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About a month ago I updated my definite major purpose to read…
“My definite major purpose is to be
living with my girlfriend near the beach
in an energy intense city in Florida
while making $4000 + a month building the Privateer Nation
before I’m 32 years old.”
A month went by and nothing really happened to forward me towards realizing my definite major purpose. Then I walked into my day job this morning and my boss said “We’ve got this new company procedure we are going to need you to follow.” When he was done explaining the new procedure I knew that things were going to change. I’m both excited and scared. I’m excited because the result of this new procedure may be that I get to work on the Privateer Nation full-time. I’m scared because I do not know if I’m ready to build the Privateer Nation full-time. At this point in the game I do not think I’m delivering enough value to prospective citizens of the Privateer Nation. I’m doing a decent job but in my opinion some changes need to be made to up the value I’m delivering. I also have never found a good source of leads for prospective privateer nation citizens. If I ended up building full-time right now I do not know who I’d prospect all day. I would literally be calling out of the phone book.
We’ve all heard the quote “Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.” I know that creating that new definite major purpose caused this new “procedure.” A part of me wants to trust the Universe. I know that sometimes on the road to getting what you want the old needs to fall away. However I’m still human. The idea of suddenly being out of a job when I wasn’t ready to build the Privateer Nation full-time yet is scary. I will live and it may make a great story some day. However at this moment I can say that I’m concerned about the future. Especially since I’m burned out at this moment. Throwing myself into building the Privateer Nation full-time right now is the last thing I was planning on doing. However having said all that, it makes sense. If I’m going to be making $4000 a month and living in Florida with my girlfriend by the time I am 32, I need to take action NOW. I just feel like I got shoved in the right direction this morning. I know I asked for it but that does NOT make it any easier…
The author of this blog post is Namaste Faustino. Namaste founded the Privateer Nation in early 2008. To learn more go to www.privateernation.com
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Fiona is a Life Coach based in Denver, Colorado. As a new life coach she decided to build her business through cold calls. It sounded like a great idea until she actually sat down to do the cold calls. She quickly found other things to do. The next day when she sat down to do cold calls again the same thing happened. Guess what happened the third day she sat down?
Cold calling alone is hard. Cold calling alone with out accountability is insane.
Fiona got on to her second Privateer Nation krewe call and reported that she hadn’t done any of the cold calls that she said she would do. I have a tremendous amount of respect for a person who can get on a krewe call and say, “I didn’t do what I said I would do.” That takes a lot of guts and it also pays off. Because she was honest about her situation we were able to get into action. Because I am Fiona’s Krewe Captain I told her to call me next time she sat down to do cold calls.
When we spoke I had her run through her script with me a few times. She did a great job. I then asked, “How many calls are you going to make today?” She said, “I’ll do 40.” I said, “Ok, call me back when you are done.”
I got a call a few hours later and Fiona was super excited. She’d done her all 40 cold calls and she got not 1, not 2 but 3 appointments with prospective new clients! That’s the power of accountability. We will make promises to ourselves and bail. However the minute we tell someone else, we respect, that we are going to do something, we do it! So simple but accountability makes all the difference in the world! The plan from this point forward is for Fiona to call once a day and leave a message when she starts cold calling. And then leave a message reporting her numbers when she is done. It’s only a matter of time now before Fiona will have more clients then she knows what to do with!
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Life is good. The kind of people I’ve always dreamed of becoming citizens of the Privateer Nation are now opting to go through the citizenship process. At last it has begun…
This week Lara Kenoyer (www.myspace.com/22pears) decided to begin the citizenship process. Lara is the founder of Proud To Be Clothing (www.proudtobeclothing.com) and she is also an accomplished BodyTalk practitioner (www.bodytalksystem.com).
I first heard about the idea for Proud To Be Clothing in December of 2007. Lara called me and said, “I have a great idea for a new company!” I asked her to tell me about it. She noticed that there are all kinds of products that people can buy if they are proud to have graduated from a specific college, or proud to have gone on a vacation to an exotic location, or proud to be a part of a charity. However there are no products on the market that let orchardists proclaim to the world that they are proud to be fruit farmers. Her husband runs a very successful orchard in Central Washington. He LOVES being an orchardist and is super proud of his profession. But when she went gift shopping she couldn’t even find a tee-shirt that said “I’m Proud To Be An Orchardist.” At that moment the light went on and the idea for www.proudtobeclothing.com was born. Now anyone who is proud to be a farmer, cop, entrepreneur, photographer etc can go to the website and buy a shirt that tells the world what they are proud to be. I loved the idea because I’m extremely proud of being an entrepreneur. However there aren’t any cool tee-shirts for entrepreneurs. Proud To Be Clothing is now launching and I can’t wait to buy a tee-shirt that says “Proud To Be An Entrepreneur!” Ask yourself, “What are you proud to be? What brings you the most joy? What have you created that inspires you and other people? What are you Proud To Be? Now go to www.proudtobeclothing.com and buy a tee-shirt that tells everyone that today!
