I’ve been speaking at seminars now for over 10 years.  I started doing my own about 8 years ago.  They are a great way to meet, network and reconnect with your clients and prospective clients.  But, wow, do they take a lot of energy!  Generally, I don’t get much else done the week before an event.  And I sleep most of the day after the event.  It might seem like standing on stage and talking all day would come naturally for me (yes, I do enjoy talking and interacting), but it’s all the other million behind-the-scenes items that take their toll.  

There is one unexpected benefit from doing seminars, though.  

I learn a lot as well.  I get inspired again.  And I make my very own plan for action steps.

I’ve got one more huge thing.  I never know who might show up at my seminars. I think because I”m a CPA and, as a result, there is more “real” information that I attract a different group.  One of our attendees was the man who invented neopets.  Remember those?  He had a few other companies that he had built and sold that might not be as easily recognizable.  We talked at lunch one day and he told me that he wanted to write his story, “Zero to $50 million in 9 months”.  I gasped a little and asked him if that the was the story of neopets.  He laughed and said, “Oh, no, I made a lot more money than that.”

Somehow my little journey to a million in 2 years or less seems just that….pretty little.  It also helps me stretch outside of my comfort zone.  That is the benefit of hanging out in forums and attending seminars with people who push you outside of your own self-constructed box.

And, as a footnote, my son pitched him on an idea that he loved.  He gave David assignments every day, which David did.  It looks like David will be moving ahead with this idea, with this gentleman’s help.  His thought is that David could build it and sell it for $10 - $50 million within 2 years.  I think Jorge is also getting involved in the project as well.  My contribution is getting them a Nevada C Corporation and that’s about it.  I’ll keep you posted on that project as well!