Feedback About My Live Event
Yesterday I sent an email to my list asking the question:
'If I had a live event, would you attend?'
Thus far, we've received 512 responses - whoa!
The feedback was awesome and very much appreciated.
The video below gives insight into what was contained inside the replies. Eye-opening to say the least.
And...
Based on the feedback, I've done a complete 180 degree shift on what I was planning.
Please leave a comment after watching the video.
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Got Problems?
National Quit Your Job Week (doubt this actually exists but fits well with the video training series, so what the heck)
Training #2
We're back in the kitchen for our next lesson.
Why most people get taken out of the success game
We all have problems.
Look at Facebook at any given day and you'll see all the drama you need to see. People moaning and groaning about their problems, boo-hooing about how bad life has treated them.
Listen, some people learn how to grow larger than their problems and minimize the impact of adversity. As I teach in today's lesson, lack of money is the easiest problem to solve.
Got problems?
Join the club.
The real winners are the ones who rise above the problems and find solutions.
Rock On!
Sam
Quit My Job
Six years ago this week I quit my job.
So I recorded a video in my kitchen.
After leaving my six figure job of 15 yrs, I went broke.
Not cool.
Then I went back to a job for another 18 months, definitely not cool. As a matter of fact it took all I had not to have a nervous breakdown.
However, it was by far the best period of my life because of who I had to become.
If you want to have a life of freedom and have complete control over what you do and when you do it, while helping a large number of people - these next few videos are crucial.
You'll get inside my mind (a very scary place to be at times) and see the truth behind escaping the rat race for good.
Read MoreThe Big Guru Lie. It's All A Facade
I know you can be successful.
A pretty bold statement for sure but hear me out on this one.
Most people want to earn an income online but feel as though they don't have the knowledge, money or connections to sell their products.
Or they may lack the self confidence, thinking that success is reserved for the privileged few.
Maybe you don't want to have an online business and want to focus more offline but face the same challenges.
Here's a few things you need to know about me before we go any further:
- I'm not impressed by the size of a person's wallet
- The more "accessories" people have, the less impressed I am. Accessories can be defined as jewelry, fancy cars, big homes, etc.
- If someone positions themselves as a personal development guru, I immediately think they suffer from depression.
- If we have a conversation that lasts more than 10 minutes and you have not asked what I do, what I like or anything else that begins with who, what, where , when and how - then you're an ego-maniac.
These findings are unscientific of course but have allowed me to vet people pretty well throughout my corporate and entrepreneurial life.
When I was in corporate, I would always be leery of the person who was high on the corporate ladder.
Most of the time they had to step on many backs to get there. They had to kiss lots of backsides, remain fake and untrue to themselves, while treating subordinates like dirt. These executive's personal lives were a disaster, yet somehow they believed they could manage business differently - never happened.
If I told you how many alcoholics, adulterers and uber-insecure bundles of fluff I ran across in corporate, you'd fall over.
Or not.
You may say 'Yep, seen it myself Sam.'
At any rate, my point is this:
(quoting the great Depeche Mode)
People are people.
I have never, ever (and I mean Never) met a 'successful' business owner who didn't have as many, if not more flaws than you - probably way more.
The first key to being successful is to accept who you are but not where you are.
Difficult to do for some because they see others and want to emulate them. Trust me when I tell you - that is a curse. You don't know anything about these people except for the persona they have created. For most, it's an alter-ego. It's not who they really are when nobody is around.
Every now and again I attend events with some pretty well known gurus. I use the term guru because everyone knows what it means, not because these people are at the top of the food chain. I operate in the rare space of speaker and Internet marketer. Most speakers don't have a clue about online marketing and most online marketers would rather die than speak in front of an audience. I enjoy both.
Ironic isn't?
I stuttered pretty bad as a kid and young adult but found a way to cure most of it myself. I actually recorded a short video explaining how I solved my stuttering problem.
If you want, you can view it here, or send it to someone you know that has a speech problem: How To Overcome Stuttering
I have always had a passion for speaking but pretty much stunk at it because I couldn't get the damn words out of my mouth. Finally I had an epiphany: Just go with it Sam and stop worrying what others might think. A week from now they're going to forget what you said and you'll still be agonizing over a few words you messed up. Forget it dude, move on!
Great advice for business and in life - just move on.
People who love you will love you no matter what you say or do. People who judge will always be a critic. Forget them and focus on you and your passion.
I can't tell you how many idiots have mockingly said "Hey, every day is Saturday {snicker}." Then they go back to their job (and spouse) they hate, while wondering how the hell they're going to pay their bills this month.
Those snickers don't happen much any more, as you might imagine.
However, when I was fist launching EverydayIsSaturday.com six years ago, it happened daily. Mostly from that group of insecure bundles of fluff I referenced earlier.
Guess what those people are doing today?
