Make 5-10k/month through Video Editing
Get paid to THINK. Build a life of freedom.
Discover how you can unlock a life of complete freedom, working alongside your favorite creators on projects you love even if you're starting from zero.
Join 600+ like-minded members
The Academy Of Excellence Changes Lives...
Hear from some of the young men you will be joining:
Through The Academy I landed a retainer client who flew me to Bali for 4 months. I've grown their channel from 750k to almost 1M subs, still working with them today.
The biggest shift was cracking the belief that I can't make money online. Hit my first £1,000 online within months of joining, and anyone else can do the same.
The Academy's network made moving to Thailand so much easier, I already knew people living there. It became the period of fastest personal growth I've ever had.
I helped my business partners get elected to the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies using what I learned. The community alone is worth 10x the price.
Right Hand leveled up my time management, technical skills, and business knowledge. Hit my best month ever, over $5K. The network is what I love most.
Never edited before joining. Learning was made easy, and once I improved I landed multiple clients. The negotiation modules were huge, helped me get paid what I'm actually worth.
I had 750 euros left when I joined, despite family pressure to see entrepreneurship as failure. AOE fixed my mindset. Now I make 3-4k/month working just 30 hours.
Joined back in 2023 with zero editing experience. Made my first real connections here, guys I still talk to, some now real-life friends. Changed the direction of my life completely.
Went from knowing nothing about editing to 0-100 in 4 months, just from showing up daily. Landed my first client. Lack of confidence almost stopped me, now I feel confident in my abilities.
Every single client I've had has come from the academy or Sam directly. Now around $6,000/month, living my dream life in Bangkok. Thank you Sam, my brother.
I had severe limiting beliefs about money and no idea how to start online. Since joining, I quit my job to pursue this full time. Earned over $2,500 in June, aiming for $5K next.
Used the last of my money on the course because I didn't know what else to do. A referral from the community changed my income completely, now earning 3K without having to reach out to anyone.
I hesitated over the investment at first, but it's easy to make back if you commit. Now I'm in Miami with the skills to network with high-level creators and scale my business.
Joined 4 years ago making $500/month. Landed editing gigs with big channels like Dr. Insanity. Now comfortably making $2-3K every month.
This completely relit a fire in me. For years I felt lost, unsure what I was doing with my life. Finally having real direction is huge. Grateful I took the leap.
Linked up with my biggest long-term client through the academy, we've worked together 3 years now. Made some of my closest friends here, this place is like home.
In AOE since the early days. The network has been the biggest value, trading feedback with other editors, live events. If you want people to actually grow with, this is it.
Zero editing experience before joining. Signed a $1.5K contract after 8 months, hit $2.5K consistently by month 13. Learned to leverage my skillset and get paid for it.
Got employed straight through the AOE network. Anyone who watches videos on their phone for hours a day but still calls editing illegitimate has some serious cognitive solipsism.
This wasn't a typical editing course, it was the whole picture: lifestyle, mindset, how to actually be a right-hand man, not just an order-taker. Now $4K/month, living in Bangkok, met through his network.
Having people around grinding harder than me held me accountable during my make-or-break season. Now I can travel almost anywhere and already have people to meet up with locally.
Before, I was stuck working at a golf club with zero direction. Video editing gave me real confidence and a clear plan. Now I can make money from anywhere in the world.
Sam doesn't teach the same recycled stuff every other editor sells. What I actually needed wasn't more information, it was mentality. His blueprint teaches you to carry yourself with real confidence and strategy.
Best decision ever. Can't count how many clients I've landed directly from the network, hit my first major income goals, and met the guys in real life.
Was making $70/month, sold my dirt bike to join. Since then I've worked with some of the internet's biggest creators. Quit university and now travel the world with my dream clients.
Joined the same day I started my YouTube channel, now approaching 200K subscribers. Met editors I still work with years later. The community's mindset pushed me into my full-time dream job.
Joined the Academy years ago, and the community leveled up my editing tenfold. Landed 15+ clients so far, including a $4K/month position, with more travel opportunities ahead.
