I was thumbing through a copy of Big Money Speaker magazine: The Ultimate Financial Freedom Guide for Speakers as I sipped my morning potion. I’m fascinated by how they market. The pages were filled with quotes like:
- “It’s worth more than anything you will ever pay for it!”
- “Sign up and enroll now and…you’re going to be thanking me and everyone else who told you to come here!”
- “I’m going to reveal ALL of My Personal Secrets that I NEVER reveal like How I got paid $2500 for a 5-minute talk.”
Talk about appealing to our fears! I couldn’t take anymore, tossed it aside and picked up the November issue of O.
In my talk 21 Results-Driven Strategies for Growing Your Business, #14 is Teach and Take Courses. I advocate getting out there, investing in yourself and keeping up with your industry and entrepreneurship. You get to choose the outcomes you’re looking for. Personally, I stay far away from promises of instant success, build-a website-this-weekend and ‘earn $10,000 a week in your spare time’ offers.
This month I’ve enrolled in a program called Organization and Relationships Systems Coaching. It’s right up my alley, doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, and has been highly recommended by my peers. I start classes October 25 in Boston.
What classes are you taking? Are you continually investing in yourself–the Golden Goose? Please share these with me.
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October 22, 2008 at 2:16 am
Lisa Braithwaite
Jane, I find myself wanting to believe those “get rich quick” teleseminars, but I also see how many over-hyped programs don’t deliver. Thankfully not through my own experience; I’m just not willing to throw money around for something that seems too good to be true.
I’ve enjoyed trainings put on by the Los Angeles chapter of NSA: http://www.nsaglac.org/index.php.
The speakers they bring in successful and well known in their fields, and they offer real tools to the attendees. I’m looking forward to the session with Alan Weiss next March, if it doesn’t book up way in advance!
October 22, 2008 at 7:15 am
janepollak
@Lisa
Thanks for your comment. I’ve learned so much from Alan Weiss. I often find myself using his teaching as mantras. Grab your seat!
October 23, 2008 at 11:19 am
Jay Bright
Alan Weiss the Woodbridge financial planner?
I go to professional practice courses taught by the guru’s of energy design to learn of the latest smoke and mirrors as well as reasonable building strategies. Many of these are presented by AIA/CT.
I am training to become a construction mediator and am looking forward to Charles Doran of MediationWorks, Boston.
I have found the facilitation training offered by Community Mediation-New Haven to be quite useful.
I seek out painting/pastel teaches who are enthusiastic and within 1 1/2 hours for weekly classes. Creative Arts Workshop-New Haven:Suzanne Siegle, Eileen Eder & Ann Culver-Guilford; & Gigi Liverant-Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London. I usually take 2-3 classes a year.
October 23, 2008 at 1:29 pm
janepollak
@Jay
Different Alan Weiss.Alan Weiss the consultant, author and speaker from Rhode Island.
Thanks for passing on your educational successes. The list is impressive adding to your already firmly established expertise. I’m excited that you embrace continuing education in such diverse arenas.
October 23, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Janet Bailey
“Personally, I stay far away from promises of instant success, build-a website-this-weekend and ‘earn $10,000 a week in your spare time’ offers.” –You know, I’m going to adopt that as a great, and quick, guideline for screening *out* offers and avoiding mental clutter! Thanks for stating it so clearly.
Right now I’m taking a teleclass on Inspired Organizing (led by Jennifer Hofmann of InspiredHomeOffice.com). Making incremental, intentional changes to my work space is turning out to be hugely powerful.
October 24, 2008 at 11:19 am
janepollak
@Janet
Thanks for your comment and recommendation!