My given name is Al but my friends call me Namaste*** (pronounced Na-mas-stay). There are clubs for people who are into getting rich, clubs for people who are into traveling the planet and clubs for people who are into changing the world. However there aren't any clubs for people who are into all 3. I decided to start one. That original idea of starting a small club grew into the idea for starting an organization. And that idea grew into the Privateer Nation.
The Privateer Nation (www.privateernation.com) is the first nation in history to be made up of people who share a common vision and philosophy instead of a common culture, back ground or geographic location. The sole purpose of our nation is to help our people face their fears so they can have FUN getting rich in the professions of their choice, traveling the planet and changing the world. We are able to do this through a peer coaching technology I've been perfecting for the last 3 years. Does it work? First major success story happened in Jan 08 with a young female entrepreneur who owns a socially conscious outsourcing company in Shanghi, China. I helped her go from 0 to $30,000 in revenue in 90 days flat.
Citizenship is open to people by invitation only by the way. You can't buy your way in. Knowing the right person can't get you in. The only way in is to earn it and that is the way it should be (I'm not a big fan of entrepreneurial networks that are made up of random people who bought their way in). If you think you are one of us, we'd love to hear from you, so shoot me and e-mail and we'll take things from there...
***Many times I'm asked what does Namaste mean? Namaste means “I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Truth, of Light, and of Peace. When you are in that place in you and I am in that place in me, We Are One, NAMASTE."
Namaste..
PAST SUCCESSES & FAILURES
I was raised as a Rosicrucian (not a religion but a set of teachings)(www.amorc.org) so I learned about using the law of attraction/manifesting at 8 years old. The first thing I manifested was a little red radio. When THE SECRET came out I was surprised that it was new info for so many people. Today I'm one of the co-founders of www.the3alchemists.com which is about 3 guys and their real life manifesting results recorded in real time.
Started my first business in highschool at 15.
Skydived illegally for the first time at 17.
Went to college in Santa Barbara, CA. Lived in Isla Vista. Dropped out of college at 18 to start my second business and never looked back.
Instead of experiencing the rapid success I expected in my second business I ran up against wall after wall and had to move home just 6 months after dropping out of college. Ouch!
While my peers were still attending college classes I gave away my first college scholarship at 21 years old.
After 5 years of working countless nights and weekends trying every recruiting method under the sun I quit MLM. I was crushed! I felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach. If only I'd known the secret to recruiting was prospecting people like me instead of housewives, business guys and blue collar workers who I had nothing in common with.
At 23 I started a non-profit mentorship program for grads from my highschool.
Also when I was 23 I started a hardcore door-to-door sales business where I got paid to sneak into skyscrapers, slip past security and sell to the employees inside . My business partner and I made direct sales history by being the first business-to-business salesmen to sneak into the government contracted, high security HoneyWell Manufacturing Plant in Phoenix AZ and make sales.
For fun when I was 24 I took 3 months off from my business and did a summer with the Southwestern Company/SEEDS ORG selling books door-to-door on the east coast. Spent more money than I made that summer but the life lessons I took away with me have proven to be worth their weight in gold.
My dream had always been to clear my first million by 25. I sacrificed everything for that dream. I dropped out of college because I didn't see any way I could graduate at 22 and clear a million in 3 years. I worked 7 days a week on a regular bases. I spent all my extra money on my businesses so most of the time I could not afford to date. When I turned 25 I did not bother to celebrate my birthday. I was in such a rage I could barely speak. When I could speak I flat out cried. As if that was not bad enough I made the decision that day to walk away from direct sales for good which meant starting entirely over. I was 25. No college degree. I had to get a low paying jack off f'ing job. And I had no idea what I was going to do.I was 25 when I attended the AVN Awards (Oscars for the Porn Industry) for the first time. Despite Hef's ego driven declaration the sexual revolution is not over. Women still can't have their fun without being labeled.
I was 26 when I got involved with Landmark Education and took the Landmark Forum and then continued on to take the Advanced Course, Self Expression and Leadership Course, Communications Course, Introduction Leaders Program and I coached the SelF Expression and Leadership Program.
