Al is the name my parents gave me but everyone calls me Namaste (pronounced Na-Mas-Stay). I'm head over heels in love with a beautiful, ambitious, law of attraction coach named Regina. I'm the founder of a number of businesses. Each business represents a different passion of mine...
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A lot of people ask me about my name. 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."
How I got that nickname is a long story that involves the February 2003, Seattle, Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar, shock when I read the definition and finally Burning Man 2005 where I began to make the necessary adjustments to be able to live into that definition each day.
Taking on the name Namaste has been a unique experience. First, I had to stop questioning myself and accept it. That wasn't easy. Let's get real, a white guy calling himself Namaste is strange. Being called AL was easy. I knew who AL was. Al was a nice guy, who had done some not so nice things as a kid, who was choosing to not let go of the darkside a 100% because he feared doing so would make him weak. Being called Namaste has caused me to question my very identity and ask myself "Who Am I?" I've come to the conclusion that..
I am NOT my experiences.
I am NOT my past decisions.
I am NOT my job or business.
I am NOT my given name AL or my nickname Namaste.
And I am certainly NOT a good guy, who did some bad things as a kid, who is choosing to not let go of the darkside for fear of being weak.
If I'm NOT these things, then who I am, is my actions. People look at my actions and then determine who I am. If my actions are nice I'm defined as a "nice guy." If my actions are not nice I'm defined as a "bad guy". Interestingly, my actions are guided by my thoughts. Ultimately I am the things I consistently think about. Looks like Landmark Education was right after all.
What do I think about most?
Massive Contribution-
How to really help people make serious progress on their dreams.
Stunning Financial Abundance-
How to become financially independent by helping people make serious progress on their dreams.
Adventure & Unique Experiences-How to travel to all the places and have all the experiences on my lifetime goal list.
FUTURE GOALS
&
BUCKET LIST
My first goal on my future goal list is to create my own Bucket List. (done 12/31/2007) What's that? A list of all the things I have to do before I die to feel like this life was an incredible trip. Check out the movie THE BUCKET LIST starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicklson if you want to be inspired.
My second goal is to create my own Bodhi Wall. (done 1/24/2009) 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 me kissing Regina at an epic massive
Picture of WingEnvy and I at our first massive (done 12/31/2007)
Picture of WingEnvy and I wearing tee-shirts from the rave tee-shirt line we started called HUG ME TEES(done 6/28/2008)
Picture of me at the front of a massive loving it! Accomplished this at Monster Massive!(done 10/25/2008)
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 Feb 16, 2010
Picture of Nate and me partying on a beach on the other side of the world.
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 having 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 me at the TED Conference
Picture of me on Oprah Show for the 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 33rd birthday with a hottie
GET RICH
Picture of me the day I quit my part time day job
Picture of me with employees @ airport so I remember why I work so hard
Picture of me with that orange cart with my Ferrari key at the airport
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 Oyster Perpetual Day Date Rolex
Picture of me with pinkie ring, matching bracelet & Presidential
Picture of me picking up my silver Ferrari Spyder
Picture of me picking up my baby blue Phantom Rolls Royce
Picture of me picking up my white Land Rover
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 for the Privateer Nation
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
I'll never forget Lacey saying to me "I've heard you talk about traveling the world for years. You never go because you say you are always working. If you don't go now you are going to be one of those weird old guys trying to dance on the beach with 20 somethings." That statement woke me up. The following pic is of me in a boat (that's me in the orange shirt) in Thailand on the way to one of the famous Full Moon Parties that draw 10,000+ travelers from all over the world. I worked in a telemarketing room for 7 months to pay for that trip. And I was sick that day but I refused to let stop me. It was a dream come true to be there. A rain storm was coming in and lightening was flashing across the sky as we danced to world class trance on the beach. Picture of me on my first vagabonding trip overseas (done 10/27/2005)
Before I left on my first overseas trip I read the book Vagabonding by Rolf Potts. In the book I read about GOA, INDIA. I'd never heard of it before but it was a magnet for travelers from all over the world since the 60's. In the book I wrote "I gotta so GOA, INDIA." A few years later I was coaching the Self Expression and Leadership Program for Landmark Education. I decided to give one of the people I was coaching my copy of Vagabonding. Right before I wrapped it up I flipped through it looking at my notes. I saw "I gotta do GOA, INDIA." I'd done the trip 6 months before and I had an amazing time. It was so cool to see that goal in that book and to know I already achieved it. This pic is of Sryah and I at our favorite bar Zoories that sat on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea. The coolest part about this pic is it was taken a few hours before I had one of the craziest nights of my life. Picture of me in GOA, INDIA (done 10/27/2006)
Picture of me, Pat and Lyds 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 program that I caused at Morro Bay High School on the Central Coast of California
Picture of me the day I break 1 million micro loans to 3rd world entrepreneurs
Picture of me on the day I become the #1 lender on Kiva.org
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 for a team that helped all its members achieve financial independence
Picture of me at opening for home for runaway kids that I founded that teaches them how to be entrepreneurs
Picture of me on the day I become the #1 donor on SmileTrain.org
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PAST SUCCESSES
&
PAST 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 high school at 15 thanks to my mom pushing me.
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 high school.
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 are proving 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 got a low paying jack off job. And I had no idea what I was going to do.
I was 25 whenI 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. I 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 an hour long talk I realized his dream was in another industry. I always said I'd never get in the way of a dream so we shut every thing 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 my dream 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.
After a year of being crashed on a couch, and struggling to get the business started alone, I was 28 and burned out. 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 into the night at the best FULL-MOON PARTY ever.
Another year of couch surfing passed while I did the trial and error thing with the business. I once again found myself burned out, so at 29 I took off the month of December and headed to Goa, INDIA. I lived on Anjuna Beach and experienced 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 T.A.O. at New Year's which is by far my best New Year's ever.
On Saint Patrick's Day 2008 (after 3 years of trial and error figuring things out) 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 dismay it took 3 years of heart wrenching trial and error. 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. DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT COMPLAINING TO ME THAT THE PRICE YOU ARE HAVING TO PAY TO GET YOUR DREAM IS TO BIG.
In the end 2008 turned out to be an amazing year. I built 5 krewes (yes I'm spelling krewes that way for a reason) and got paid to do what I love! At the end of the year I attended the Wealth Dynamics Seminar. During the seminar I realized that I had to do something differently with my entrepreneurial nation. I was struggling to build it fast enough because I couldn't find leads that I could afford. So I decided to open up a company that builds teams for the general public. From those teams I'll recruit members for the Privateer Nation. I'm so excited about this because it makes the Privateer Nation by invitation only. And it means I don't have to build it for the money anymore as my profits will becoming from another company. I also picked up a business partner for the new company. I know that 2009 is going to be the year that everything changes. Why? I'm ready. It's going to be super fun updating this in late 2009 or early 2010. It's going to feel so good to report I'm off the couch and living my dreams of getting rich, traveling the planet and changing the world.
Lastly, my attitude has changed about the whole couch situation. I use to be so bitter about the price I was paying. Now I'm grateful. What happened? I read the e-mail that was sent to John Wood (founder of Room To Read & the author of the book LEAVING MICROSOFT TO CHANGE THE WORLD) by his friend Laura. He was complaining to her that his dream of changing the world with with Room To Read was costing him all the toys etc. Laura wrote, "Fancy real estate is NOT what matters. You have something that few other people have---the certainty that comes with knowing you are doing, every day, exactly what you should be doing." After reading that I realized she's right. I get to wake up every day knowing there is nothing else in the world I