Sam personally helped me land my biggest client early on, a 2M+ subscriber creator, and that changed everything. Now I run systems and strategy at one of the biggest client management companies in the space.
Learned video editing from scratch through the course and grew my side hustle to $50K in one year while working full time. Now I do this full time, with dream clients and friends from the community.
The network here is unbeatable. Editors send each other clients, vouch for each other, boost each other's platforms. My biggest clients came straight from other editors and Sam himself.
Through The Academy I landed a retainer client who flew me to Bali for 4 months. I've grown their channel from 750k to almost 1M subs, still working with them today.
The biggest shift was cracking the belief that I can't make money online. Hit my first £1,000 online within months of joining, and anyone else can do the same.
The Academy's network made moving to Thailand so much easier, I already knew people living there. It became the period of fastest personal growth I've ever had.
I helped my business partners get elected to the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies using what I learned. The community alone is worth 10x the price.
Right Hand leveled up my time management, technical skills, and business knowledge. Hit my best month ever, over $5K. The network is what I love most.
Never edited before joining. Learning was made easy, and once I improved I landed multiple clients. The negotiation modules were huge, helped me get paid what I'm actually worth.
I had 750 euros left when I joined, despite family pressure to see entrepreneurship as failure. AOE fixed my mindset. Now I make 3-4k/month working just 30 hours.
Joined back in 2023 with zero editing experience. Made my first real connections here, guys I still talk to, some now real-life friends. Changed the direction of my life completely.
Went from knowing nothing about editing to 0-100 in 4 months, just from showing up daily. Landed my first client. Lack of confidence almost stopped me, now I feel confident in my abilities.
Every single client I've had has come from the academy or Sam directly. Now around $6,000/month, living my dream life in Bangkok. Thank you Sam, my brother.
I had severe limiting beliefs about money and no idea how to start online. Since joining, I quit my job to pursue this full time. Earned over $2,500 in June, aiming for $5K next.
Used the last of my money on the course because I didn't know what else to do. A referral from the community changed my income completely, now earning 3K without having to reach out to anyone.
I hesitated over the investment at first, but it's easy to make back if you commit. Now I'm in Miami with the skills to network with high-level creators and scale my business.
Joined 4 years ago making $500/month. Landed editing gigs with big channels like Dr. Insanity. Now comfortably making $2-3K every month.
This completely relit a fire in me. For years I felt lost, unsure what I was doing with my life. Finally having real direction is huge. Grateful I took the leap.
Linked up with my biggest long-term client through the academy, we've worked together 3 years now. Made some of my closest friends here, this place is like home.
In AOE since the early days. The network has been the biggest value, trading feedback with other editors, live events. If you want people to actually grow with, this is it.
Zero editing experience before joining. Signed a $1.5K contract after 8 months, hit $2.5K consistently by month 13. Learned to leverage my skillset and get paid for it.
Got employed straight through the AOE network. Anyone who watches videos on their phone for hours a day but still calls editing illegitimate has some serious cognitive solipsism.
This wasn't a typical editing course, it was the whole picture: lifestyle, mindset, how to actually be a right-hand man, not just an order-taker. Now $4K/month, living in Bangkok, met through his network.
Having people around grinding harder than me held me accountable during my make-or-break season. Now I can travel almost anywhere and already have people to meet up with locally.
Before, I was stuck working at a golf club with zero direction. Video editing gave me real confidence and a clear plan. Now I can make money from anywhere in the world.
Sam doesn't teach the same recycled stuff every other editor sells. What I actually needed wasn't more information, it was mentality. His blueprint teaches you to carry yourself with real confidence and strategy.
Best decision ever. Can't count how many clients I've landed directly from the network, hit my first major income goals, and met the guys in real life.
Was making $70/month, sold my dirt bike to join. Since then I've worked with some of the internet's biggest creators. Quit university and now travel the world with my dream clients.
Joined the same day I started my YouTube channel, now approaching 200K subscribers. Met editors I still work with years later. The community's mindset pushed me into my full-time dream job.
Joined the Academy years ago, and the community leveled up my editing tenfold. Landed 15+ clients so far, including a $4K/month position, with more travel opportunities ahead.