I found my LIFE PURPOSE by doing exactly what Jim Rohn said to do in THE ART OF EXCEPTIONAL LIVING (Paulo Coelho who wrote THE ALCHEMIST also says to do the same thing), "The secret to you future success will likely be found in your past." What is the most fun thing for you to do all day? What do you think is fun that everyone else considers to be work? What are you naturally good at? What hobby do you excel at that you should be getting paid to do? If you knew that you were guaranteed success, that you couldn't fail, what would you do with your time all day? I looked at my past and saw that all of my adult life I'd been saying, "I wish there was an entrepreneurial organization for people like me." I also saw that I love helping people make their dreams come true. I'd coach people on how to incorporate their businesses for example which was fun for me but others considered work. My life purpose is to build an entrepreneurial nation by helping entrepreneurs face their fears so they can get rich, travel the planet and change the world.I was 27. I had just launched my entrepreneurial nation after 2 years of prep and research. Just two weeks into launch my business partner walked in and said,"I made a mistake. I can't do this." After realizing it was not his dream we shut everything down. Suddenly I was in an insane amount of debt and I had to make a choice. I could get a real job and give up on the business or I could move home and try to make the business happen on my own. I can't really describe to you what it's like to move home at 27. I wouldn't say suicide is a better option but it would be less painful.I did BURNING MAN 2005 and was lucky enough to be a guest of the Seattle Space Virgins.
In was 28 when I took off for a multi-month international trip to Southeast ASIA. During that trip I lived on the island of Koh Phangan in the Gulf of Thailand and danced the night away at the best FULL-MOON PARTY ever.
I was 29 when I took off the month of December and headed to Goa, INDIA to live on Anjuna Beach and experience the legendary party scene I'd heard so much about.
I was 30 when I went to Nocturnal Wonderland which was my first massive. I'd been to raves before but massives are a totally different experience. The energy rush of being with that many people is beyond words. After Nocturnal I had to have more. I went to the First Annual Electronic Music Festival in Los Angeles. And I did TAO at New Year's which is by far my best New Year's ever.
On Saint Patrick's Day 2008 I launched the Privateer Nation. When I crashed on my dad's couch at 27 I thought it would take me 6 months to make the entrepreneurial nation successful. To my utter disgust and dismay it took 3 years of heart wrenching trial and error to figure everything out. That's 3 years of sleeping on a couch, 3 years of NOT dating, 3 f'ing years of hard lessons so I could get my shot at realizing my dream. As of this writing I've recruited my first krewe (my word for team) and am on my way to building my second. I'm on my way to quitting my part-time job, moving off my dad's couch, getting to build the Privateer Nation full time and leaving for Southeast Asia at the end of the year for a long over due vacation.
PRESENT LIFE
HAVE FUN GOALSRelationship of my dreams in 08. (see I'd Like To Meet for details on the woman I'm looking for)
Find fun roomies in Vegas near strip 08
Electric Daisy Carnival 08, Noctural Wonderland 08, Monster Massive 08, TAO 08
FACE FEAR GOALS
Skydiving (again) 08
Approach high level potential mentors
Launch the Privateer Nation 08 (launched on Saint Patrick's Day 2008)
Build the close knit krewe I've always wanted in Vegas in 2008
Make a full-time income from the Privateer Nation by Halloween 08
Help 100 citizens make progress on their dreams 08
Select 3 Krewe Captains 08
Wealth Dynamics Seminar 08
Kabblah COR 08
TRAVEL THE PLANET GOALSKiara's Wedding in Florida 08 (Done on 2/23/08)
Snowboarding w/ Pat in Nor. Cal. (Done on 3/18/08)
Take off Nov 23 08 to Dec 23 08 and travel internationally with entrepreneurs from the Privateer Nation
CHANGE THE WORLD GOALS100 Loans to 3rd World Entrepreneurs through Kiva.org in 08 (broke 30 loans on 3/3/08)
1 Cleft Lip Operation 08
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Donations 08
SaveDarfur.com Donations
Inspire at least 100 people to begin making a difference in the world or do more than they already are doing 08
FUTURE GOALS
Create my own Bodhi Wall & combine it with my "Bucket List." In the movie Point Break the character Bodhi has a wall of pictures of the coolest things he’s done. On my wall I want…
HAVE FUN & FACE FEARS
Picture of me Solo SkySurfing
Picture of me Surfing
Picture of me HeliBoarding
Picture of me Scuba Diving
Picture of me Street Racing
Picture of me with 6 pack of abs
Picture of me in Fighting Competition
Picture of me climbing a Major Peak
Picture of me Back Packing
Picture of me catching a Northern Pike in Wisconsin
Picture of me Base Jumping Angel Falls (?)
Picture of me Rock Climbing (?)
Picture of Pat and I at TAO (done 12/31/07)
Picture of Pat and I jumping the same jump that is done in Point Break doing a speed star
Picture of me doing a stand up comedy routine. Now this scares me =)
Picture of me at Mardi Gras
Picture of me meeting Will Smith. This guy has mastered fear.
