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How Smart People Use The Internet

by Drawk Kwast – March 6th, 2013

google search Mike Murray and Drawk Kwast talk about how smart people use the internet to make money and solve problems.

Podcast: Download (Duration: 58:42 — 23.5MB)

Mike Murray has spent his entire adult life as a serial entrepreneur. His diverse portfolio of businesses has included sports training, career guidance, technology, security, and applied psychology. Currently, he’s one of the co-founders at MAD Security, where he leads engagements to help corporate and government customers protect their information. He’s also in charge of the advanced curriculum at The Hacker Academy, an online training environment focusing on the newest methods of computer-penetration testing and social engineering. Mike’s personal thoughts can be found on his blog at episteme.ca.

Drawk Kwast’s methods have been called unconventional and even subversive. He makes no apologies as he teaches men how to dominate the competition at work, attract the most desirable women on the planet, and ultimately achieve a fulfilling life. Forbes, USA Today, Details, Worth, and Entrepreneur have all recognized his ability to transform clients’ desires into reality through his 60-day Total Experience Immersion training program. He is the author of two books: Domination Basics: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 1 (ISBN 1453801898) and Power Communication: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 2 (ISBN 1479372706). Visit his website at www.drawkkwast.com to learn more.

The following is a list of resources talked about during this podcast.

Let Me Google That For You is a great way to deal with people who keep on asking you questions that can easily be answered by using Google.

Fiverr is the world’s largest marketplace for small services costing five bucks. This is a great resource for making some extra cash when you’re broke, or for buying things for your business like video reviews. Give it a look and you’ll be surprised at the services offered.

PayPal is the most widely used method for receiving money on the internet. It can be used to receive payments for small odd jobs or to receive payments as part of an online store. You can get a debit card from them that gives you instant access to the money people send you. They also have a very small device that plugs into an iPhone or iPad enabling you to physically swipe credit cards.

LegalZoom is the place to go for the paperwork you’ll need to file when starting a business.

Lexington Law is a great way to fix your personal credit reports.

Kickstarter offers crowdsource funding. If you need to raise capital for a project, this is the best way to get it.

Wix is an easy, free, and quick way to get a website up for people who know nothing about building websites. When you’re ready to start selling online, you can upgrade to a fully functional online store for under $20.00 per month.

Google Voice is the cheapest and easiest way to get a phone number for your business.

Google Sites is another great way to get a free website up.

Google Wallet is similar to PayPal and can be used with Google Sites to receive payments online.

Ring Central is a cheap way to get all the bells and whistles of a professional business phone system.

Twitter is a popular social media platform.

Facebook can be a huge waste of time, but when used correctly, nothing is better for connecting with people.

Kinkos (now FedEx Office) is a great way to print out business cards and brochures that you create yourself, on your home computer. If you’re proficient on a computer, and have a flare for the artistic, this is a great way to produce things.

Vistaprint is another great printing resource. They also do stickers, mugs, and t-shirts. They are famous for doing free business cards.

CreateSpace is the place to have your book, movie, or song professionally packaged for sale. You provide them with digital files of your work, and they will produce the paperback book, DVD, or CD on demand as you get orders. This is awesome because you can fulfill orders without paying for a minimum order of thousands of units up front. With the click of a button, you can make your work instantly available for purchase on Amazon.com, one of the planet’s biggest online stores.

Fulfillment by Amazon is a great way to outsource all of your shipping. You send one big shipment of your product to their warehouses, and then use their website to direct individual shipments as you get orders.

Chromebook will get you online for under $200.00.

Amazon Mechanical Turk is a great way to make money if you’re broke, and can be a great resource for businesses looking for online labor.

CloudCrowd is similar to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.

Freshbooks is a great solution once sales start coming in and you need to track accounting and do real invoices.

Stripe works great with Freshbooks for receiving credit card payments and is proving to be real competition for PayPal.

The Warrior Forum is an awesome resource for answering any question you may have about running an online business. You can post questions and other people in the community will reply with what they know.

Google Apps is the hub for all of Google’s business products, like Google Docs, Google Calendar, etc.

Google AdWords is the best way to advertise. After you build a website, you’ll need to get people to it if you want sales.

AdWords Express is the basic version of AdWords, designed for the less technically savvy.

PRWeb is a great way to distribute your own press releases. This is an indirect form of advertising.

The Vocus PR Suite is the software that professional Public Relations firms use.

Ted Williams is the homeless guy with the radio voice. Here’s the YouTube video and the Wikipedia page.

Google Analytics is used to see who’s coming to your website and what they are doing.

When You’re Awesome And No One Knows It is a story about violinist Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world, who played in Washington DC, at a Metro station. He played one of the most intricate pieces of music ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars, and collected only $32.00 from people passing by him.

Github is powerful collaboration, review, and code management for software development.

