Business Entrepreneur

Who is Mark Stowers and why should you care?

Mark is you.
I'll explain in detail why it's important for you to understand exactly what occurred in Mark's life and business over the past five months.

More and more, people are looking for legitimate solutions to their problems. They want financial and time freedom but more importantly they want to feel like they are adding value to the lives of others.

Success without fulfillment is failure.
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Think of the 80% of of people who go to work each day all around the world who wish they were doing something different. They feel like a square peg in a round hole. The passion does not exist.

If you have no passion, your choices are: Stress of being unemployed vs. Stress of being in a dead end job. When you have passion in what you do, stress does not exist.

Mark was a unique person because he had built a business to over $1M in revenue but was still lacking the passion. Mark bought the "franchise dream" - investing in a proven business model rather than building a business from scratch.

Like millions of others who invest in a franchise, Mark wanted the entrepreneurial dream. What he found was that this approach still left a void in his life. Mark was working 80+ hrs a week and became hostage to his business.

Mark's love for his customers kept him going. He felt a sense commitment to his customer base and could not just walk away. However, each day he spent searching for his passion was a day wasted.

Can you relate to this?

Are there days when you struggle to get going in the morning?
Do you think that monetizing your passion is a pipe dream reserved for the elite?

I'll explain exactly how Mark found his passion and began the monetization process.

Note: I have hundreds of case studies like Mark. If you want to hear a great interview about this exact topic:
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It's an interview I conducted with a former coaching client who had a great job but lacked the passion. In less than two years, he found his 'Saturday' and replaced his income. Now he jumps out of bed ready to monetize his passion!

Back to the Mark Stowers Case Study...

Mark signed up for my eight week Saturday Code training last summer and began learning what it meant to find your passion and plug into a hungry market who is looking for thought leaders in your niche.

As is the case with a group coaching platform, the first training is jam packed with people eager to learn, then the numbers begin to dwindle. Life gets in the way, the hunger and pain of their current situation subsides and you're left with a few committed people. These are the ones who have drawn their line in the sand and said "No more excuses."
Mark was that individual who drew his line in the sand.

Over the course of eight weeks I taught specific principles around the topic of personal development and entrepreneurship.

Mark was always asking great questions and was soaking up the teachings like a sponge.

When the eight weeks was over, Mark was the only person who asked how he could take this to the next level and begin implementing everything he had learned in the group training.

{Stop}

Why did Mark ask this question?
Answer: Because he was in the most pain.

Ironic isn't it? The person who had the largest business was in the most pain. Mark was running a seven figure business but every day was Monday.

Saturday Principle:
When the pain of going back is greater than the pain of moving forward, that's when you have to keep moving.

So many people go back to their dead end jobs or mediocre lives because of the fear of what is behind door #1.
When fear enters the picture, logic exits.

The logical step for everyone who attended the training was to get closer to the source of momentum. To go deeper into the teachings and begin implementing everything they had learned. However, Mark was the only one who took the next step and as you are about to see, the results were amazing.

I invited Mark to come into my 90 day intensive where we would work together one-on-one. Our coaching calls would be recorded and Mark had  24 hr email support.
For 90 days, Mark was allowed NO excuses and had to take massive action.

We began where all my coaching clients begin, creating a podcast.
Why a podcast?

Creating your own online radio show does so much for you and your business.
A podcast allows you to find your voice and begin commanding attention - allowing yourself to be perceived as an expert in your niche.
Think about it: If you heard someone on the radio, would you think they were more knowledgeable than some Schmo sending you emails every day?

When you position yourself as the expert in your niche, people will follow you.
Qualifier: You have to be an expert? You can't specialize in auto repair and gain a following of gardeners.

Mark is an expert in small business development, therefore he needed to position himself as an expert in the industry. By recording podcasts on a regular basis, Mark had to come up with new information for his audience, he couldn't fake it.

Saturday Principle:
Your friends and family may be forgiving but entrepreneurship is not. You'll be exposed sooner or later. If people don't like what they see, they will keep moving. Churning and burning is a tough way to make a living.

Mark knew what he was talking about, he just needed to build his 'tribe.' Podcasting builds your tribe and your confidence at the same time.
I showed Mark all of the tips and tricks I used to launch my podcast to the top of Itunes and page one on Google for the keyword Motivational Podcast.

Like a person who really wanted to get to Saturday, Mark took the information and ran. He became a podcasting machine. As of the date of this post, Mark has close to 100 podcasts on Itunes.
One hundred podcasts!
Are you serious? This guy wants success so bad he can taste it.

