Here’s a proven Road Map for waking up excited, and making a living doing what you love

You can get paid to be who you are. You can wake up to work you’re passionate about. You can live instead of just surviving.

But in order to do that, we have to let go of a system that no longer works (for you).

It’s time to drop out of…

• Getting really excited about the idea of doing something you’re passionate about, then not following through because you’re afraid it’s “not practical.”
• Thinking of great possibilities for creating passionate, meaningful work, but not pursuing them because you’re afraid they’ll fail.
• Letting someone else be in charge of your time and the types of projects you work on.
• Coming up with amazing ideas for exciting work, but becoming paralyzed because you don’t know HOW to make it happen.
• Worrying that you’ll figure out a great plan, spend time, money, and energy trying to do what you love… and then it DOESN’T WORK. You worry that you’ll spend your savings, you’ll strain your relationships, you’ll quit your job, and then you’ll have no money and end up homeless.

Some of these worries and fears may be irrational. But most of them are very real.

I know, because I used to be there.

I used to be brainwashed into thinking that doing something I loved wasn’t realistic. The biggest “taboo” I faced was that doing work that’s creative or unconventional was seen as impractical.

The idea that you can “be whatever you want to be” is one of those things you grow out of, right? You’re supposed to “get real” and “be responsible.”

Well, I never grew out of it.

I always thought there was more to life, but for a long time I suppressed that feeling. I “sucked it up” and quieted that part of me that wanted more. The part of me that wanted passion… that wanted freedom.

So, I worked a lot of dead-end jobs. I was a file hell liason clerk. I was a data-entry slave. Then, I got a “good job” managing an employee recognition program for a multi-billion dollar, non-profit healthcare company. It was a job I was supposed to love. After all, it’s common to hear other people complain about each other all day. At my job, I heard nothing but co-workers nominating their peers for the wonderful things they did.

That job was supposed to make me happy. But it didn’t.

I wasn’t happy because I was still working on someone else’s terms, toward someone else’s goals.

I was still renting out my mind to pay the bills. I was still working toward someone else’s goals, for someone else’s profits.

I wasn’t working for me.

So I started looking for a way out. I tried everything. I took marketing courses. I hired consultants and coaches. I challenged assumptions and tested every idea that seemed rational.

And through a lot of hard work, I found the freedom to “buy back” my own time.

Here are some of the things I’ve managed to accomplish:

• Gained over 20,000 subscribers and readers to my blog.
• Became a regular writer for one of the top 50 blogs online, with over 190,000 readers.
• Wrote and sold one of the top selling self-development ebooks online.
• Partnered with big names on high-profile product launches.
• Featured in press coverage and interviews.
• Worked with dozens of clients to help them quit their day jobs and get paid to do what they love.

But most importantly… I do meaningful work and control my own time. I can take the day off on the fly and go for a hike in the Angeles forest, or book a plane ticket to see my family. And I don’t have to give a two-week notice.

I did all of this, and earned a comfortable living doing so.

I’m not saying all this to brag. I’m saying this to show you that it is possible. This is what I accomplished while working a full time job.

So there is hope for you…

It’s not your fault that you were conditioned to believe the lies about doing what you love for a living. You had no control over that; none of us did. But now you can change it.

What I’ve found is that a lot of the “rules” are really just Bullshit, with a capital B. You don’t have to “pay your dues.” You don’t have to hate your work. You don’t have to work in a corporate office to be “respectable.”

I’m here to tell you that getting Paid to Exist is much easier. It’s much easier to market yourself when you’re doing what you love. It’s much easier to stand behind your product or service when you actually care about it. It’s much easier to get insanely good at what you do when you love doing it.

That’s the good news. Getting paid to be you is much easier, more effortless, and a lot more fun.

But how exactly do you get from HERE (where you’re at), to THERE (where you want to be)?

For the past few months, I’ve painstakingly dissected the process I went through in liberating myself from the 9 to 5. I know all the roadblocks and the shortcuts. I know what works and what doesn’t.

I’ve worked all of the steps in this course with my private coaching clients to help them achieve massive success in their lives. Now, I want to share this process with you.

What you’ll get is a step-by-step, proven formula that you can follow to make this happen.

• No more wondering if it will work or not.
• No more guessing.
• No more fearing to take the leap, because you’re not sure you’ll land on your feet.

When you work with me in the Paid to Exist program, achieving success will be inevitable.

So, what exactly is in this thing?

There’s so many awesome things we’ll be covering in the next eight weeks of this program that it was almost hard to fit it all in. But I managed to do it, and you’ll get only the best lessons that work.