Sam personally helped me land my biggest client early on, a 2M+ subscriber creator, and that changed everything. Now I run systems and strategy at one of the biggest client management companies in the space.
Learned video editing from scratch through the course and grew my side hustle to $50K in one year while working full time. Now I do this full time, with dream clients and friends from the community.
The network here is unbeatable. Editors send each other clients, vouch for each other, boost each other's platforms. My biggest clients came straight from other editors and Sam himself.
The exact step-by-step blueprint that made me $144,000/year through Video Editing and allowed me to build my dream life.

What Is The Right-Hand Blueprint And How Will It Benefit Me?
Stop being underpaid and undervalued, and build a WILDLY profitable business from behind the scenes.
14 Years experience and $700,000 worth of knowledge.
The Right-Hand Blueprint is your step-by-step system to go from an undervalued freelancer to the strategic weapon behind the most powerful creators online.
Inside, you'll get access to the exact strategies I used to become the architect behind some of the most influential brands and movements of the last 5 years.
We'll teach you how to become undeniably valuable so that you can get paid not just for your skills, but also for your brain.
The secrets inside are what 600+ members use to travel the world, printing cash with nothing but a Wi-Fi connection, and their laptop.
You will also gain access to the most powerful global network of ambitious young men, traveling the world mastering the art of video editing.

Go From Trapped To Totally Free
With My 3 Phase System

PHASE 1
Learn the psychology behind content
Without understanding the psychology behind content, personal branding, audience building and storytelling - you will forever be an underpaid and underappreciated freelancer.

PHASE 2
Build the bulletproof right-hand skill stack
Master the art of storytelling, video editing, and strategic thinking - build the skill stack that will separate you from just another "NPC worker" and transform into the architect from behind the scenes.

PHASE 3
Acquire your dream client
With the Right-Hand Blueprint skill stack, you just need 1 client to completely change your life - and we make getting your dream client easier than EVER - with exclusive job opportunities posted daily.
Everything You Need To Become An Irreplaceable Right-Hand Man:








And...
The Academy Of Excellence Network
A global network of 600+ ambitious young men.
This private community connects you with talented, hungry creatives all mastering the Right-Hand Blueprint - both online and in-person.
Inside the network, you get:
✅ 24/7 access to our private network for live feedback & collaboration
✅ High-level chats, exclusive client work posted daily!!!, and behind-the-scenes strategy
✅ Real-life meetups in cities like Bangkok, London, Bali, Georgia and more
✅ Brotherhood, accountability, and lifelong friends who actually get it
This is where the top 1% Video Editors connect.
The best creative network in the world.
It is not just luck it's a proven system...
MEMBER INTERVIEWS
Sabo, 19
Makes $5000+/month
Before joining the academy, Sabo was making $70 per month Video Editing. In the first month, he began making $1500 from a SINGLE CLIENT!
Adam, 20
Makes $2500+/month
Adam makes over $2500 WHILE BEING A FULL-TIME STUDENT! - Adam lives in Bangkok at age 20, hanging out with the rest of The Academy BKK crew.
Guilherme, 22
Makes $8000+/month
After 3 months of activity inside the Academy, Guilherme landed an $8000/month client with performance bonuses on top!
THE FUTURE OF CONTENT MASTERY IS HERE.
HERE'S HOW TO GET AHEAD.
The OLD Way
❌ Working a 9-5
❌ Competing with $5 freelancers on Fiverr
❌ Getting ghosted or underpaid
❌ Being treated like a replaceable freelancer
❌ Paid to press buttons
❌ No direction or plan for growth
❌ Needing a team or fancy setup
❌ No network or mentorship
❌ Just “editing videos” to meet deadlines
The NEW Way
✅ Building a purposeful online business
✅ Clients chase you for your thinking, not your hands
✅ Locked-in retainers from high-level clients
✅ Operating as a trusted partner they rely on
✅ Paid to think, solve, and scale
✅ Clear roadmap to $5–10K+/month
✅ Build elite client relationships with just your laptop
✅ Surrounded by 600+ elite content specialists
✅ building strategy, story, & growth behind the scenes
Excellence Changes Lives...