Lara is also an accomplished BodyTalk practitioner. What’s that? Your body can talk. I know how crazy that sounds but it’s true. I know because Lara worked on me and what my body told her was dead on. The certified practitioner asks your body questions and your body tells the practitioner what the priority is. The body is a self healing organism. The results are mind blowing. Things that medical doctors have not been able to figure out for years are identified in a single session. To find out more contact Lara today.
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When I set the phone down at 9:32 pm on June 28, 2008 I’d just made a dream come true. I finally did it! I did my first Privateer Nation krewe meeting!
Talk about a long journey. The idea started back in the summer of 2002. By the summer of 2003 a website was up, and we had people coming in, but my business partner and I didn’t know what to do with them. We got to many responses and shut the project down. In late 2004 we decided to start it up again. At the end of 2004 my business partner opted out and I decided to go ahead on my own. I spent the next 4 years learning everything the hard way. I put groups together that didn’t work. I put groups together that did work but weren’t right for the Privateer Nation. I did it all.
Finally, I did it! I was such a nervous wreck during the call. I wish I could say I had fun but I didn’t. The cool thing is that the women on the call came together like champs and our next call is going to be awesome.
It’s finally beginning. History begins now….
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I’ll never forget seeing Brian’s Myspace profile the first time. It said, “Extreme Entrepreneur.” I thought, “That’s the kind of thing I’d say. I wonder who this guy is?” I read over his entire profile that day. I also checked out his website. When I was done I knew I’d met a peer.
I didn’t contact him. He was working on a project at the time that was very similar to the Privateer Nation called CHANGE THE WORLD CLUB. Instead I decided to keep tabs on him and that’s exactly what I did.
About 6 months later I got a friend request from him and I thought, “OK, I’m going to see if this guy is really everything he claims to be.” I sent him a message and we began talking. We were both very guarded in the beginning. It’s super funny thinking back on it. However as we talked our guards started to come down. One thing led to another and today we are great friends.
Brian has been watching me work on the Privateer Nation project for almost a year now. In fact he’s the guy who came up with the new logo (thanks Brian). Last week I talked to him about joining the Board of Advisors I’m putting together and also doing what it takes to become a citizen of the Privateer Nation. After a few days of thinking about it he said, “I’m in.”
I’m super excited about working with Brian because he’s dreams at a level that would scare most people. This is going to be a lot of fun!
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I’m always excited when a new person decides to go after citizenship with the Privateer Nation.
Griffin is the founder and lead singer of the L.A. rock back Wild Phyr. You can check out his band at www.wildphyr.org. Or you can check out his myspace profile at www.myspace.com/wildphyr1. I love their song Naked Free. The guitar solo at the beginning is incredible! And you really should check out Chance….
Griffin recently came off tour with Barack Obama’s political campaign. Check this out. He wrote a song. He pitched the campaign and said, “You guys should pay me and my band to go on tour with the campaign to play this song.” The Obama campaign said “YES!” And so that’s what they did. I just love that!
Right now he’s working on putting together a big concert for environmental awareness. He’d really like to have Dave Matthews Band headline it so if you have a line in please contact him at www.wildphyr.org.
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On Friday night I hung out with a friend of mine that I met via Myspace a year or so ago to talk about the Privateer Nation. She has her own business doing skin care and waxing at ZenSkin Salon here in Vegas. She does great work and I know that from personal experience. She gave me my first facial a while ago. Check her profile out at http://www.myspace.com/yourfuturebestfriend I’m not a big fan of kids but I happen to like her daughter a lot. You can see her pictured on her profile. Kid always manages to make me smile.
With her sign up I now have my first krewe complete. And each member is female. I have a feeling I’ll be making a number of changes to the Privateer Nation due to that fact. I’m super excited about these 3 women because all of them are amazing in their own right. I’ve been figuring out how to make these groups really work now for years and it’s a blessing to have each member be able to hold her own. It makes things so much easier and for me so much more fun.
Three people going after Privateer Nation citizenship. I’m now going to be helping to make their dreams come true. Just 49 more people and I’m free!
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Brian Watkins a.k.a the Extreme Entrepreneur has been helping me on the Privateer Nation. He came up with a logo that everyone loved. I wasn’t the biggest fan but it was a hit with everyone else. I decided to return the favor and tell him it was time for him to experience world travel. This is the e-mail I sent him and the response I got back. I now have 1 person signed up for the trip =)
Brian,
I sent the stars and globe logo out for more feedback. I got it back this morning. I give in. People seem to LOVE (not like, LOVE) that damn thing. I’d rather be rich than right. Now that the skull is gone I’m giving the people what they want. You win…
Guess what your prize is? What you think I’m cheap? Of course you get a prize =) I’ll save you the suspense. It’s a hard kick in the ass out of the country =) Some day you’ll thank me. And it will be sooner than later. When you are dating a gorgeous Thai girl you’ll be thinking, “Damn I’m glad I took the coaching!” It’s time your tail gets out of the country. That’s right. I’m doing you a favor by forcing you into this….
