Dean Samed, JAGGED SCULPTOR

Drum n Bass is the true sound of the British working class... From the depths of the UK inner cities its sound is gritty, vicious and raw. The don Ray Keith. Mixed Media illustration on hard board.

'BROWN PAPER' Drum n Bass pioneer Roni Size, built (almost) entirely from brown paper bags. 97% takeaway / Nandos bag (including skeletal armature), the rest is wood glue, grey mounting card, masking tape, and cardboard packing waste 👊

Chat GPT down? That's a shame...

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MICROSLOP, "You Will Eat it and be Happy". Mixed media artwork HEAVILY inspired by the collage work of @terrygilliam (with an added dash of my own 'biomech' flavour!) 👊 The people in charge are villains, I just don't trust them...

@Steven_PNW When you take onboard what he's saying and apply the lessons, absolutely anything is possible!! Treat the book as a 'paradigm shift' / re-framing of your understanding (as opposed to an instruction manual!) and it will serve you well. Best of luck!

@DeanSamed That's awesome! My question was sincere and I appreciate you interpreting it that way and actually answering. I'm reading the book now and really enjoying it. I hope it will be as impactful for me too.

I asked 10,000+ entrepreneurs about their most IMPORTANT and INFLUENTIAL books with ONE CAVEAT, their helpful books couldn't be overhyped and overexposed, many not making any mainstream best-seller list. Here are the "hidden gem" books they shared...

@Steven_PNW I'm from the UK and I come from a 'lower working class' background. I jumped up to 'upper middle class' in terms of income, resources, and stability – a radically different lifestyle to where I came from. I am not a millionaire but I am very happy with what I have achieved!

@DeanSamed Did you become a millionaire?

The Jersey Devil, finally captured on camera!

@TheIdolCorp @MJDeMarco Sorry for the mega delay in replying... It was more of a mindset and 'paradigm shift' for me, understanding the difference between creating my own sales system VS trading dollars for hours as it were. Everything changed for me from that day onwards!

Brother, I'd love to hear more about your success with MJ DeMarco's books and methods! How did you go about employing his advice and putting it to work for yourself? So far I have read Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted; did you utilize methods from those? From his other books as well?

This is Winston. He went for his first-ever walk today. Also took his first-ever mid-walk nap today. 12/10 huge day all around

@EsparzaAbbey One of my ALLTIME favourite TrueRef sets ❤️

@robertoblake OUTSTANDING!!

Woke up and managed a personal record (for my 30s and now 40s) 16 consecutive pull ups … Getting close to the goal of breaking 20-25 in a row. Haven’t done that since my 20s when I was a runner. My goal is to be able to meet or exceed every standard of military PT in my 40s.

@robertoblake I've bought a lot of courses, and sold a lot too. Found success with both. It's a beautiful business model, I don't get the hate.

I don’t even sell $500 courses (yet) and whenever some loser on this platform disagrees with me their default argument goes to… “You sell BS Courses”… If you want to disagree with me engage with my actual arguments and prove me wrong instead of trying to weaponize a business model I’m not even using yet… Or trying to criticize or discredit a product you’ve never even bought from me or doesn’t even exist yet. My current COURSE is LITERALLY FREE… Criticize me on the substance and facts of my argument for Christ sakes… I’m happy to debate on facts instead of your feelings and fallacies… And it’s almost always Anon with a cartoon PFP every single time.