99 Designs is a great place to crowdsource the creation of graphics for your new business. It’s perfect if you need a logo.

W3 Schools is a great free resource if you’re teaching yourself how to code websites with things like PHP, HTML, and MySQL.

Use Scribendi for editing and proofreading. Have proofreaders review everything you put in front of your clients including promotional material, product packaging, advertising, and your website.

Domination Basics: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 1 is essential reading for getting your head screwed on straight.

Power Communication: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 2 is essential reading for anyone communicating ideas or selling anything.

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Suing For Partial Custody Of Her Vagina

by Drawk Kwast – February 2nd, 2013

Imagine for a moment a man standing in front of a judge, asking for a divorce from his wife, but demanding partial custody of her vagina. The judge would look at the man with disgust, horrified that he thinks he’s entitled to sex with her a few times a week even though they are divorced. Consider however that this is no more insane than a woman standing in front of that same judge and expecting money, her ex-husband’s money, in the form of monthly alimony payments.

First, let me say that I’m NOT talking about child support. I believe that the financial support of children should be a burden equally split between both parents. What I am talking about is an ex-wife behaving like a child and thinking she is entitled to her ex-husband’s money. The very fact that the court proceedings will refer to it as “his” money is the only indicator needed to establish who has rights to it. It’s as simple as the money he earned being his, and the money she earned being hers. He works one job and she works another. If they happen to own a company together, how the money gets divided up needs to be written in the operating agreement. Divorce has no bearing on previously earned income. And if she didn’t work while in the marriage, that was her choice. If I had a jobless old college friend sleeping on my couch, why would anyone think I owed him something after kicking him out? Would it make any difference if he was cooking meals, cleaning my bathroom, and feeding my dog while he was there?

The argument for a woman being entitled to a man’s money after divorce is made to “maintain her standard of living.” Any divorced man knows that phrase all too well. It means that he is legally obligated to give her enough money that she can maintain the same lifestyle as when they were married, and the cost of doing so ensures a lower standard of living for him. Here’s my argument:

If she gets the “same standard of living” so should he. He’s entitled to sex… or at least the cost of replacing that sex to maintain the same standard of living.

If I enter into a contract with a company to replace the roof on my house, and they stop working halfway through, that company is legally obligated to finish the roof. If they stop working, they owe me money to pay someone else to get the job done. In the same way, when a woman agrees to marriage, she agrees to sex “till death do they part.” Given no judge is going to grant her ex-husband partial custody of her vagina, but he should be able to sue her for his losses. She should be paying the bill for every date, vacation, or bottle of champagne he shares with any other woman, because that is the cost he incurs to get the sex she had agreed to. And believe me when I say that the biggest factor in a guy’s “standard of living” is whether or not he’s getting laid.

I believe that a sexual relationship must never become a financial relationship. Any woman who disagrees with me and thinks that sex entitles her to money is a prostitute.

Article Source: www.drawkkwast.com

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First Steps Of An Entrepreneur

by Drawk Kwast – June 23rd, 2012

First Steps Of An Entrepreneur Mike Murray and Drawk Kwast help prepare you for the adventure of a lifetime, during your first steps as an entrepreneur.

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03:04 — 25.3MB)

This is the final podcast in a series of three designed to help you discover a direction for your life, and ultimately find happiness by reaching that goal. Be sure to also listen to Part 1: What Should I Do with My Life and Part 2: Living with Passion.

Drawk Kwast’s methods have been called unconventional, and he makes no apologies as he teaches men how to dominate the competition at work, attract the most desirable women on the planet, and ultimately achieve a fulfilling life. Forbes, USA Today, Details, Worth, and Entrepreneur have all recognized his ability to transform clients’ desires into reality through his 60-day Total Experience Immersion training program. His first book, Domination Basics: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 1 (ISBN 1453801898), is available now wherever books are sold. Visit his website at www.drawkkwast.com.

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What Should I Do With My Life?

by Drawk Kwast – June 3rd, 2012

Mike Murray and Drawk Kwast help you answer one of life’s biggest questions: What should I do with my life?

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01:21 — 24.6MB)

This is the first podcast in a series of three designed to help you discover a direction for your life, and ultimately find happiness by reaching that goal. Be sure to listen to Part 2: Living with Passion and Part 3: First Steps of an Entrepreneur.

Mike Murray is the author of Forget the Parachute, Let Me Fly the Plane, a workbook that will challenge you to discover your true calling. In addition to that, he’s one of the co-founders of MAD Security, where he leads engagements to help corporate and government customers protect their organizations. He’s also in charge of the advanced curriculum at The Hacker Academy, an online training environment focusing on the newest methods of computer-penetration testing and social engineering. Mike’s personal thoughts can be found on his blog at episteme.ca.

