Last week I took a few days for personal development.  So I went to the Caribe Royale resort in Orlando, Florida on invitation from Bob Burg.  Bob is someone I really respect and as you know his book “Endless Referrals” is a recommended title on this blog.  I expected the event to be educational but it was much more than I ever imagined when I left Chicago and I am glad I took the time to learn techniques to grow my business.  

Billionaire business man Bill Bartmann www.billbartmann.com was a speaker at the event and he shared the three essentials for success.  First, you need a vehicle to get you from where you are to where you want to be.  Second, you need fuel.  This can be your money or other people’s money.  Third, you need a guidance system, a sense of direction and where you want to go.  One of my favorite quotations from Bill is “If you follow the herd, there won’t be anything else left when you get there.”  Bill charges $10,000 per hour for his coaching program so I was thrilled to learn about business success from him.

Donna Krech  www.donnakrech.com  founder and CEO of Thin and Healthy Total Solution www.thinandhealthy.com shared the seven motivation assassinators.  I loved her “praise brings life more than anything” shout out and especially the “slow motion movie” style of keeping track of how you’re doing.

Stephanie Frank the “accidental millionaire” http://www.stephaniefrank.com/ taught us that the way to "Win in Business Without Losing Your Mind" is to use a system to shortcut your success.

Simon T. Bailey helped us to release our brilliance.  This past Disney executive was high energy, unique and his program was content rich.   Check him out at www.simontbailey.com

Gravitational Marketing gurus Jimmy Vee and Travis Miller were hilarious and had a great tag-team approach to speaking that I have never seen before.  They are all about customer attraction and retention and they're good at it.  Learn more about the science of attracting customers at their small business marketing website by visiting and downloading the free customer attraction starter kit at www.gravitationalmarketing.com.  

Bob Burg spoke of course, as did many other speakers.  Each and every one of them was great.  There was one speaker though who really helped me personally after I sat in the “hot seat” and I’d like to thank him and introduce you to him.

Dave Lakhani is Mr. Persuasion.  He is the founder of www.boldapproach.com and author of “Subliminal Persuasion” teaches people the art of persuasion.   I had an opportunity to have a one-on-one discussion with this millionaire and got some great ideas from him that I will be implementing soon.  One truly inspiring moment was when, after I told Dave some of my personal story that I have kept secret for many years, he crafted it into a powerful story ‘on the fly’ that just blew me away.    

So by taking that trip, I was able to spend time with and learn from a billionaire, meet millionaire women and connect with them and get personal advice from a millionaire who will be featured on “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch tomorrow night.  Make sure you tune in, I know I will. 

Next time Bob Burg has his Extreme Business Makeover event, I will send you an invitation so that you too can learn from the expert millionaire how to bring your dreams into fruition and make your million.  Just send me an email indicating your interest.  In the meantime, visit www.burg.com and get a copy of the recording.

Oh yeah, Thanks Dave Lakhani.  Your advice was truly helpful and I’ll keep you posted on the results as I implement them.