I was clinically depressed, cripplingly anxious, with zero skills and very little hope of making it past the age of 23.
My starting point couldn't have been worse...
Yet within a span of just 12 months, I was making over $12,000/month, traveling the world with high-level entrepreneurs, and shaking hands with multi-millionaires.
How?
I built a skillset so valuable that clients would fight to keep me on their team.
Real, tangible skills - which are only going up in value as more and more people begin making their own content.
Let me make one thing clear...
This isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme.
I'm not going to teach you how to gamble on some crypto coin or stock exchange.
This is a real business.
An undeniable, elite set of skills.
Skills that don’t just transform your bank account... they transform you.
Because when you build The Academy Of Excellence Right-Hand Man skillset - your entire self-identity changes.
This isn’t about staring in the mirror doing affirmations… (coping)
It’s about actually becoming him.
And everything you need to do that is just 1 button press away.
Excellence Changes Lives...
Through The Academy I landed a retainer client who flew me to Bali for 4 months. I've grown their channel from 750k to almost 1M subs, still working with them today.
The biggest shift was cracking the belief that I can't make money online. Hit my first £1,000 online within months of joining, and anyone else can do the same.
The Academy's network made moving to Thailand so much easier, I already knew people living there. It became the period of fastest personal growth I've ever had.
I helped my business partners get elected to the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies using what I learned. The community alone is worth 10x the price.
Right Hand leveled up my time management, technical skills, and business knowledge. Hit my best month ever, over $5K. The network is what I love most.
Never edited before joining. Learning was made easy, and once I improved I landed multiple clients. The negotiation modules were huge, helped me get paid what I'm actually worth.
I had 750 euros left when I joined, despite family pressure to see entrepreneurship as failure. AOE fixed my mindset. Now I make 3-4k/month working just 30 hours.
Joined back in 2023 with zero editing experience. Made my first real connections here, guys I still talk to, some now real-life friends. Changed the direction of my life completely.
Went from knowing nothing about editing to 0-100 in 4 months, just from showing up daily. Landed my first client. Lack of confidence almost stopped me, now I feel confident in my abilities.
Every single client I've had has come from the academy or Sam directly. Now around $6,000/month, living my dream life in Bangkok. Thank you Sam, my brother.
I had severe limiting beliefs about money and no idea how to start online. Since joining, I quit my job to pursue this full time. Earned over $2,500 in June, aiming for $5K next.
Used the last of my money on the course because I didn't know what else to do. A referral from the community changed my income completely, now earning 3K without having to reach out to anyone.
I hesitated over the investment at first, but it's easy to make back if you commit. Now I'm in Miami with the skills to network with high-level creators and scale my business.
Joined 4 years ago making $500/month. Landed editing gigs with big channels like Dr. Insanity. Now comfortably making $2-3K every month.
This completely relit a fire in me. For years I felt lost, unsure what I was doing with my life. Finally having real direction is huge. Grateful I took the leap.
Linked up with my biggest long-term client through the academy, we've worked together 3 years now. Made some of my closest friends here, this place is like home.
In AOE since the early days. The network has been the biggest value, trading feedback with other editors, live events. If you want people to actually grow with, this is it.
Zero editing experience before joining. Signed a $1.5K contract after 8 months, hit $2.5K consistently by month 13. Learned to leverage my skillset and get paid for it.
Got employed straight through the AOE network. Anyone who watches videos on their phone for hours a day but still calls editing illegitimate has some serious cognitive solipsism.
This wasn't a typical editing course, it was the whole picture: lifestyle, mindset, how to actually be a right-hand man, not just an order-taker. Now $4K/month, living in Bangkok, met through his network.
Having people around grinding harder than me held me accountable during my make-or-break season. Now I can travel almost anywhere and already have people to meet up with locally.
Before, I was stuck working at a golf club with zero direction. Video editing gave me real confidence and a clear plan. Now I can make money from anywhere in the world.
Sam doesn't teach the same recycled stuff every other editor sells. What I actually needed wasn't more information, it was mentality. His blueprint teaches you to carry yourself with real confidence and strategy.