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Occupy Wall Street

by Drawk Kwast – October 23rd, 2011

Drawk Kwast talks with six guests about the Occupy Wall Street movement, the surrounding issues, and real solutions to the problem.

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:40:54 — 23.1MB)

If you are interested in educating yourself after listening to the above podcast, I recommend the following two-disk DVD set and book. Just click on the product name to be taken to the associated Amazon.com page. Buy them for yourself, share them with your friends.

Money as Debt II: Promises Unleashed – (includes Money as Debt I, Revised Edition). This is essential viewing for understanding how the money system really works. These DVDs are as powerful as they are easy to understand.

Domination Basics: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 1 – Essential reading for anyone wanting to regain power over all aspects of their life.

In addition, here are the links for some of the things we talked about during the podcast along with some free bonus material to educate yourself with:

MSNBC on NYPD Police Brutality During Occupy Wall Street – Lawrence O’Donnell goes off on the New York City Police Department.

BBC News Speechless as Trader Tells Truth – My jaw hit the floor when I watched this. Nothing is as shocking as the truth.

I AM NOT MOVING – A short film on Occupy Wall Street that makes the startling point that while politicians speak publicly for freedoms in other countries, they ignore the freedoms being taken away here.

Anonymous Occupy the Planet – A video sample from the group calling themselves “Anonymous.”

Anonymous Legion News Network – The recently created news network of “Anonymous.”

The Foundation for Integrative Research – Lane Pierce’s organization.

We Are the 1% – A website built by the 1% striking back.

Blame the Fed for the Financial Crisis – A great article written by Ron Paul and published in the Wall Street Journal.

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Spend Less and Get Laid More

by Drawk Kwast – September 29th, 2010

bling What if there was something you could do right now, that took zero effort, didn’t cost anything, and was guaranteed to get you laid more?

FACT #1) We are living in a bad economy where most guys are making less money, but still trying to pay for the same lifestyle they had years ago in the good economy.

FACT #2) This is causing those guys an incredible amount of stress.

FACT #3) Women don’t care about “stuff.” Women care about how they “feel” around you.

Connect the dots here and you discover an amazing thing. Spend less money, learn to live easily within your current financial means, lower your stress level, and you will find women to be much more responsive to your advances. When a guy under stress approaches a woman, she feels that stress and doesn’t want to be around it. When over 95% of the men around her are wound-tight with negative energy, they become even more responsive to the men who are care free.

Let go of your ego. Let go of that stuff you can’t afford anymore. Start paying off your credit cards and building your savings account back up. Lower your stress, breath easy, and sleep better. Then start talking to all the women around you. Be amazed at how much easier it is to get a date when you’re the only guy in the room smiling. Meet her at a Starbucks for some stimulating conversation (and where the total cost of the date will be under $10.00).

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Weak Economy Success Secrets

by Drawk Kwast – July 23rd, 2009

Being an entrepreneur is about living a few years of your life now in a way that most people wouldn’t, so that you can enjoy the rest of your life the way most people can’t. The most advantageous time for an entrepreneur to spend money is when no one else has any. You are about to learn how to put these two concepts together to insure that you can successfully build wealth in today’s weak economy.

The information I am about to give you comes with a few words of caution: It is designed for entrepreneurs only. I say this because it is powerful and, if misused, it will financially destroy the average person. I will answer the questions of “when” and “how” but I can only point you in the direction of “what.” Follow this advice, choose wisely, and succeed. Now on to the good stuff…

The best time to spend money is when no one else has any. This is when your costs will be the lowest. What I am about to tell you will sound counter-intuitive, but one of the best times to get a new business going is in a changing and weak economy. Not only are your costs of goods and services low, but no one else has any money to compete with you.

Now I can hear what you are saying as you read this. You are saying that you are one of those people who have no money. You are remembering a saying that it “takes money to make money.” You are correct, but I am about to give you perspective that will change everything.

The reason that you have no money to invest now is because your ego has made a slave of you, doing whatever you can to hold on to all of the things you acquired when the economy was strong. Everyone did it. They moved into houses they could barley afford, filled with toys that they spent their last dollar on every month including the new car in the garage. They could barely afford living that way then and even though they are making less money today, they do everything they can to keep those things today. People are silly.

Here is your new plan. It’s very simple. Get control of your ego, and get your expenses down to the absolute bare minimum so that you can invest at the most opportune time, which is now. I am talking about sacrifice. I am talking about operating at the bare minimum. You need food, basic shelter, a phone, and a computer with an internet connection. You do not need cable TV. You do not need beer and cigarette money. You do not need Sparkletts water and other such stupid wastes of money delivered to your home. In most major urban areas, you do not need your car. Get a bicycle, use public transportation, and be amazed how much more money you have at the end of every month to invest. Hey, you want to be successful in a weak economy, this it what it will take. It will take everything. That is what you will have to invest. At that point, the “everything point,” it is only a matter of time before a very interesting thing happens to the wise entrepreneur with resources in a weak economy. They hit a point where they start to profit, and then they can buy all that stuff back for pennies on the dollar. When the guy who lives next door to you hasn’t been able to feed his kids for 3 days, don’t be surprised when he offers to sell you his 3 month old 52 inch TV for $300.00 because he has no other options.