@robertoblake @TheCodyMcDowell Brilliant insights man

It’s that the issue of courses being scams has been exaggerated as if there are NO legitimate course sellers or that they are rare. Like anything else the truth is most people in the industry are not big names, they are unknown, have a small niche market, have 5000 satisfied customers, make 10K-20K followers, are quiet, mind their own business and make $500K-$1.5M a year servicing people age 30-50. The market of people selling get rich quick to 20 year olds is relatively small compared to all online education. The biggest scam to swindle young men these days is crypto rug pulls and OF. And video game micro transactions . It’s also not hard for a person who is reasonable to figure out if an educator is legitimate. Did using their FREE advice work for you? Has it worked for you multiple times? Do you learn better when they explain something you struggle with? Most people unhappy with courses didn’t even get scammed, they didn’t even understand if courses are suited for them. Part of my desire to have MORE Free courses is to qualify and disqualify buyers. We already have done such a decent job of that we have a less than 1% lifetime refund rate and MOST of that before we dealt with credit card fraud buyers, came down to billing issue refunds on membership where people needed to change their card. More course sellers should prioritize disqualifying buyers. There are a few hucksters who have $20,000 offers that get desperate people, and that’s a real thing that affects more of the 30-50 demographic. There are cults of personality for sure. But like I said, most course sellers are just subject matter experts, not being flashy and keeping their buyers happy. That’s 98% of the industry. The frauds probably couldn’t fill a convention center. There is also a difference between a scam and the wrong product for the wrong person. College actually fits the definition much better largely due to being marketed as for everyone and due to the predatory lending. They don’t even pretend that it’s reasonably priced. Covid also exposed the scam of the “college experience” when the price didn’t change despite the lack of services. And they lost credibility on the value proposition when they delivered a worse experience than veteran coaches and course sellers… The rhetoric around online courses will probably shift in 7-10 years.

@ravenkult That is seriously ELEGANT work, love your syle man

hey I worked on this!

@robertoblake What an incredible story, you really are the man 👊

Going to share a story from when I left the traditional 9-5… And why you need to create your own leverage, and also why sometimes you don’t just quit bad bosses but also bad coworkers. A few months before my “fire me or I quit”… I was actually the victim of a violent crime. There was a shooting at my local bar downtown while I was celebrating my best friend landing an acting gig. In the chaos I got separated from everyone and ended up in an alley street where I was racially profiled as the shooter because he was a black guy… And was jumped by 5 guys until one of the bar employees ran him off. When I got out of the hospital and was done taking my PTO to recover and came back to work, still injured… My supervisor said I shouldn’t have been out drinking on a work night… This was the beginning of the end, as I replied “funny that never comes up when it’s the bosses son and I drive him here to work afterwards…” Of course that followed with a “I’m going to let that slide, because you’re injured and upset about what happened to you”. It was in that moment that it became clear to me these people I had spent years with, laughed with, been to company holiday parties with didn’t really care about me as a person. Many such instances would follow. There were all these little things that started to add up. I began setting stronger boundaries. I stopped staying late to work on things. Took my entire lunch and wouldn’t come in early. Stopped doing the extra and nice things I had been doing from time to time. Didn’t go out of my way to help the other managers. I started being vocal about things I disagreed with and things that negatively impacted the customers or that I felt were wrong or unethical. Eventually I was confronted at the tone for my employee review and renewal. At this point it was clear we were going to part ways but they were hesitant because they needed me to help fulfill at $60,000 government contract… And didn’t want to have to bring me in as independent contractor who could negotiate instead of an employee on payroll with no leverage. So it basically was “fire me or I quit” and my preference was to be fired so I would have no enforceable obligations. It still ranks as one of the top 10 best days of my life and best decisions of my life. Almost nobody from the job ever reached out to me to see how I was doing afterwards. The next time I heard from any of my former coworkers was to congratulate me because an article about me ran in the local paper and they heard about it on the radio. When I left corporate America, I made sure I had my own leverage. I am a community college dropout. When I was an employee I made myself someone that the multiple degree holding employees still had to respect and defer to for my areas of expertise. I made sure I became a subject matter expert in my domain(s). And as a manager I led by example and had high standards. With that in mind I was still underpaid, overworked and undervalued. So I went my own way because I decided that is where I would be treated best. And when I started building for myself I took the lessons from my employment and set higher standards for joe I treat team members and contractors. But I also set and hold boundaries and I encourage others to set their boundaries and enforce them. I stand by the idea that you should go where you are treated best and that it’s not your responsibility to change a company you don’t own. That labor is not something you need to do. You need to create your own leverage or you’re going to end up compromising. And don’t ever forget that most employers will never value you, beyond your utility. Don’t get comfortable or complacent. Never stop improving yourself and building your leverage. Power, Real Power, is the ability to say NO.

The first in my series of 'CREEPYPASTA' nightmare-creatures ❤️ I've wanted to do this for ages!!

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@MattSeffBarnes BRILLIANT!

This One's for the Lovers! My Bloody Valentine (1981) Poster illustration. Had loads of fun working on this one out of hours, a truly great slasher!

@MattSeffBarnes Ahhh thanks mate! ❤️ Just a bit of fun, glad you liked it :)

Love this , great work from a great dude!