Scale, Mess And Debt

[@samovenstv]

Did you like it? Speak to me...

[@masternobody1896]

Yes epic knowledge stuff from sam yes

[@Bayatialaqsa]

I was waiting for a Video... Thanks for that ✌

[@steveswiat8729]

Thanks, Sam. Always love your videos. I get a ton of value out of them

[@calvinknowsbest2880]

I have 1 question, Sam. Why do you hate the Oxford comma???

[@drewwarner6350]

My service business has been struggling in all three of these areas so thanks for making this video! Could use help on deciding if I should actually start a new business if I’m having trouble with a business partner.

[@brandinobiz]

4 years later and I’m sad I missed this era of you. Still relevant now 🙌🏾

[@NathanaelTheGreat]

😔

[@fazedad7344]

SAM OVENS WE LOVE YOU COME BACK

[@vimalcurio]

@@downloadcourses8851 you know that illegal

[@policarpiodigital4729]

Good news he's back!

[@CyborgHGWF]

I think these older videos help us all not to make the same mistakes in our time 2022. I appreciate you keeping these older videos up because how else are we going to learn to do better. Blessings and prayers to you Sam. Thank you for this. You are truly a blessing to people.

[@SuperhumanTroy]

*SAVED to my workout playlist. You help me with brain gains while I make actual gains!*

[@wiseaffiliate910]

SuperHuman You I do the same it’s a great time to watch good video content. 👌🏻

[@YosefFisher]

I'm working out right now lol 😜

[@wiseaffiliate910]

@@YosefFisher late workouts wire me up

[@PublishingDotCom]

LOL Sam is the only thing I listen to at the gym

[@rockathon33]

What amazes me is that you are filming the whole scene with one shot. No editing. No cutting and gluing. One smooth flow

[@MikeBarron1]

He's totally smart!🙌💯

[@MikeBarron1]

He's legendary!

[@tomekskrill3959]

This is actually one of few channels where the content is really top notch and you can apply things to your daily life. Big props!

[@wiseaffiliate910]

well said!

[@MikeBarron1]

Agree with you!!

[@PAT-FILMS]

Sam Ovens provides (in my opinion) the best business content on the web, and yet, he's still only at 80k subs. I ask myself why... Is it because he's making long-form content that challenges people's mind & patience. Probably. Is it because he's being honest, saying what people need to hear and not what they want to hear. Probably. Is it because he's _not_ speaking in a very dramatic & intense manner to inflict a lot of emotions within people to spike their dopamine levels. Probably. Is it because he's teachings mainly get recognized & appreciated by other INTJS's that share the same values Probably. Is Sam's 479 published videos that only have generated 80k subs the result of an interesting fact? A fact that explains that people value emotions spikes and short adrenaline rushes more than information that can change their entire life for the better? Probably. Will Sam Ovens keep releasing these videos because he's a machine that knows that his sophisticated messages will not go mainstream (yet) but don't mind this because he's making a very strong impact that resonates deeply with the crowd that matters. Hopefully.

[@KlaasVictor]

Good analysis!:-) I suppose the style of the videos is already a selection of the right kind of people. The 80k might be a preselection of people that have a high chance of succeeding by joining the consulting accelerator course.

[@hata6290]

shut the fuck up

[@paladin1147]

@@hata6290 Nobody asked you anything.

[@cryptik5309]

Probably

[@benweaver7455]

I was getting down on myself about how bad I suck. I needed the reminder that I need to suck for awhile

[@wiseaffiliate910]

What matters is not how bad you suck it is how good you learn not to by improving!

[@kmdlopper]

Alcohol is basically pure debt. You’re borrowing your own happiness from tomorrow

[@ludzerscheepstra6200]

Absolutely! Still working on that issue...

[@AbhishekMishra-ru2ob]

Hi Sam , nobody teaches how to start a start up ,nobody teaches it,and nobody can teach it better than you. How to start a company,innovation,management,product,scaling,taking your company from zero to one pls make a series on it. Long detailed videos

[@forestpump3]

Consulting Accelerator

[@AbhishekMishra-ru2ob]

@@forestpump3 yeah I am part of it, but I am not into consulting

[@lootube121]

Abhishek Mishra same

[@EntrepreneurAMG]

For a start up forget logos and spending time on your "team" finding a group of skilled people etc. Instead focus on one process that converts sales for your business. Once it works start increasing it by doing more of the same process. Do NOT hire a single person until that is in place. Starting any other way guarantees failure.