Best decision ever. Can't count how many clients I've landed directly from the network, hit my first major income goals, and met the guys in real life.
Was making $70/month, sold my dirt bike to join. Since then I've worked with some of the internet's biggest creators. Quit university and now travel the world with my dream clients.
Joined the same day I started my YouTube channel, now approaching 200K subscribers. Met editors I still work with years later. The community's mindset pushed me into my full-time dream job.
Joined the Academy years ago, and the community leveled up my editing tenfold. Landed 15+ clients so far, including a $4K/month position, with more travel opportunities ahead.
Sam personally helped me land my biggest client early on, a 2M+ subscriber creator, and that changed everything. Now I run systems and strategy at one of the biggest client management companies in the space.
Learned video editing from scratch through the course and grew my side hustle to $50K in one year while working full time. Now I do this full time, with dream clients and friends from the community.
The network here is unbeatable. Editors send each other clients, vouch for each other, boost each other's platforms. My biggest clients came straight from other editors and Sam himself.
Through The Academy I landed a retainer client who flew me to Bali for 4 months. I've grown their channel from 750k to almost 1M subs, still working with them today.
The biggest shift was cracking the belief that I can't make money online. Hit my first £1,000 online within months of joining, and anyone else can do the same.
The Academy's network made moving to Thailand so much easier, I already knew people living there. It became the period of fastest personal growth I've ever had.
I helped my business partners get elected to the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies using what I learned. The community alone is worth 10x the price.
Right Hand leveled up my time management, technical skills, and business knowledge. Hit my best month ever, over $5K. The network is what I love most.
Never edited before joining. Learning was made easy, and once I improved I landed multiple clients. The negotiation modules were huge, helped me get paid what I'm actually worth.
I had 750 euros left when I joined, despite family pressure to see entrepreneurship as failure. AOE fixed my mindset. Now I make 3-4k/month working just 30 hours.
Joined back in 2023 with zero editing experience. Made my first real connections here, guys I still talk to, some now real-life friends. Changed the direction of my life completely.
Went from knowing nothing about editing to 0-100 in 4 months, just from showing up daily. Landed my first client. Lack of confidence almost stopped me, now I feel confident in my abilities.
Every single client I've had has come from the academy or Sam directly. Now around $6,000/month, living my dream life in Bangkok. Thank you Sam, my brother.
I had severe limiting beliefs about money and no idea how to start online. Since joining, I quit my job to pursue this full time. Earned over $2,500 in June, aiming for $5K next.
Used the last of my money on the course because I didn't know what else to do. A referral from the community changed my income completely, now earning 3K without having to reach out to anyone.
I hesitated over the investment at first, but it's easy to make back if you commit. Now I'm in Miami with the skills to network with high-level creators and scale my business.
Joined 4 years ago making $500/month. Landed editing gigs with big channels like Dr. Insanity. Now comfortably making $2-3K every month.
This completely relit a fire in me. For years I felt lost, unsure what I was doing with my life. Finally having real direction is huge. Grateful I took the leap.
Linked up with my biggest long-term client through the academy, we've worked together 3 years now. Made some of my closest friends here, this place is like home.
In AOE since the early days. The network has been the biggest value, trading feedback with other editors, live events. If you want people to actually grow with, this is it.
Zero editing experience before joining. Signed a $1.5K contract after 8 months, hit $2.5K consistently by month 13. Learned to leverage my skillset and get paid for it.
Got employed straight through the AOE network. Anyone who watches videos on their phone for hours a day but still calls editing illegitimate has some serious cognitive solipsism.
This wasn't a typical editing course, it was the whole picture: lifestyle, mindset, how to actually be a right-hand man, not just an order-taker. Now $4K/month, living in Bangkok, met through his network.
Having people around grinding harder than me held me accountable during my make-or-break season. Now I can travel almost anywhere and already have people to meet up with locally.
Before, I was stuck working at a golf club with zero direction. Video editing gave me real confidence and a clear plan. Now I can make money from anywhere in the world.
