|
Seminar
Advice: The
Three Most Important Things You MUST Take with You
(by
Beth)
You’ve signed up for a seminar. You’ve made sure it’s the
right seminar for what you want. You’ve made reservations and
are packing to leave. What are the three most important things
– besides your toothbrush – for you to take with you for a
rewarding seminar experience? Without these you may have wasted
both your time and your money. Fortunately, you can find these
three things anywhere, though sometimes it’s not easy, and sometimes
you may not even want them.
#1.
Have a purpose
Have a purpose. Know why you're going and what your main aim
is. Are you looking for the ONE new idea, or is
most of the material new to you? Do you want to network with
like-minded people or find a joint venture partner? Are you
searching for the ‘a-ha’ moment that will transform your life?
Know what you're looking for.
#2.
Have an open mind
Have an open mind. This step isn’t as easy as the first one.
It's much easier to bring along our own set of comfortable
beliefs and attitudes. When we hear an idea that runs contrary
to something we know to be true – we THINK we know to be true – we're SURE is true – we stop listening. But this is just the
point where we should pay attention most closely. This is the
point where we have a headache, get hungry, need a bathroom
break, or just get stubborn and mentally defend our own position
without really hearing what's being presented. By being
“Right”, we may miss the one bit of
understanding we're looking for.
#3.
Be willing to change
Be willing to change. Even if we go to seminars with a
purpose and open mind, this last item is often most difficult. There are several reasons
we don't follow through after an event.
We jump right back into our normal routines. We don’t have a
support team with the same agenda. We don’t go through our
notes - and we forget. At least 80% of the people at a workshop
won’t follow through. The reason for this may be explained
best in a passage from James Redfield’s novel, The Secret of
Shambhala.
|
“Maybe
I don’t understand (it) well enough,” I replied.
“Oh,
no, you understand.” Hanh smiled broadly. “You just
don’t want to change the way you live. You want to get
excited about the ideas and then live unconsciously, more or
less the way you’ve always done.”
|
Change is hard. The key point of #3 is the word “willing”.
How willing are you?
And then there is one last point. The one you need to find
when you get back home… ACTION.
~~
Beth ~~
|