[@SunnyKumar-mz7mv]

Nobody? You need to pick up some good biz books

[@alexanderhartsuff6422]

Would love to hear about the correlation you've seen between the recently increased content and sales revenue.

[@PomShelby369]

There is nothing better than seeing Sam’s video on your home screen.

[@KevRoweMusic]

Sam, your transparency with these numbers is much appreciated.

[@MikeBarron1]

Me too...🙌💯

[@harrywoodd3302]

Sam - Although Im not in the consultancy field, I get a kick out of watching your videos for re-framing my mindset on overall business activities. A lot of what you discuss is also very relatable into ones own personal life, not just business. Have you ever thought about a branch of training that summarises a lot of these topics you discuss in your videos? Im only suggesting from the view of not being in Consultancyand being a shareholder / co-owner of a business and enjoying your business analyses/insight.. As a side-note, year 18 and your huge transition from big team to small team. Although a smart business decision for net profit, must have been difficult to say goodbye to people that helped clean up the 'mess'! Thanks for sharing the videos : )

[@hailynguyen9362]

excellent presentation! The item that appeal the most to me was step 6: 1 step back and two step forward. You're right most people have difficulty doing this because it is painful, people don't like to perceive themselves as failing, making less money, etc, but you have already said this in past videos 'if you don't make a sacrifice, its your dream that will be sacrificed.' Looking forward to your next video.

[@shortstories-1117]

Hi Sam, in the chance you see this message i want to thank you for all of the videos you have made. All the best & Keep it focused!

[@lennox3555]

Your looking healthy big fella, love from NZ and keep up the good work your changing lives.

[@welcometothestarkside2439]

this is epic. you provide excellent insight into the complexities of running and growing a business. im certain that only a small fraction of business leaders are conscious of the points you make here, and this can be the difference between success and failure. Thanks Sam

[@wiseaffiliate910]

GREAT observation and yes it is one of the things that are crucial to success or the opposite! 😎

[@michaeltovar6614]

Number 5, & 8 were important for my self. YAGNI was on a whole other level of importance for me though, love it. Thank you so much

[@vahagbyurat]

thank you for providing a breadth of examples because time and financial are the obvious examples. It also helped to know from your example of WHEN it makes sense to get a team, because it helps me contain the stress of whether or not I need a team, because it answers the question, "when should I think about having a team?" The answer I got was when the debt it has on my life doing my work outweighs the financial cost of offloading. Appreciate you.

[@KlaasVictor]

There are people who are succesful but don't know why exactly. They have difficulty teaching how to become succesful. Their teachings are superficial. In contrast, Sam grew succesful from being an employee at Vodafone without specialized knowledge of anything, so Sam knows exactly how you can become successful. His course consulting accelerator shows everything in detail and does not leave 1 stone unturned. It is an amazing life changing course. Thank you Sam and team!

[@kevinnguyen709]

Wow this is pure value than most online gurus, you just became one of my top people to listen to (my new mentor) 😳🤯, you have a lot of videos and it’s gonna be hard to cycle all this info in me until I can learn it by heart

[@robertasaservice]

I've never seen someone explain it so clearly and concisely. This reminds me of the quote "“If You Can't Explain it to a Six Year Old, You Don't Understand it Yourself” from Einstein. These are the real down to earth people you need to seek, the real deal. No uncle G, Tai Lopez BS on how to make million dollars in sales in 2 days lol. I salute you.

[@vidark.6301]

Brilliant as always. I'm in a situation where I need to pay back my debt; healthwise, professionally and financially. It's all a mess but now it's clean-up-time! Back to life and business. Hope to see more of how you stay healthy and focused, and what you recommend to people who are unstructured / jumping around between actions etc. You are be able to give accessible information in a creative and very focused way that I somehow connect with on a deep level.

[@900102xy]

Nice videos, Sam! I am going to teach your lessons to my small children. When they are 12, they will know what some people do not learn in their lifetime. They will grow up into very happy people because they will be wise and bear fruit in due season.

[@StephenFrazer85]

Great video and encouraging. My lifestyle, disposable income has gone backwards. But I'm wary of the golden handcuffs. But you do forget. Thanks for the nuggets and reminder.

[@wiseaffiliate910]

Everyone can forget from time to time 100%! The key is in the amnesia not being long lasting :)

[@pavloseleftheriou6462]

SAM WE NEED YOU VERY MUCH....THANK YOU 1000 TIMES!!!PLEASE FIND TIME TO MAKE THESE VIDEOS I WATHCH THEM AND THEY HELP ME A LOT!!!!!YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND IN U TUBE......I FOLOW YOUR TIPS AND THEY ARE MEGA HELPFULL YOU ARE A MIRACLE KID!!!! I DONT WANT TO PRESS YOU BUT NEVER STOP MAKING VIDEOS!!!!THAAAAAANK YOU!!!!

