on your correspondance. I’ve seen this done by slaves for years. I’ve had guys send me more emails on a Sunday than they did the previous week combined. I would always check the CC box and see every manager in the company on the list - awesome! The person sending the email looked like my old dog Petey when he found his bone I hid on him - seeking my approval - but again, who cares. Managers don’t care about what employees think, they care about what the boss thinks. And remember, the boss has been playing this game much longer, hence he is almost expecting weekend emails as he checks them on his Blackberry from his son’s soccer game.

I actually asked a manager who was a chronic weekend emailer this question “Why so many emails on Sunday? Don’t you want to see your family versus coming into the office to send emails?” His reply ” It’s no big deal, I had to come in anyway to get some work done .” Lord help us…

Now you may be thinking, all this weekend work is a pain. And you would be right. But look at it this way: You don’t have to go out on your own and actually do anything. You don’t have to be great or help anyone outside of yourself. All you have to do is look out for you and stay one step ahead of the boss. If the boss sees you emailing him like a new mate you found on a dating site, that’s all you need. All you have to do is keep the weekend stuff up until retirement and you are free to enjoy the worst years of your life after your back pain and arthritis sets in. You’ll have your pension (which isn’t worth half of what it should be) and your 401k ( which is indexed to the stock market - that’s safe) to get you through the next five years. Five years is all you’ll need because you are in the highest risk group there is: high stress, no exercise, coffee chugging, fast food eating slave to a job.

And there you have it - the ultimate Security Blueprint.

Enjoy your weekend.

Sam

www.EverydayIsSaturday.com

I posted in my blog a few weeks ago about aged corporations - also known as shelf corporations - for the astute investor. For more information on what aged corporations are and how they can help give your investing career a quantum leap, here’s the link to the post http://everydayissaturday.com/blog/2008/01/28/aged-corporations-for-the-astute-investor/

Well, I received more calls and emails than I ever thought and have been spending the past three weeks speaking to investors about how they can benefit from a legitimate aged corporation. I also spent much time weeding out the not-so-serious investors because I’m not interested in building a corporation for someone, funding it with $1M-$25M of money and having it go south. You really need to understand just how unique aged corporations are and how much of a luxury it is to receive millions of dollars without speaking to one banker - we handle everything.

If you are still on the fence, let’s talk. Send my assistant Melissa an email at info@everydayissaturday.com explaining briefly why you need a shelf corporation and what the funds will be used for, and she will forward it to me. If you seem like someone who has the knowledge along with pure motives, I will be calling you at the number you provide.

Keep dreaming and never give up - success is right around the corner.

Sam

 www.EverydayIsSaturday.com

Champion Growing Pains - that’s the title of a MUST Hear Everyday Is Saturday Show.

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You will be inspired, motivated and ready to defend your dream.

Sam

So I wake up this morning and meet my three girls in front of the TV while my wife Angela made us a hot pot of coffee. She makes the best coffee. Nowhere to go, just quality time with the family. No rush hour traffic. Just Max & Ruby followed by Good Morning America. We have to lie to our girls and tell them we need to see the weather so we know if school is cancelled. It’s the only way we can change the channel or we’d be subjected to Max & Ruby for five hours.

We take the girls to school, hit the gym and then start our day.

I woke up this morning.

Did you wake up today? I guess the answer would be ”yes” if you’re reading this blog. Then what the hell are you so uptight about? The fact you woke up should be enough for you to be thankful for and everything else is gravy. What a natural high - to be able to enjoy another day - that’s why they call it the present.

You have bills? Join the club. Boss is an idiot? Don’t I know all about that. Worried about some deadline that you need to meet? Relax. Enjoy the day and feed off the high of life.

God, family, health, business - that’s the order I live my life. It used to be the complete opposite until I started making Everyday Saturday.

Get high off all the things going right in your life. Keep focusing on everything wrong in your life and you’ll get more of it. Most people buy Advil in anticipation of headaches they know they’re going to get. Hmm, very interesting thought. I haven’t popped an Advil since leaving the j-o-b and workout six days a week. No headaches, no problems. I focus on all the blessings and nothing else. Worrying doesn’t add another minute to your life, why bother? Have you ever looked back on a problem and thought “Thank God I worried, it really made a difference in the outcome!”

If you follow the God, family, health, business plan you will begin to notice everything that is right in the world.

Don’t wake up tomorrow and run like your hair is on fire. Wake up slowly and enjoy all you have been given. Soon it will all end and you’ll wonder “Why didn’t I take more time to enjoy everything I had been given?”

It’s 5 below zero where I am fired up for the best day ever.

