EP 054 From Half Dead & Homeless to a Top 2% Earner with Akbar Sheikh

Our Guest:

 

Akbar Sheikh is a Two-Comma Club award winning expert entrepreneur that is creating sales funnels for his clients as he has made a 7 figure living off of this. Akbar shares his journey with us on how he came from a dark place of being homeless, not knowing what he wanted to do in life, to realizing that he could make a living through the internet and today's technology. Now he is helping others do the same with consulting and sharing his previous experiences.

 

Story:

 

From being homeless to now creating multiple successful 7 figure sales funnels and paving his own way, today we have our guest Akbar Sheikh.

 

A few highlights of what you will hear:

 

Akbar’s journey from where he started. How he graduated college and went through a dark phase. Lived in a small room in the back of a building. How he got into making money online. How he sold his car to start his first online business. Strategies he took to get his first couple of clients. Why you should work atleast a year at a job out of college. How he got into Clickfunnels. How he got his first client. Number one tip for Clickfunnel learners. Do three activities everyday that grow your business.

Impactful Quotes from Akbar:

 

“I was actually living in the back of an office building, like the electrical room.”

 

“When I saw people doing it online I totally understood it all.”

 

“I decided that I can’t do this anymore, I couldn’t do retail anymore so I just got up and left.”

 

“The magic formula: test, tweak, and then scale.”

 

“I’m just going to make this work, I’m going to give it my all and there's no failure here.”

 

“I tried several times and I failed.”

 

“That’s what I would've done -- to give up, but my mindset had changed.”

 

“I thought, these guys are blind to the world out there and the potential of making money online.”

 

“The biggest mistake I made out of college was never having a job in my life.”

 

“Offer your service for free, get results, and then get more clients.”

Featured Quotes:

 

“Live a couple years like nobody else will so you can live the rest of your life like nobody else can.”

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