[@nicolasrivero4722]

Thank you very much Sam. I agree with you, sometimes we have to take one step backwards to take two forward. Thank you for giving us a honest perspective on what it takes to win in life and in business. Keep it up!

[@missjazzytan]

Please share your story of how you got to the $2mil mark, Sam! Thanks for this great content ☺️

[@tanuj.mp4]

He tells it on this channel in his old videos. His course consulting accelerator has an indepth model on how he went from nothing to a successful consultant.

[@AbhishekMishra-ru2ob]

The you make Sam, very few people do, you are doing a great thing to humanity. I admire you a lot and soon going to start a start up. Pls hire more people so that you make more of these kind of videos on Start Up, scale,growth,management,innovation etc etc. We lack innovation because 99.9% of the world things of globalization

[@sargasso08]

I love this kind of videos! Thank you so much for sharing so much value Sam!

[@lookintothesky123]

I am definitely in a 1 step back for two steps forward situation right now. Thanks Sam.

[@victorianoroque4983]

It's always a good day when Sam uploads

[@MikeBarron1]

Exactly!

[@theupskillpodcast7758]

Excellent Sam :)) You're on the right track. Keep it up! Just wanted to add to Sam's advice about innovating... I sent out notifications to all my customers for next year that I'll be limiting seats by 100% so I can go back to innovating on product while also creating a waiting list (and notifying higher yearly prices) to avoid any impending "mess" as Sam puts it. Thank you Sam!

[@vikki8699]

Straight to the point!! 5. 6. And 8. Appealed to me more :D thank you Sam!

[@MikeBarron1]

Very informative content!! Love this! 🔥

[@margaritaflynn9548]

Thank you for sharing your lessons learned...very insightful as I build my business with no past experience!!!

[@raemyshu]

I know it's my confirmation bias talking, but thanks for the words of encouragement and wisdom-drop on how to manage business, especially the 1-step-back-2-steps-forward bit. Against the advice of my peers, I quit my (boring, exhausting, but well-paying) day job to put more time & energy into a business using my talents. Whatever my future holds, thanks again for sharing your stories, Sam - that's invaluable experience talkin'.

[@khairisaleh5095]

Perfect, Appreciate your time and effort to provide us with awesome videos

[@sargasso08]

I loved your comparison of scale/debt with bulking/cutting. I definitely will use that when trying to scale a business :) thanks again! Greetings from Ecuador

[@MikeBarron1]

Great tip brotha! 💯

[@drazen_fuzzmaster]

Pure gold Sam. Thank you. The stories really help to make it more practical and real!

[@markeckert9999]

So good. Thanks man. I needed to watch this.

[@unlockyoursound]

My man!

[@justuhfy1097]

Video Idea: how to find your Polaris star in Business and more importantly in life. You reference them often but what do we do when we don’t know what they are? How to we figure out what they are? After all, you can’t hit a target you can’t see; so I think this kind of video would be super helpful Thanks as always Sam!

[@Mike5000]

hello sam. uploaded 3 minutes ago, but I'll just say great video now

[@MikeBarron1]

Well said Sam!

[@speakenglishsecrets7323]

34:04 needed to hear that. 2020 was definitely a step back for me.

[@PeterJansenBusinessReturn]

Too bad, you finished this channel WAS THE BEST

[@BrandonDeon]

Sam I always appreciate your work. I have a question for you: I recall you once said that you are not a fan of subscription-based models as opposed to the fixed price. I have a course that I sell for a fixed price but most people in my niche have subscription-based products. I understand when most people are doing something that it is probably the wrong thing to do. Could you elaborate on why you prefer a fixed price?

[@jundeleon8704]

Good question

[@oswaldocruz8883]

I like the concept of debt and how it affects your growth

[@KlaasVictor]

Thank you Sam, great video!

[@clinicapps990]

Awesome video Sam, I went through the exact same process, I want to thank the almighty , I fixed it. I realised it was a good debt and invested all the money on myself, building my personnel brand and learning how to sell and close over the phone , If i had invested else where I would have not been able to manage my debt and would have collapsed.

[@giuliofugazzotto7529]

This is exactly what I needed, thank you very much as always. I hope to see you in uplevel very soon!

[@matthewkivnani]

I’m a bodybuilder and yes we do get fatter and not concerned at all. You rock Sam.

[@anthonycullen8325]

I think this is your best video yet!