Picture of me with models at a fashion show in Milan.
Picture of me with the House of Marque krewe celebrating me haved faced all my fears on my fear list.
Picture of me in the ocean diving on a Treasure Wreck holding up at least 1 gold coin that I get to keep as a memento.
Picture of me at Times Square for New Year’s
Picture of me at U2 concert
Picture of me at a Beach Boys concert
Picture of me in the pool at the Playboy Mansion.
Picture of me with my personal success coach.
Picture of me taking an acting class. This is another that scares the heck out of me.
Picture of me at Burning Man (done but want another)
Picture of me meeting Kayne West
Picture of me in my first 3 some. Now that would be one hell of a story =)
Picture of me riding a bull.
Picture of me shooting an AK-47
Picture of me winning at a hand of blackjack on a gambling boat on the Mississippi river
Picture of me meeting Joseph Jaworski
Picture of me with one of the kids I adopt on a Boy Scout backpacking trip
Picture of me ripped at the beach
Picture of me at Clinton Initiative
Picture of Pat & I doing Mardi Gras in 2009
Picture of me on Oprah Show for Privateer Nation
Picture of me on my first private jet ride
Picture of me at 100 years old celebrating life
Pictures of me partying in an extra stretch limo with friends and then in the 21 suite overlooking the strip celebrating my 32nd birthday with a hottie
GET RICH
Picture of me the day I quit my job
Picture of me with employees @ airport so I remember why I work so hard
Picture of me holding my credit report with the highest score possible
Picture of me with my 1st hot personal assistant who also doubles as my personal chef.
Picture of me celebrating 1st year anniversary of Privateer Nation with citizens. This one is extremely close to my heart because in 2002 I wrote on my dream list that more than anything I wanted to find a fun way of making money because at the time I hated the business I was in so much. The Privateer Nation is my realization of what at the time seemed to be an impossible dream.
Speaking in front of 100,000 people
Picture with a President of the USA that I actually respect
Picture of me on the day my first book comes out
Picture of me on the day I get my Submariner
Picture of me with my customized black credit card with unlimited credit.
Picture of me the day I break $100,000 a month in income which has been my dream since I was 18 years old.
Picture of me getting measured by a private tailor as I get complete line of suits custom made.
Picture of me on the day that I get my Diamond
Encrusted PresidentialPicture of me with pinkie ring, matching bracelet & Presidential
Picture of me picking up my Ferrari
Picture of me with my $30,000 + movie star smile
Picture of me in front my dream mansion
Picture of me on the opening day of the Privateer Pub
Pictures of me with each country krewe leader in all 194 countries in the US
Picture of me celebrating the day I achieve financial independence
Picture of me celebrating my first million in a limo driving down Malibu Coast
Picture of me marrying woman of my dreams
Picture of me with the 12 kids I adopt and build a dynasty with
Picture of me completing Peak Potentials Warrior Training
Picture of me completing ILP as an IL for Landmark Education
TRAVEL THE PLANET
Picture of me on Haad Rinn Beach in Thailand @ Full Moon Party
Picture of me riding a camel at the Pyramids in Egypt
Picture of me in front of Taja Mahal
Picture of me at Angor Wat
Picture of me and friends at the Love Parade in Germany
Picture of me running with the bulls in Spain
Picture of me at the entrance to the city carved in stone in the Gobi Desert
Picture of me at Macho Picho
Picture of me at Stone Hedge
Picture of me at the top of Mt. Kilamanjaro
Picture of me white water rafting
Picture of me at Big Ben in London
Picture of me at Effiel Tower in Paris
Picture of me landing on the moon
Picture of me on Easter Island
Picture of me clubbing on Ibiza
Picture of me in the Coliseum in Rome
Picture of me rafting down the Amazon
Picture of me diving on a treasure wreck
Picture of me scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef.
Picture of me panning for gold and finding some
Picture of me digging for diamonds and finding a big one
Picture of me with citizens of Privateer Nation in each of 194 countries
CHANGE THE WORLD
Picture of me doing Career Day at MBHS
Picture of me at opening of NFTE programs that I funded
Picture of me the day I break 1 million micro loans to 3rd world entrepreneurs
Picture of me on the day that Entrepreneurial Education is made a HS requirement
Picture of me in front of the Museum of Happiness on opening day.
Picture of me at Dreamers Awards giving away 1st Award
Picture of me at opening for home for runaway kids that I founded that teaches them how to be entrepreneurs
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