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Got this from the "Success Factory" & thought it pretty much sums up the experience! If you're still debating on going; read on!:thumbup: 
Today's Tip
SUBJECT: Convention - To go or not to go, THAT is the question…
For many companies, summertime means convention (or national conference) time. As a new consultant (or someone who works her business very part time) you might look at convention as something other people, like the hotshots in the company do.
To our thinking, convention is not a - should, maybe or possibly - but an ABSOLUTE.
In this business, we work alone much of the time. We are not in a traditional office setting with regular meetings and time to network on a daily basis with co-workers. The good news is that we don't have to deal with office politics or gossip. The bad news is that networking, when done in a positive way, can be extremely valuable.
If you took away all the other components of convention - the chance to see yourself as a part of a “bigger picture”, the recognition, the seminars, the speakers, the new product, the excitement - convention is worth the price of the plane ticket for the networking alone. It is the conversations that happen over lunch, in the elevator, in hotel rooms and the hallways - after the seminars, after the general sessions, after the President does his/her “rah-rah” speech. It is getting the chance to share business building ideas with a consultant that lives hundreds or thousands of miles from you. The only place you can do this is at convention.
Convention is motivational and inspirational. You will come away excited, exhausted and exhilarated.
If you used just one idea that you got from convention and it increased your income next year by 10, 15 or 100% would it be worth it? You bet it would. Don't think that you will be able to just “get the notes” at the next team meeting. It is just not the same.
Which would you rather do - look at a post card of the Grand Canyon or experience the sun on your hair and the wind on your face as you look over that railing at the rocky expanse below - larger than anything you've ever seen with more colors than you can imagine, literally, taking your breath away.
Yeah, it's kind of like that.
Today's Tip
SUBJECT: Convention - To go or not to go, THAT is the question…
For many companies, summertime means convention (or national conference) time. As a new consultant (or someone who works her business very part time) you might look at convention as something other people, like the hotshots in the company do.
To our thinking, convention is not a - should, maybe or possibly - but an ABSOLUTE.
In this business, we work alone much of the time. We are not in a traditional office setting with regular meetings and time to network on a daily basis with co-workers. The good news is that we don't have to deal with office politics or gossip. The bad news is that networking, when done in a positive way, can be extremely valuable.
If you took away all the other components of convention - the chance to see yourself as a part of a “bigger picture”, the recognition, the seminars, the speakers, the new product, the excitement - convention is worth the price of the plane ticket for the networking alone. It is the conversations that happen over lunch, in the elevator, in hotel rooms and the hallways - after the seminars, after the general sessions, after the President does his/her “rah-rah” speech. It is getting the chance to share business building ideas with a consultant that lives hundreds or thousands of miles from you. The only place you can do this is at convention.
Convention is motivational and inspirational. You will come away excited, exhausted and exhilarated.
If you used just one idea that you got from convention and it increased your income next year by 10, 15 or 100% would it be worth it? You bet it would. Don't think that you will be able to just “get the notes” at the next team meeting. It is just not the same.
Which would you rather do - look at a post card of the Grand Canyon or experience the sun on your hair and the wind on your face as you look over that railing at the rocky expanse below - larger than anything you've ever seen with more colors than you can imagine, literally, taking your breath away.
Yeah, it's kind of like that.
!
We'll probably have many drinks in honor of many people.