[@MarkFeaGuitar]

Ace info Sam... on point and real as always. Nice to see some of your humour creeping through as well ;-)

[@keith-kalfas]

Sam, have you seen Simone Biles? She's the perfect example of how someone can become the best in the world at 1 specific thing.

[@pgdyankov]

Great video again, Sam :) Here's an idea for something to share - when you are starting up (which may take up a lot of time, even years, before you get to something), how much do you share with family/friends/etc.? I know its best to keep what is not ready to yourself (e.g. your product/funnel/contact list or whatever), as otherwise you're asking for gratification for something that doesn't exist, but on the other hand you do need some support and advice, maybe not on the business itself ( you got the CA for that lol ), but for other aspects? I am leaning towards not sharing anything till' you're at least a bit successful on the market, but i think it might be an interesting point.

[@franciscobarrios]

Thanks for sharing, Sam. Great content as usual. Maybe u can make a video about using financial debt when scaling a business? Cheers from Argentina

[@michaelbassolino]

Awesome ...slow down to sped up. Sam, I'd like to see a video about managing humans relating to debt.

[@liamstritt]

Future video idea: you talk about the universal equation... how exactly do we iterate in a complex system where there are so many variables and nothing's working yet, without fucking it all up and changing too much?

[@mystertman8573]

Great content as always. I will have to say that it always feels like you are not looking at me directly. Maybe you look at the cameras screen instead of the lens? Direct eye contact would make these videos even more enjoyable.

[@vikki8699]

Hello Sam! Could you do a video on how you discipline yourself in order to achieve your set out goals :)

[@koustubhthabaj997]

Sam, please make a video on managing your work time, how you & Elon do so much in so little time. Work tries to take up more time than needed and I manage to do very little at the end of the day.

[@wiseaffiliate910]

FOCUS 90% of your time on what brings in the most profit the repetitive action that is the anchor. You can then start to hire and delegate with more revenue. If you can work on your business instead of in it that is when you get a lot done in the same time frame

[@Mattarelly]

I love your metaphors!

[@magentafm]

Thanks Sam. I would like to hear about the human problems and human solutions. What are you learning about yourself and others in terms of the necessary conditions for success? How do the principles of "cultivate for long term" apply?

[@MyDomesticChiffchaff]

Sam, thanks god or whatever that you exist. The advice in this video is exacrly what I need now. I've been stuck with admin for years now, my income hasn't changed for years because of that and I'm depressed.

[@broantix760]

Hey Sam, I’d love to see a video from you on how and when to think long term.

[@MikeBarron1]

Good idea!🙌💯

[@ecomwithellerbrock9081]

I'd like to learn more about the team members needed as you continue to scale. What were priorities at the different stages? What are your thoughts on structuring a team and finding the "right" talent? Thanks for your videos.

[@liamstritt]

Loved #6, the 1 step back, 2 steps forward analogy. Currently in community college doing the minimum to scrape by, whilst doing as much as I can to start my business. It sucks right now with all these voices shouting at me to stop and go back to the old world and focus on that, but I know I need to charge ahead and just push that stationary train one inch forward...

[@mads1427]

I am in the same situation as described by your comment. I wish you the best of skill to cease the day and succeed/think long term.

[@assmonkey9202]

Lemme guess u failed

[@900102xy]

Sometimes by paying one debt you are creating another debt. I am interested in how to balance the various debts in long-term.

[@Grimmsmuss]

How do you structure your Hand Written Notes, Notes in Evernote, or in google docs, how do you manage you bookmarks, and all the notes, so its easy, you can have access to the important things asap and a free from chaos, making double notes or not finding anything. How do you organize Notes, how do you achieve, digital you hand written notes, etc. That would be awesome :)

[@GameLT100]

Great video, thanks! you got new subscriber

[@thaboshikwambane]

Watching this and thinking back to a random day when I saw Sam Ovens on a Tai Lopez video. Thinking that he was a paid actor or a scam only to see now that Sam was learning the KZbin space. No knock to Tai but I’m glad that Sam moved from Tai’s shadow

[@Myss2811]

Love the content. Would love your thoughts on dealing with negativity/hate from the outside (media/people/comments/etc)? Aka how do you deal with it - do you avoid it completely or how do you let it not get to you? Thanks!

[@tomekskrill3959]

Hi Sam! How to bind dopamine to things that are actually beneficial for us? Or to things that we want to achieve instead of alcohol, porn, games or unhealthy food? For example learning to code or developing business instead of porn/ youtube binge watching? Thank you Sam for tour content. Thanks to you I started thinking about things that always been under my radar of consciousness.

