Were to begin? Let me start by reminding you that the purpose of this blog is for me to share the good, the bad and the ugly of the real estate investor’s world as I experience it.
So here goes. I went to a workshop this past weekend called "Money & You". With a title like that, you would presume that it would be about Money &... well... me. The description of the workshop was promoted as learning business principles and how we relate to money. Sounds good to me, I always love a good "personal growth" workshop that might give me insights into my own behaviors and perceptions about the world. I have taken many terrific PG workshops, classes and courses through out my life. Most of them have helped me tremendously; a few have even changed my life.
So when the opportunity to go to Money & You came about I was gung ho. Since I am working on several new business endeavors, it seemed like perfect timing to take a workshop that was going to be about business management and money...(oh yea & “me”)
I will say that it was just OK up until Saturday night. It didn't knock my socks off, but I was learning a couple of things about leveraging and systems and how I am in the world… blah blah blah.
The kicker and what pushed me over the edge was the Saturday night game that we were going to play that apparently “was the reason that people all over the world do Money & You!” Did I mention that I love a good personal growth workshop? And that I am very open minded? I mean I graduated from a school that is a MA degree in Spiritual Psychology for christs sake! I know how to do these things like no tomorrow!
I am not sure that I want to give too much away about this evening since the ‘big game on Saturday night” is one of their big selling points. But what I do want you to say is that for me, this Saturday night deal pushed me over the edge of reason. There was no legitimate purpose, that I could think of, for this supposed “amazing mind blowing game of Saturday night.” I’ll just say that to me - it was so bad that I almost left 10 different times through out the evening - but didn’t (!) because, I would have let my team down and they would have had to leave with me. (Probably the reason for this stupid game in the first place. But I didn’t need to sit there working out this crap until 3:30AM to know that I am someone who’ll stick to my commitments!)
The bottom line of this review is that I thought this workshop sucked the big one. It was one of the worst I had been to in many years – if not ever. A big pile of dog poop.
You see, I have been seeing a transformational life coach (see I told you I love all this stuff) for the past 4-5 months and he is extraordinary to say the least. His name is Sensei Ron Thomas and he has helped me to grow tremendously over the past months. My only question to myself is, if “you found something that is working – why do something else?” Ahhh haaaaa… there’s lies the answer grass hoppa… You don’t need to dumb ass! Just keep doing what is working and when it stops working then it might be time to explore something new. But by all means – check it out and make sure that the people who are recommending it to you are also people you admire and respect! Ah duh, perhaps that is lesson #2!
