Injection
The kind-of-weekly injection of Business Badassery
"Great and good are seldom the same man." - Thomas Fuller
Our guy won So Stephanie and Millie on our Team here have been working on some pretty big deals lately.
It wasn't a walk in the park - in fact it was the toughest fight of either of their careers -
Specifically with boxers, or more specifically -
Fight of the Year some called it
The best fighters and trainers in the world.
But he did it...
Like Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Freddie Roach, etc. Saturday was a big, BIG night for Amir Khan (and for us because a contract's value would rise or fall dramatically based on how he did) so...
... We were nervous The guy he fought is a fu**ing nutcase from Argentina who has a steady record of knockouts. And Khan's chin had been questioned since a surprise knockout he suffered earlier in his career.
He had a lot to prove. So how'd it go? Unbelievably well.
In just over 48 minutes (12 rounds) Khan proved that he not only has the chin, the heart and mind of a champion -
"Poverty has many roots, but the tap root is ignorance." - Lyndon Johnson “Religion is what keeps the poor from killing the rich." - Napoleon
But he also proved many wrong It's so inspiring to see this kind of a turnaround. And the big, BIG secret by the way...
Was his trainer Frederick
Roach.
Just goes to show the importance of training... speaking of which See if you qualify for some Badassery-Roach-like training here:
The first two Babies; Eago and Zazu, Thanks! so much for all the feedback about them...
www.WeBuildEmpires.com. - Azam
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In the news... Lottery Winners Who (Pretty Much) Commit Suicide
Jack Whittaker won a record $315 million. Afterwards he was arrested, robbed and had both his daughter and granddaughter die. Now he says "I wish I tore that ticket up." Gerald Muswagon won $10M and hung himself, Evelyn Adams won the lottery twice and now lives in a trailer, Billy Bob Harrell Jr. was a preacher and won $31M before getting divorced and killing himself. Link - Link - Link (Thanks to Charlotte Levin)
Azam says... I've always been fascinated with this, it really shows how
un-important money is if you don't get your head in the right place. We actually did an Episode on how money can be a terrible motivator. I've practically won the lottery (I mean getting a whole lot more than I deserve - based on luck) that's why most of my time, effort and even bragging is about other people.
New Game for Teens... Will Probably Kill Them
Two teens in Washington were hospitalized after crashing their car into a tree. They were playing "Fugitive", a game where up to 150 teens are split into two groups of cops and fugitives. Cops will pursue and jump in and out of speeding cars to strike fugitives. Link (Thanks to Dean)
Azam says... This kind of stuff can be hilarious, and there are so many ways to use this kind of news and the fact that most parents don't even know about it. Think of the things you could sell better - home schooling, private/military school... abortions (just kidding).
I first heard about this from our Entrepreneur Clubs and many of the kids have used this as an objection handler to "questionable" activities that we have them do (like cold calling) "Well, principal Skinner, would you rather us play Fugitive?"
Badassery with E-Books
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The digital book market will soon be over one billion dollars, and a recent testing of ads into e-books has received mixed reviews. Digital book stores like Wowio Inc. and others allow advertisers to target readers based on their profiles and interests run ads across several books. Link (Thanks to Alex and Nina)
Azam says... When I first got this, I thought they were on to us - but
they're not. Here's a HUGE secret to making a killing right now, this is how the Team has been working crazy agreements with small and big companies; instead of running ads in the book, make the BOOK... the ad. In the article above there is a barely mentioned example of Fandango using the book Gulliver's Travels to promote the movie with the same name... one of the best infomercials ever made is HBO's 24/7 - the show is the pitch. What could you sell - or even give away or sponsor - that would help your company? A Consumer Guide to (BLANK), How to Pick the Best (BLANK) - those are formal examples, but just searching the public domain would give you thousands of ideas on books that will "pitch" your stuff better. A love story for a dating site, a triumph story for a gym or trainer, a biography of a billionaire for education, etc. If you don't get traffic for yourself you can get paid six-seven figures - and more - getting traffic for others. Injection for Business Builders â—? WeBuildEmpires.com â—? Page 2
Do you need new friends? One day a writer died... His work wasn't special, respected or even recorded very well. He was just another writer. But two of his friends disagreed. They thought the work was extraordinary - that the writing was genius. So they dedicated themselves to preserving the writing - they gathered notes, they studied proper methods they even hired help. They spent over seven years doing this. They were putting together a collection of their friend's work; what they thought was genius. Almost nobody agreed. They were mocked, second guessed and even threatened for their efforts. When they were finally done they had a series of books that contained what they felt was the work of a visionary. In fact, if it wasn't for these two friends
- the work of this "ordinary writer" as he was called... Would have died with him I bring this up because I'm often asked questions about how to deal with friends and family who may not support your ambitions. My response: Fu** 'Em. If you died right now would your friends just mourn you or do they have so much faith and support in you that they would fight for years so that your dream could live on? Your new standard for friends should be the quality of this writer's friends His name? William Shakespeare - you wouldn't know the name if he had normal friends. Make better friends! If you qualify to become a Builder you get to be make better friends - support others and be supported yourself - by the best trained business Bada**es on the planet. Don't let your dream die (with or without you) because you're around the wrong people. If you think you'd be an asset, become a Builder now: www.WeBuildEmpires.com
Seven Grand in Six Days? Jaylen Shaeffer sent us an interesting story. Not because of how much money he made - although to go from zero and hit seven grand in less than a week is awesome! - but because of his situation. He just had back surgery. For the entire six days he was either on his couch, on his bed or in the bathroom. No excuses. He followed the exact Model and helped a local real estate group raise some private money by arranging for them to speak at seminars that he scheduled. The awesome part? The seminars were already happening, all he did was arrange for his real estate groups to be squeezed into the speaking schedule. Everything was done sitting (or laying) down Jaylen filled up so many slots that he is now working with four groups and getting them gigs daily. "...I have over $7,500 coming to me, I've been paid on half so far and it's only been six days..." Here's the Episode he watched to do this: www.WeBuildEmpires.com/Takeovers.html Injection for Business Builders â—? WeBuildEmpires.com â—? Page 3