I still get emails from Mark at all hours of the day thanking me. He had no idea monetizing his passion would be so exhilarating. Compare his feeling to the ones you see and hear every day.

Look at all of the androids walking the streets who have no passion. Nobody ever gave them permission to play big. Since childhood they were taught that mistakes were bad.
You don't get promotions at work if you make mistakes. Failing is frowned upon and people are encouraged to adhere to the organizational chart rather than thinking for themselves.
Stupid.

Is that how you feel?

Do you think failing is bad?
Do you have to ask permission before making a decision?
Such nonsense.

There is risk and there is risky.
There is risk involved when you get behind the wheel of an automobile. Getting behind the wheel drunk and blindfolded is risky. Entrepreneurs don't eliminate risk, they minimize it.

The thrill of the hunt is a like a drug for entrepreneurs. It's the creation of something that never existed before and now it has their name all over it.

What is it that you have been putting off, knowing damn well you need to do it? Not only do it but do it today!

For me, many years ago, I knew I had the ability to motivate, inspire and empower people. However, my talents were lying dormant inside a corporate environment. I was surrounded by people who simply wanted to make it to Friday. These people were dead at the age of 25, they were just waiting to be buried. When I would take initiative, I was met with "That's not your area, Sam. So and So is handling that..."

In 2006 I tried to convince anyone with a brain (difficult to find) that the company needed to move everything online. The old school way of doing business was over. Rather than management embracing the process, they worried aloud that I had traveled too far off the reservation.

I resigned.
They filed bankruptcy.

Myopic leadership is poison to an organization. No matter how much I jumped up and down, nobody would listen. Why? Because they were intimidated. Nobody knew what the hell I was even talking about. If I led this initiative, they had to get better or get lost.

When given the choice of getting better, most will stay behind. Why? Too much pain. Remember, the pain of moving forward is too great for most people. Subsequently, they chose to stay put and then came layoffs and Chapter 11. All of it could have been avoided if anyone would have stepped up as a leader.

I went onto to launch EverydayIsSaturday.com and the rest is history.

Mark Stowers has passed the tipping point. He has made it through a critical hurdle in the journey to Saturday. He has let go. Let go of all the worries and fear that paralyze people.

On one of our coaching calls in November, I told Mark he had to remove himself completely from the day to day operation of his 'old' business. Remember, this is the same business that generates seven figures in revenue. But it's not his Saturday. Remember what work is like without the passion, too much stress.

Mark's been on his journey to Saturday for less than six months and now has his own brand called "The Small Business Co-Pilot." He has his sales funnel in place and is helping small business owners all around the world.

Check out Mark's landing page:

Isn't it awesome!
You can see the entire page at SmallBusinessCoPilot.com

Look at how far Mark has come in a short period of time: He was on my mailing list and responded to an offer to come on one of my eight week group coaching calls. He had no brand. None, zero, nada, zilch.
He was running a seven figure business that consumed every waking hour of each day. He wanted to created something from nothing. He wanted to monetize his passion but didn't even know what he was passionate about.

Now Mark is founder of SmallBusinessCoPilot.com and is loving every minute of every day. He has an automated sales funnel that is working for him 24/7.
He has passion.

I mean....seriously.....the guy is dressed in a freaking pilot uniform for cryin out loud! How much fun do you think he his having? Let me answer that one: Mark is in heaven.
No more stress.

As a matter of fact, Mark just forwarded me an email from a person who subscribes to his podcast. The subscriber thanked Mark for being so generous in sharing his business information. The person had several questions for Mark and then thanked him once again.
Awesome.
Does it get any better than that?

Six months ago Mark and I connected. It could have gone many different ways for Mark. He could've gone back to 'default' after the training and said "There's no way I can do all of this..." But he didn't. He embraced the process and failed, made mistakes, failed again, made more mistakes....
But he never made excuses

Now Mark has his dream business and is about to explode it online, doing what he loves to do.

What do you want to do?
What is your passion?
Who or what is standing in your way?
How badly do you want it?
Do you want it bad enough to be criticized?
Are you willing to swim upstream?
Are you willing to sacrifice short term pain for long term gain?

Did this story resonate with you?

What are you going to do differently as a result of reading Mark's story?

You can do whatever you want in life. Don't let anyone or anything stand in your way. You're  a unique person with immeasurable talents. Maybe those talents have been lying dormant and you need to bring them to the surface.

Take action and create momentum today.
Become Unstoppable.