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Hi
(Note: You’re one of the 13 people receiving this because you have BIG goals, you’re a close friend, and you’re likely to have an interest in what I have to say around business and the internet)
I’ve been thinking about how I can help the friends in my life….
nudge them towards their business & lifestyle success/goals, and at the same time have fun time hanging out, and a fun time ‘working’.
Thus is born the concept of….
A ‘Forkle’
An environment designed for you to support each other, and get a little business coaching/direction from me.
We get together somewhere with plenty of space (Anton’s place, Cindy’s, Dan Robbins…..or the first could be at my place).
For a day.
Each has a laptop, and goals for the day.
We spend 15 minutes writing our goals on the whiteboard, then take 2 hours of *silence* to work towards those goals.
We break for 30 minutes for:
- fun (massage, cuddles, food, dance dance revolution, sensual time)
and/or
- coaching among yourselves on your goals
- just before the break ends, I would take any questions remaining after you guys have coached yourselves.
- And we’re back to 2 hours of silent creating!
My fee?
Your company, an occasional massage or cuddle, seeing your commitment and enjoyment and results, being fed, and having the whole thing set up with out me (i.e. space, technology, and yummy healthy food are all handled.)
Hmmmm….I could see this easily turning into a fun weekend retreat. I could also later on see including a donation to charity in the fee (from all of us) so the experience is even more valued and appreciated.
I’m curious to see what happens with this. Will everyone see it as a good idea, but not take action? Will this become a pillar of our group living/community experience? Will it foster even greater success? Will it spawn a Naked DDR champion? Will the response be “who the hell does this guy think he is?”
Love and fun,
David
PS The title is ‘invitation to a forkle’, but my bit is done. The offer is out. For it to happen guys would need to create it from here if this is something you have appetite for. And if not that’s completely OK with me – I have no attachment to this at all.
I suggest you add your comments here as a way of communicating. Perhaps a yahoo discussion list is in our future if this has legs…
When I saw what 1,197 people in one room looked like, I was a bit stunned. I’d heard the number, but it didn’t fully prepare me for experience of being there.
It was six years since I’d really spoken – back in Australia for some clinical scientists - and my biggest audience was a whopping 300.
The room was so wiiiiiiidddddeeee that there were four huge projection screens on the wall, so everybody could see the slides, or the speaker’s face, depending on the cameraman’s choice.
Here's half the room:
When the time came, I was mic’d up, and then not allowed to go anywhere
without permission. (lucky I was allowed to pee!). I got to frolic outside for 30 minutes while they ran late, and meet a couple of people, got grounded….see trees, supported by my flunkies Jon and Ezra.
(BTW - to give some context, the 4 day seminar was entitled 'Never Work Again', held in Los Angeles, and they called me 2 weeks earlier to ask if I would speak at it. I nearly said 'no'! My topic? Newsletter Money Machines....also known as Monetize Your Passion)
Then they lead me to the side/front of the room, and T. Harv Eker (you may have heard of his 'Millionaire Mind Set' read out the intro (while everyone snuck peaks at me and smiled). Here's the intro he read out.....
Introduction:
Our next speaker gave up being a Fortune 100 Consultant, to become a pub singer and guitarist in Australia. He’s proud to have earned a whopping $10,000 at this, despite having a terrible singing voice
Discovering the internet in 1998, he went onto grow his newsletter list to 70,000 subscribers, being the largest in his industry, and to reach #1 on Google out of 26 million sites. He has two staff members whom he has never met – even after 4 years of employment – and now gets paid to live, instead of paid to work.
A former actuary, David has been a stand up comedian, a snow board instructor, actor, squash coach in Jamaica, hang glider pilot, life coach, and closet West Wing fan. He says when you’re fully living life, there’s just no time left to work, so you’ve got to create a money machine.
And he’s here to show you exactly how to do just that. Please join me in welcoming David Wood.
I high fived my way to the front of the stage, and then stood there for 66 seconds for a standing ovation….. before I’d even opened my mouth. Wow! These guys were pumped!
(BTW - in the pics, I'm the dot in the black t-shirt)
The BEST thing about the whole experience, is that I felt very present, only a little nervous, once I was on stage. I was real; I was having fun. I was natural, crystal clear, even funny.
Interestingly, I talked about impacting the world - much more than I thought I would. It really showed me more of who I am, and more of what I'm up to in life.
I'd known for years I was meant to speak. But for years I was scared - it didn't feel right/authentic. When I came back from India just 4 months ago I told some friends: "I'm ready to speak now". But I figured it would take 5 years of developing my speech, stripping away any act, and building enough profile to get a decent audience. And I hadn't done anything about it except write in my newsletter I was ready to speak.
Well - I was wrong about the 5 year thing. I feel like I've landed with a splash! And I'm hooked. Harv sent his guy up while I had the audience busy with an exercise, to ask me if I’d done the train the trainer program,because I was doing everything they taught. That was very flattering and has me really feeling like I know this stuff.
Oh - and there's a bonus to this story. At the end – it was better than I dreamed. I made my pitch - offered a few packages I'd created, and well....the video says it all. Harv asked me where I learned that technique – it was pretty damn effective!
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The feedback was constant - all the next day, and wonderful: “You’re real, authentic, loving. Really enjoyed you. I feel your integrity. I'm so inspired” A few hearts were touched with a hug or a kind word at the booth later. Hearing the feedback, and feeling the impact on people - was way better than the sales. (Hmmm....way better? Let's say better ;-)