Let me educate you on some of the greatest words of wisdom I’ve ever had the priviledge of hearing, “If you don’t stop being a workaholic lug, and leave to travel the world, you are going to be one of those weird 40 year old guys trying to dance on the beach with 20 somethings.” Those words changed my life. Literally.
You are 24 years old. You are aging out quick. Believe me when I say I’m a senior citizen on the beaches of the world at 31. Traveling at 24 is completely different at 28. Traveling at 28 is completely different from 31. The challenge Brian is that we are getting old quick. While we are figuring out how to build our empires we are aging out. What I wish I’d known a 23 is that I need to make the most of the young years because after 35 it’s over. Don’t get me wrong. Life is still getting better but you just can’t play with the 20 somethings anymore. Think about this fact. There are Playboy playmates younger than you by 5 years. In fact if you were dating a 18 year old some people would look at you weird.
So mark your calendar, tell your parents, let your sister know so she can envy you…. you are leaving for the month long trip of a lifetime on November 23 to drink and party in the greatest backpackers ghetto in Southeast Asia, tromp through the jungles on a safari on the back of an elephant, explore ruins that would make Indiana Jones jealous and party till dawn at the best Full Moon Party of 2008
http://fullmoonparty-thailand.com/ You will leave thinking you are going on a vacation and come back a vagabond. Life will never be the same =) Do you need any more details or should I just show you which airline to get your ticket?
Namaste
Brian replied the same day….
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I woke up on Thursday morning at 7 am because my cell phone was ringing. I picked it up and it was a guy from India wanting feedback on my international calling card I’d purchased from his company. I got him off the phone nicely but quick hoping to go back to sleep. I couldn’t go back to sleep because I kept thinking, ” I have got to get rid of the skull.”
A year ago an old friend of mine was telling me about what the mentor he hired to teach him how to write an ebook and get paid. The mentor said, “What kind of book do you want to write?” My friend said, “A book about fun physical fitness.” My friend is a physical trainer. The mentor said, “Tell me about your current clients.” My friend said, “My clients are all females in their 20’s and 30’s who are already in great shape but want to lose their last 10 pounds.” The mentor said, “Great so guess what you are going to write a book about?” My friend said, “What?” The mentor said, “About how women who are already in great shape can lose the last 10 tough pounds.” My friend took the mentors advice and went on to make thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars from the ebook that he wrote.
Towards the end of last year people started coming to me for business/life coaching. I figured it would be fun so I did it. Now I have 4 female clients and 2 male clients. I naturally attract female clients who want to achieve their dreams. Yet I have a website that is designed to appeal to guys with a skull and stars logo. I ignored that fact as long as I could. Finally I realized I had to do something because I was going to lose big time. The women in my life did NOT like the skull. They understood that the skull in the logo represents the fear you have to face to reach your dreams represented by the stars in the logo. They still didn’t like it. So finally yesterday after talking to my mastermind group, and 2 of my female clients I decided to move the skull over to the fear section of the website and keep the stars as the logo for the company.
Today was the first day with my new stars logo. Talk about a world of difference. Up to this point I’ve dreaded telling people about the Privateer Nation. I hated explaining the skull even though I loved it as a logo. Today I realized I no longer have that problem. I feel like the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. I can now send people to my site and not have to worry about them being confused or upset about the skull. I had no idea this was bothering me so much. Wow! I feel so good. And then today I signed up my second Privateer Nation citizen. It’s been a really good day!
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After I got back from Thailand in 2005 I had a feeling to go get a job. I didn’t want a job. I didn’t even need the money as I still had money left over from my telemarketing job I had before I left for Thailand. However I had a huge feeling to go looking. Long story short my intuition led me to Dale Carnegie Seminars where I met Serina. Serina and I became fast friends. She dropped out of college to get into network marketing just like I did. We are cut from the same cloth. As soon as we met my intuition instantly stopped bugging me about the job so I was able to stop looking. The whole job thing had been so Serina and I could meet.
Anyway she has known about the Privateer Nation since I was calling it American Privateer. She was one of the first people who really told me how much she disliked my skull and stars logo. Anyway to make a long story short I called her up and talked to her about the Privateer Nation and what it had become. We set up a time to hang out and talk about it. Tonight I went over to her place for dinner and we talked. I did a really bad presentation but she still said, “YES.” It’s all coming together =)
After dinner we were talking about how we can’t remember stretches of years. It’s hard for me to remember 2005 - today. I’ve been literally working around the clock except for the time during my Thailand and India trips. Those years up to today are a blur. It’s been all work all the time. I’m grateful that at last my life is changing. Serina is number 51 out of my goal of 52 for the year. I now have 50 more people to find that I can help make their dreams come true who also are serious about getting rich, traveling the planet and changing the world.
