04 October 2009
 This is the last day of the Engage Today 2009 conference and what a spectacular event this has been. I applaud Simple Wealth on running such an incredible event with a speaker line up that was simply superstar quality.
You get a funny mixture of feelings after a great event like this, something inside stirs up emotions of relief, sorrow and excitement all in one. Relief that the long days and concentration is over, sorrow at leaving new friends made, and excitement about the future and applying the knowledge into action.
The last day was full of surprises, just when I thought there would be no more real information to be learnt, I am stunned once more with excellent presentations from Michael Drew and Vishen Lakhiani. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the synchronised singing and dancing to Bohemian Rhapsody for a long time.
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03 October 2009
 The day kicked off with Brendon Burchard giving a whirling and energetic talk about motivation and getting partnerships to work. His speciality is certainly in the field of creating partner models which created synergies between businesses. He uses the analogy to equate building a train track to building your business from scratch, and instead you should consider tacking onto a fast oncoming train because they have already done all the hard work in laying the tracks.
There was a lot to learn from this talk. It was really evident that the power of partnerships is in choosing the right partners and getting the causes aligned. Having partners provides many benefits from getting you featured on their websites, through to speaking invitations and more. When you look at the partnership model, it really makes sense to try to find strategic partners at all times.
The real highlight of the day though was about to happen, and for me it was an extra special moment as the host, Greg Habstritt announced that he would not be interviewing Sir Richard Branson as he would not do a good a job as he could. So instead they had Eben Pagan interview him and this was by far one of the best surprises yet. After a fantastic music video intro to Virgin and it’s background, it was time to welcome to the stage the Virgin man himself, Sir Richard Branson.
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02 October 2009
 Today was the day when we all get to spend some time listening to the Dalai Lama. We were asked to turn up about an hour earlier than usual, due to security checks that were in place to protect His Holiness. This was totally understandable, once in the conference room, we were literally yards away from the stage where he would be speaking from.
On entering the room, I found a seat as close as possible so that I could get a good view. We had some time to spare before the Dalai was going to speak, and so some more networking was done! Like I said before, always be networking, you never know who you meet and where you meet them, but be sure that everyone you meet can become a resource to your dream.
So the anticipation was building up in the room as it filled up. We were about to get a special audience with the Dalai Lama, and this was the topic that was on every persons lips. The buzz in the room was literally electric as people could sense the energy fill up around them with the impending presence of such an enlightened spiritual leader.
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02 October 2009
 The last 2 days have been an incredible experience. Far from the norm, I’m here in a cold cold Calgary, with a person who warms the hearts of millions of people all over the world, His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Before I talk about his talk, I’ll recap what’s been going on here at Engage Today 2009 and perhaps in my word you might be able to find even more meanings that will help you come to some learnings yourself.
This event has been put together by Simple Wealth, and its mission is to get the people of today, engaged in discussion to move forward changes in the world for greater positive causes. Each day has a theme and so far, day one was about accountability and today was about contribution.
To open the conference we had an inspirational speech from F.W deClerk, former president of South Africa and Nobel peace prize winner. Amidst the stories of his presidency came further understanding into how events which occurred help to shape his mind towards the positive change in South Africa, and how that in turn help shape the future of the country and it’s people today.Read the rest of this entry »
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