Sam doesn't teach the same recycled stuff every other editor sells. What I actually needed wasn't more information, it was mentality. His blueprint teaches you to carry yourself with real confidence and strategy.
Best decision ever. Can't count how many clients I've landed directly from the network, hit my first major income goals, and met the guys in real life.
Was making $70/month, sold my dirt bike to join. Since then I've worked with some of the internet's biggest creators. Quit university and now travel the world with my dream clients.
Joined the same day I started my YouTube channel, now approaching 200K subscribers. Met editors I still work with years later. The community's mindset pushed me into my full-time dream job.
Joined the Academy years ago, and the community leveled up my editing tenfold. Landed 15+ clients so far, including a $4K/month position, with more travel opportunities ahead.
Sam personally helped me land my biggest client early on, a 2M+ subscriber creator, and that changed everything. Now I run systems and strategy at one of the biggest client management companies in the space.
Learned video editing from scratch through the course and grew my side hustle to $50K in one year while working full time. Now I do this full time, with dream clients and friends from the community.
The network here is unbeatable. Editors send each other clients, vouch for each other, boost each other's platforms. My biggest clients came straight from other editors and Sam himself.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS:
BEFORE YOU APPLY:
I'm starting from zero, is that okay?
Zero skill is fine. Zero commitment isn't.
A lot of the editors inside The Academy came in with no experience, no portfolio and no clue what they were doing.
The Right Hand Blueprint is built to run in this order: skills first, proof second, clients third.
You're never guessing what comes next.
Does this actually work?
It really does.
You can read some of our full student testimonials here:
https://www.harbonator.com/success
Real lives are changed inside The Academy Of Excellence.
This work is by far what I am most proud of in my life.
What software do you teach?
Adobe. Premiere Pro and After Effects.
It's the industry standard, which matters for two reasons: the best plugins are built for it, and sometimes clients hand over project files expecting you to open them. Learning anything else can cost you work.
The principles transfer to DaVinci Resolve and a few members run it, but the Adobe stack is what we teach and what we'd tell you to learn.
Won't AI replace video editors?
It replaces one kind of editor. The one who takes a folder of clips and returns exactly what he was told to make. We call these guys clip monkeys.
That was already the worst-paid job in editing, and it was never going to give you freedom. AI just finished it off faster.
What doesn't get automated is judgment. Knowing which three seconds decide whether someone keeps watching. Knowing what a specific client's audience responds to and why the last video didn't land.
Clients don't pay for a clip monkey. They pay for a video that makes them money, and nobody is shipping that from AI.
There's more content being made now than at any point in history.
These creators need brains on the team.
The Blueprint teaches the layer above the software. That's the part that isn't going anywhere.
How is this program different to others?
Most programs sell you one skill and leave you to work out what it's worth.
The Blueprint stacks skills and knowledge in an order that makes an editor expensive, then teaches you to charge accordingly.
This isn't some bullshit pump and dump course where anyone with a credit card can join. The Blueprint is application only, and our network is filtered.
Exclusive client jobs are posted daily, bi-weekly live events, in real-life meetups and 600+ editors actually doing the work rather than watching modules and pretending to put the work in.
The Academy of Excellence has run since January 2023.
I have Excellence tattooed on my chest.
Excellence is a lifelong pursuit.
How much time do I need to commit?
One to two hours a day minimal.
Nearly everyone in the Academy built it around a full-time job, college or school.
If you can't find 1-2 hours per day at the moment, don't apply yet. Apply when you can.
What is the cost?
There isn't a price on this page on purpose.
The Blueprint is application only. The call happens either way, so that's where the numbers get covered. We'll give you a straight answer, and if it isn't a fit, you won't be offered a place.
Twenty minutes. Then you know.
What happens when I submit my application?
You will book in a 20-minute call with James, who is our director of student success.
He'll ask where you're at with editing, what you're actually trying to build, and what's been in the way.
You'll get straight answers back on how the blueprint works, what it involves, and what it costs.
It's an application, so it runs both ways. If you're a fit, he'll tell you. If you're not, he'll tell you that too.
Turn up on time. That's the only thing we ask beforehand.