Bingo!
The exact same thing they were doing six years ago - critiquing others as their meaningless life drags on.
You need to understand this concept. It will empower you to take action and go after that great idea that's been burning inside of you. Once you realize that all those successful 'gurus' you see online have larger problems than you could ever have, you will see that success is waiting for you.
When I'm at events I'm usually one of a very small group of people who are not divorced. I say this not to judge others but to illustrate the point that no matter how large your bank account is, if you can't see your kids every morning when you wake up, how happy can you really be?
Let me go one step further:
At a recent event, I was invited to a VIP dinner with a host of personal development speakers & trainers. There were nine people at the table. Eight had been divorced at least once ( I was the solo married person).
Isn't that odd?
These people have home study courses they charge thousands of dollars for about how to live the life you love but can't keep a marriage together. I know statistics are not in favor of a successful marriage but you would think more than one out of nine "experts" would figure out how to keep it together.
My wife would be the first to tell you that being married to an entrepreneur is tough. She thought she was marrying a successful executive with a lifetime of security. A person who would offer stability for her and our children. Then one day I decided to pull the rip cord on my career and go for it, turning our lives upside down.
There were many nights of pillow talk when my wife would ask "When do you think we'll be out of the woods? When will the creditors stop calling? When are you going to hit it big?"
She asked those questions often and had every right to ask over and over again.
I quit my job (the first time) with two kids under the age of five AND she was six months pregnant with our third. I filed bankruptcy seven days after our youngest daughter was born. Talk about adversity!
But we stayed together because we both wanted the same thing and it had nothing to do with money. It had to do with a life of Dad being more than just a name. We wanted our kids to know both of their parents and both of us being active in their lives. From drop offs and pickup at school, to impromptu trips to McDonald's. Pretty simple stuff.
I focused on differentiating myself from the masses and leading with my flaws. I never tried to be someone I wasn't or having money I didn't have.
Every Day Is Saturday is still around because I could care less what the nay-sayers thought and realized that the people who pretended to be experts were hurting more than I was, I just admitted it and helped others who suffered from the same problem I once had of unleashing the entrepreneur within.
I'm not a life coach. Is there really such a person? Who could possibly have all the answers to everything that happens in life?
Another great business lesson is this:
Generalists get paid, specialist get wealthy.
The more specific you are, the better your chances of success.
When someone introduces themselves as a life coach I think "You must be kidding." How can you build a brand and a following with something as general as that?
That's like a roofer saying "I build cities." It's impossible.
Find a niche within a niche that you are extremely passionate about and go for it.
Success will find you eventually but it won't be overnight. You see, success is a funny bird. It knows when people are just causal about their dream and can sniff out a phony in a New York minute.
If you give your marriage a try, you'll be divorced.
If you give parenting a try, your kids will end up with in the wrong crowd.
Why then, would you ever think that giving your business ' a try' would end up in anything other than massive failure.
The gurus you see online did one thing correctly and that was to stick with it.
They may not be who they say they are.
They may be more messed up than a 5 yr old's playroom.
They may suffer from every affliction known to man but...
They stuck with it.
And that's the key.
Success doesn't care how smart you are.
Success doesn't care how good-looking you are.
Success doesn't care how you were raised as a child.
All success wants to know is "How bad do you want it?"
When you stop moving, you're dead.
I'm writing this post on Monday morning at 9:30am when most people are at a job. Not a day goes by when I don't think about how miserable I used to be stuck in traffic, thinking of all the stuff waiting for me at work.
More importantly, I would think of what my kids were doing while I was gone for the next 8-10 hours.
When I shared this with people who had jobs, they would say "Sam, get over it. Your wife and kids understand you work and that's just the way it has to be. How else would you support them? We're all in the same boat"
I'm happy to say that I jumped ship and you can too.
The waters are rough, the seas will rise and you may feel a bit nauseous at times but the rewards are enormous.
Hang in there.
Don't pay attention to negative thoughts or negative people.
Understand adversity happens to all of us every single day.
When feel yourself asking "Will this ride ever get better. Will I ever realize my dream?"
Understand that's just Success saying "I'm still here waiting for you. How badly do you want it?"
Don't die with the music still in you.
Go for it!
Surprises Suck
Surprise!
It's pretty cool when you're friends are all hiding in a dark living room or kitchen, waiting for you to walk in on your birthday for that BIG surprise.
Gosh, that sure is fun.
It's not really fun however, when your spouse leaves you for another, or your business goes down the tubes.
Unfortunately, if you're 100% honest about it - it really wasn't that shocking. Once you got over the anger, the sick feeling in your stomach and tried to get the license plate of the truck that ran you over - you could have guessed it would end that way.
Great news: Today's video will teach you how to end all of the ugly surprises and set you up for your best days ever!
Eliminate surprises forever:
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