Now we need to figure out what type of business you are going to start and invest that money in. First a point of clarification: A person who has started only one business, let’s say a flower shop, is a florist and NOT an entrepreneur! A person who has started a flower shop, opened a deli, a dry-cleaning business, and a worm farm is an entrepreneur. The difference is diversification. They could wake up one morning, decide to sell Michael Jackson merchandise on eBay and be successful at that also. You see the florist wants to be a florist and will open and operate that business in any economic climate, which can be a financially fatal mistake. An entrepreneur doesn’t have their heart set on one kind of business. They have their heart set on making money. They look at the economic climate and pick a business that suits the climate. Think of the florist as a woman who just bought a new mini-skirt, but the next day she walks out of the house wearing it even though it is pouring rain. The entrepreneur walks out of the house with a rain coat and an umbrella.

We are in a bad economy. It is raining outside. Stop trying to sell flowers and start selling rain coats. Shortly after September 11, sales of emergency supplies and gas masks went up. Start thinking in terms of what people feel they need and what problem you can solve for them rather than “what you want to do when you grow up.” As the economy gets worse, people are using cash advance places more and more and paying the owners of those businesses huge interest. The banking and real-estate system is falling apart, enabling people who are doing loan modifications to get rich very fast by cleaning up the mess. There is opportunity everywhere. When World War III happens, I’ll be the guy who made a fortune selling weapons and ammunition, hiding out safely in the bomb shelter I just built with all the profits. I may not be powerful enough to change the course of history but I am smart enough to ride the waves as they happen.

Being an entrepreneur is about living a few years of your life now like most people won’t, so that you can enjoy the rest of your life like most people can’t. Make sacrifices to invest in something that is profiting more and more as the economy gets worse. Now is the time to build your empire.

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Economy Proof

by Drawk Kwast – November 20th, 2008

Say of me what you will, but I never pay any attention to the news.

While the world is busy talking of economic collapse, I remain almost oblivious to it. I learned long ago that the only time opportunities are in short supply is when the market is unchanging. As long as things are changing, whether for the better or worse, there is opportunity.

One of the biggest problems with paying attention to the news is the tendency to believe what they are saying. What I am talking about is the power of suggestion. This is the reason companies spend so much money on TV advertisements, because they work. If you sit a group of people in front of a TV set for long enough and keep on telling them the news that “the economy is collapsing,” they start to believe it. Sooner or later, that belief will be reflected in their performance at work. If you keep on telling a person who sells widgets that people just don’t have any money to spend on widgets these days, sooner or later, that salesman will start to believe it. When he does, that belief will become a self fulfilling prophecy as he begins to give up and accept what he now believes. As that salesman gets an ever decreasing paycheck, he has less money to spend with his local butcher. When the butcher asks the salesman why he is buying less meat, the salesman will reply by saying, “the economy is getting bad.” The butcher will tend to believe the salesman as he tells of his slumping sales. The butcher has good reason to because he isn’t selling as much meat to the salesman. The butcher with less money in his pocket and a good story to tell will spread this to the remainder of the town.

So what am I telling you? There is no recession? Nope. I pay the same outrageous prices at the gas pump and grocery store that you do. What I am telling you is that you will not win by rolling over and playing dead. That only makes things worse. Successful people know that the best time to make moves is when the economy is going down.

There is too much competition when the economy is going up and everyone has the resources to do anything. It’s when times are tough, when 90% of the competition has given up, that’s the time to make your moves.

Consider the butcher from our above example. If the economy “goes bad” in his town and every other butcher shop gives up and closes, who has all the business when the economy inevitably gets better? He does. No matter how bad things get, as soon as people start buying more meat again, they will be buying all of it from him. Sure, as the economy continues to get better, other people will open butcher shops and compete for that business, but the advantage is always to the first person with an open store and existing customers.

Watch TV news if you must, but realize that not all are suffering economic hardship right now. I know many, including myself, who are making more money month after month as everyone else is telling us how bad things are. We know how to ride the waves. We know that change in any way presents opportunity. Most importantly, we know that it will be us who will be in the best position to ride the next wave of change when things get better.

Rather than giving up, you need to ask yourself where you want to be when the economy changes. Then figure out how to move in that direction. The closer you can get to your goal today, the quicker you’ll get there tomorrow. The most advantageous time to invest resources is when your competition won’t.

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