Who needs this remarkable program and who doesn’t:

Waking up to work that I’m excited about doing has made the single biggest difference in the quality of my life. Nothing else even comes close.

This program has the potential to completely change your life and the way you work in the world. Actually, it’s hard to even call it “work” when you’re getting Paid to Exist.

But there are also some people this program is definitely NOT for. So I’d like to get that out of the way first.

• If you’re OK with working at a boring job, with boring people, doing boring work, this program is NOT for you.
• If you want cheesy, over-the-top, yellow-highlighter marketing “hacks” that will probably get you in trouble with the FTC, this program is NOT for you.
• If you don’t want to wake up happy, make a comfortable living doing what you love, or create massive personal freedom, this program is definitely NOT for you.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about…

Who exactly Paid to Exist is FOR:

• If you want to get clarity about what you want to create, instead of just knowing what you don’t want, this program is for you.
• If you don’t know where to start and you need a clear, easy to follow, step-by-step road map for achieving success, this program is for you.
• If you’re tired of a division between “your work” and “the rest of your life,” this is especially for you.
• If you want to learn how to market yourself, create an abundant income, and help other people, all without “selling out,” this program is most definitely for you.
• If you want to stop being confused about how to create a thriving business online, this is for you.
• If you want to create change in the world, make a contribution, and deliver huge value to others, this program is for you.
• If you just want to stop the pattern of procrastination and start living on purpose, this is for you.
• If you want to learn how to market yourself without sounding like a douchebag, this is for you.
• If you like the idea of getting paid to be who you are, instead of who you’re not, then this program is for you.

What makes Paid to Exist different from everything else out there?

This is about creating your ideal work life. I’m going to teach you how to do work that you’re passionate about AND naturally good at. (Yes, you have these strengths within you. We just need to find them.)

We’ll work on leveraging your strengths, partnering with those that compliment you, while outsourcing and automating the rest.

This IS NOT for everyone.

This program is for people that feel stifled and suffocated in boring, repetitive, and unmeaningful work environments. If you’re reading this now, you’re probably one of those people that feels suffocated by empty, monotonous work. You probably feel like it drains your soul.

You’d rather do work that excites you. You’d rather do work that, although might be challenging, feels easy because you love it so much. You might even so excited about it that you have a hard time falling asleep at night just thinking about it.

That’s where we want to be, and that’s the direction this course will take you.

This is about Freedom.

A lot of people talk about making money online, or how to market yourself. But they don’t talk much about the Why. At best, the motivation to control your own time is just a sound bite on their sales pitch.

Freedom to us, though, is everything.

Paid to Exist is designed to create massive freedom for you in your life. Freedom to work with the people you choose, freedom to pick the clients and customers you want, and freedom to work on the project you’re most excited about. The best thing about this kind of freedom is that you get to do what you love, while giving other people value at the same time.

This is more than just “tips and tricks.”

These aren’t just little techniques and tricks. This is about real stuff that works. I realized something amazing when I quit my day job and started working for myself: that this was about a whole new paradigm for working and living in the world.

Immediately, I knew I was onto something powerful. I wanted to share what I had done with others, because I knew a program like this was desperately missing. Since no one was teaching this, I had to find my own way.

First, I had to make sure that my success was repeatable. So I taught my coaching clients the techniques and methods I used to ditch the cubicle and embrace a new way of working. Guess what? They had incredible results.

Now, I’m ready to share this unconventional way of working with you. I think you’re going to be pretty amazed at how effective this is.

This isn’t about impressive stats.

I managed to quit my job without a million contacts, a best-selling book, or hundreds of thousands of followers. I did it earning a modest income online, while paring down expenses and creating a “transition fund” for when I quit.

Let me say this again: I did NOT have a massive following and I was not “internet famous.” I was just dedicated, hungry, and willing to fail. Now, I’ve learned from all of my failures so I can teach you the mistakes to avoid, and the strategies that will get you to your ideal work faster.

If I was able to quit my job in less than a year while “stumbling in the dark,” you can achieve success much faster with the tools and resources I’m going to give you.

So what’s your part of the deal?

When I first started working on the outline for this course, I knew that it was going to be something BIG. I could see that it had the potential to change a lot of lives and really make a difference.

I also knew this course was going to be a much bigger investment than anything I’ve created in the past, both for myself and for each member. I decided that I wanted to make sure that each person I accepted into this course would be both committed and ready for a huge shift in their life. I wanted people that were ready to be part of something big, and really take it to the next level.

If you’ve gotten this far, I think you’re ready for that shift. (You wouldn’t still be reading if you weren’t.)