I’m thankful, very thankful that I figured it out before it was to late.

You’ll do the same, just take your time and enjoy all 24 hrs tomorrow. Go ahead and get high off your awesome, unbelievable, incredible, one of a kind life!

You are a champion.

Sam

www.EverydayIsSaturday.com

Lots of people go through life asking the age old question “What is the key to success?” I can tell you first-hand that the key to being successful is not that difficult but most will not do it.

If you’re in a sales job that requires cold-calling for example, there are days you would rather sit thru a viewing of Ishtar 10 times than pick up the phone and start prospecting for sales. It’s not hard to pick up the phone, actually it’s very simple. But you know what else? It’s also simple NOT to do, and that is where most people do not realize success. How about exercise. It’s simple to get to the gym for 30 minutes and hop on the treadmill, but it’s just as easy NOT to.

Success is a journey. It is made up of thousands of little steps that culminate in you being able to achieve whatever it is you would like to do in life. There’s no “big bang” when it comes to success. Every success I have today is a reflection of something I did months or years ago. I’m speaking in Atlanta next month with Dr John Maxwell, Coach Ken Carter, Loral Langemeier and a host of others as a result of contacting John Di Lemme in 2004. I am kicking off Brian Rodgers 2008Figure Platinum Coaching Series as a result of hiring Scott Paton as my coach last May - Scott introduced me to Brian. I am speaking at Scott’s Podcasting Bootcamp in Vancouver, British Columbia in May because I took action and responded to an email Scott sent to his list a year ago.

You see, all of my recent success is a result of actions I took a long time ago. The mammoth success I will have in 2009 will be attributed to what I am doing today.

What are you doing today to ensure you have the same type of huge success in the next 6-12 months?

If it’s cold-calling you need to be doing right now - do it! If it’s journaling - do it! If it’s writing affirmations - do it! If you need to be attending Chamber Mixers or other networking events - do it!

Everything I just listed is very easy to do.  It’s also very easy not to do.

The good news is that success is predictable. If you do not take all of those small steps on your journey you will not have success period. I promise that if you start doing those things that are easy not to do, you will relaize a whole new success journey. One you will be feeling the residual effects of for many years to come.

You are a champion.

 Sam

www.EverydayIsSaturday.com

1,000’s have downloaded The Everyday Is Saturday Story . Have you secured your copy? It’s easy to purchase your very own copy. However, it’s easy not to as well…

I haven’t met too many people over the past two years who have left a successful career to pursue something else. When I say successful career, I mean that the individual was very good at what they did and handsomely compensated.

However, in the past month, I have been contacted by four people who have left six-figure jobs. They felt the need to contact me obviously because I did the same thing not too long ago - kind of a fraternity of dreamers.

The reasons for these people leaving their jobs were different in each case but had a common theme of “I just want to be happy.” The amazing part of each story is that these people were VERY successful and very well paid. The median earnings for the four people I spoke to were $130,000. If that doesn’t make you stand up and take notice than nothing will. These men and women were very secure in their jobs making better than average money and decided that life was too short and their job not worth it if meant sacrificing good health and family time.

I say “Congratulations to you!” for having the courage to know when to say when. To understand that life is not about making money but more about making a difference in the ,lives of the peolpe you love. I said before and I will continue to say “You can always make more money but you cannot make more time.” Don’t feel bad for these people and worry too much about where their next meal will coming from. You see, when you know how to make moeny, it’s not like you ever forget. Some went to better, less stressful jobs for MORE money, while others went off to start their own business. They will be financially free in not time at all.

I can hear all the former employers of these people right now. This is the company line whenever you lose a good employee: “It’s the right move for Joe and it’s also the right move for our organization. We wish him and his family all the best.” Translation: We suck as an organizaton and we just got a helluva lot worse. Nobody saw this coming because we were all too busy covering our own backsides. It will take us three years to find another person we can ride this much and pay this little - pass me the scotch.

And so it goes.

More and more people are focusing less on security and more on quality of life. I say to each of you reading this blog today that you can do whatever you want, whenever you want and with whoever you want. All you need is a big shot of self-esteem and a blueprint to cross the terror barrier - that barrier between security and freedom. Sometimes it can look like an ocean but if you have faith and are focused on what you truly want out of this life ( the only one you are given) you will soon realize that it’s a small price to pay for all that is waiting for you on the other side.

Start making your plans today for your launch date. Take the attitude of “What if failure was not even an option?” How much different would your approach be?

Your probably saying right now: ”I would kill it brother, I would go after it with such vigor that it would make your head spin. I would succeed no questions asked!”

Exactly.

You are a champion.
Sam

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