[@pavelmilov7964]

Alex Becker did a video on this

[@tomekskrill3959]

@@pavelmilov7964 yes, but he didn't explain the exact mechanism on examples, just the general idea. Sam mentioned something similar in one of his video, so he could share his perspective.

[@AbhishekMishra-ru2ob]

Sam how is the Consulting Accelerator 2.0 different from the previous version. What more? What's new in it?

[@sebastianlara1804]

Great content! As a topic for a new video i would appreciate how you got your first million and most importantly how you maintained it. Thanks!

[@dinjapn1]

Hey Sam, talk about your diet more please

[@youtubeuser3146]

How do you differentiate between innovation and moving forward and adding too many things you don't need and going backwards, great video by the way

[@yeeboy217]

I thought that was a great point about ambitious or hard working people that can’t take steps back or do less for a while to then set into place new changes and pivot for the future (instead of training 80 hour work weeks at what they’ve been doing and continuing to do only that work) ... I’d always look at those people and feel like man they’re hard working compared to me and feel guilty and like they’d get work done that I wouldn’t ... bu results would speak for themselves if the right smart works were being done It would show and often I’d make progress more than the people working insanely hard but not changing their approach over time

[@ceez3317]

Sam how do you deal with loneliness and fomo from interrupting your focus when working on your business? It’s easy to say “just put the work in and ignore everything else” but it’s hard to not feel like you’re wasting your time sometimes and to keep going, thanks

[@martellfletcher]

Random question: When starting a business does it make sense to start with a broader niche just with specific client requirements (geographic, company size, business model, etc.) then niche down to a sub-culture after you see which one you can get the best results for with the least amount of sacrifice?

[@ludzerscheepstra6200]

Waiting for the next video! :)

[@martinmahdavian4176]

Awesome video loved it, Sam. Ramtin Mahdavian

[@SantiagoRodriguez-zi3gv]

Could you talk about how to deal with really big downswings in motivation and willpower? I managed to make a routine, get rid of distractions and all of that, but every now and then I enter this state where I simply cannot follow my own rules and just lack any sort of self-control, and just end up being very unproductive. I can't convince myself to go back to my schedule, and I have to just "wait" until my drive comes back and I start being passionate and highly productive again

[@energy_waves]

Try Semen Rentention. Look it up on reddit if you want to change your life.

[@zanda143]

Look at the previous times of this cycle of you having the drive and losing it and getting it back etc. Try and identify what fueled you up when you were super discipline and try to identify the why and reproduce it

[@SantiagoRodriguez-zi3gv]

@@zanda143 Good advice. Right now it seems so random... Watching a Sam Ovens video does help 😄

[@energy_waves]

@@SantiagoRodriguez-zi3gv A shame you ignored my advice which would give you ten times as much usefulness as the advice the other guy gave you (His was good too). This is why I usually don't let fools in on the secret. I regret trying to help you.

[@SantiagoRodriguez-zi3gv]

@@energy_waves I didn't respond to you because I still haven't done any research about that subject and have no idea what it is. Don't be so negative bro haha

Thanks Sam, Love It!

[@kab0ky]

The good stuff starts at min 22:00

[@bastianrivero]

You have surpassed the acceptable hair length limit, trim it 5cm 😂

[@wiseaffiliate910]

🤣 I wish I had more of it but that can be a good point

[@neilh4010]

Do what u want Samuel

[@bastianrivero]

Neil H is it samuel? 😂

[@aadnaneoukhabbou2455]

This is what happened to Samsung, they kept adding new features and forgot about the core

[@mickaelmationgo6313]

great video . I would like to know how to improve the "pattern recognition " skill ?

[@carltongwanzura3008]

Any content or advice you have on looking for business funding would be amazing

[@DeronEssex1]

absolutely insightful

[@GumballEdits]

Thank you for the content!

[@calebquimby]

How to focus on the 20% that matters?

[@lectiidesah]

taking into consideration your current skills, if you were to start again tomorrow almost from scratch (just a few thousand dollars into your account) and supposing your goal is solely capital accumulation, how much time do you think you would need to hit $1 000 000 in profit ? would you start off with consulting or with info courses right of the gate ?

[@AmfnJ327]

Which iPhone do you use to make these videos,how are they so clear?

[@KlaasVictor]

Hi Sam, I have a question. How do you install good habits and deinstall bad habits? I want to get ready for entrepreneurship but I don't have the right habits yet. Thank you :-)

[@danielvillanueva2859]

YAGNI is a term that is used for object oriented programming