I want to make it as easy as possible for you to succeed. I can tell you right now that if you sign up to Paid to Exist, put in the time and effort, it will be inevitable that you will succeed.

Just think about that for a moment. Inevitable.

No more wondering when it will happen. No more stressing out. No more thinking about it. No more beating yourself up for not taking action.

Do this, and all the mental weight of wondering when you’ll make it happen is gone.

You already know by now that this is definitely worth it.

But I want to make you feel even more secure about this decision, and take away 100% of the risk.

If at any time during the first month you decide this program is not for you, you’ll get a full refund. No questions asked.

I only want to work people that are right for this program. So I’ve taken away all the risk for you, and put all the risk on me. You can go through HALF of the program and if you decide it’s not your thing, I’ll give you a complete refund.

Pretty awesome, right?

Your “work” could turn into play, and you can start waking up happy for a change.

But is now the right time?

There’s the possibility that you think this might be a good idea. Well, this is not just a “good idea.” This is your chance to take control and completely design your own life. Your terms. The people you want to work with. The kind of amazing, life-changing work that doesn’t even seem like work.

You’ll be working toward your own success, that YOU own. Then you can do whatever you want. It’s easy to do that when you get paid to exist. It’s easy to love your life when you’re getting paid to do what you love.

But then there’s also the possibility of “not yet.” You might think this is a cool program, but maybe it’s not the right time. You might think, Well, maybe, but not just yet.

To be honest with you, I used to think not yet, too. But what I realized is that by saying not yet, I thought I was saying yes, just putting it off. I’ll do it later, I thought.

Guess what? That never happened.

It turns out that “not yet” doesn’t mean “yes, but not now.” Not yet really means NEVER.

“Not yet” never comes because it doesn’t exist.

It has to be now. That’s the only time you can make this choice. Now is the only time you can decide to live in a new, inspiring, fulfilling, and different way. I want to guide you through that process. I want to help you on each step.

If you have any questions about whether this program might be right for you, I want to personally answer them for you. Email me any time at jonathan@illuminatedmind.net. I will personally respond to all of your questions.

Let’s build something beautiful together. You and me, working together, to build your dreams from the ground up.

It’s time to make it happen.

Let’s do this,

Jonathan

What REAL people like you are saying:

“I knew Jonathan Mead was a brilliant writer, but a life coach? As a coach myself, I spend a lot of time in the coaching community and have worked with some of the top coaches in this country, including a former President of the International Coach Federation Australasia. Jonathan has blown me away with his natural talent as a coach – he is up there with the best. He is perceptive, compassionate and challenging (to just the right degree) – all the qualities I expect to find in top level coaches. What makes Jonathan stand out is his deep understanding of the issues faced by people living life on their own terms, and his ability to recognize and call bullshit on habitual, negative thought patterns and behaviors. My weekly sessions with Jonathan have made me acutely aware of the stuff that has been holding me back as I start my new business, and the structure of the sessions helps me get clear, stay focused, and actually get things done. And these coaching sessions are good fun – lots of laughs, great conversation, huge life changes. This stuff is seriously awesome. Jonathan is seriously awesome. His coaching is as inspiring as his writing.”

—Kim Wood, Traralgon, Australia

If you need an insightful, objective perspective and crave intuitive questions to help you break through your mind-clutter, Jonathan is your guy. I don’t have trouble setting goals or marking things off my to-do list — but Jonathan enabled me to put better, more meaningful things on the list. (More high leverage tasks checked off = a more enhanced life!) For me, Jonathan goes beyond “just” a coach. He’s an accountability partner who keeps me honest and pushes me to achieve much more than when I’m left to my own devices. And he’s a trusted friend (one with expertise, 100% honesty, and a pleasantly aggressive no-excuses-allowed agenda). At his core is a desire to help others achieve fulfillment. It’s precisely this passion and interest that, when put with his knowledge and practical applications, will help you focus on, (re)claim, and sashay down the path to realize your dreams.

—Emily-Sarah Lineback, North Carolina

“Jonathan Mead kicks ass. It’s really that simple. I have to admit I was a little nervous about the relationship, at first. I had never been in a coaching or mentoring situation before. It took about 15 minutes for Jonathan to beat that out of me. He beamed an aura of genuine interest and compassion for what I was trying to achieve. The end result? My blog continues to explode, my passion for my work deepens daily, and I’m finally starting to live my life deliberately. This experience is one of the wisest choices I’ve made in a long time. I’m proud to view Jonathan as a coach, a mentor, and a friend.”

—Adam Baker, Australia