Wowwowweewow. What an amazing 2 ½ days it’s was in Portland for my 1^st official Free Enterprise Days. Last year I was here as a guest while I was “researching” what Lindsay was getting into. While I was supporting Lindsay during the last FED, I was also judging and scrutinizing everyone with arms crossed thinking I don’t believe that or this. This year I have new eyes, and went in with an empty heart expecting it to be filled up with diamonds and rubies. I went in with some ideas of what I wanted out of this function as I think it’s important to know what you want to get out of a function like this. I was looking for ways I could elevate my leadership and work habit but more importantly ways of how I could move on.

Moving on is key because in order for your team to know how to move on and become successful you yourself need to do so. It was clear by pretty much every person speaking this year that they are united in the fact moving on is key. We in this market are VERY fortunate that our coaches who have personally sponsored us have reached that “1^st Vision” of Double Eagle Ruby. Because of that they can teach us what it takes to move on and secure that for our own self. However this business honestly is not about you it’s about others and being that example for others so that they can move on themselves. It was pretty amazing to see our coaches who have personally sponsored us and also their cross-line and their direct uplines speak in front of over 10,000 people. The impact they had was unreal and something you’d need to experience to fully understand. Canada is rocking the house and inspiring a lot of people!

The largest impact I believe was the bus ride down and back, specifically the bus ride home. 16 motor coaches from western Canada invaded the Portland area taking with it around 800 people, a few other hundred flew or drove themselves. The bus ride back, wow, you want an impact, well you don’t need Diamonds to do that. You sit on a bus full of your team members and other cross line team members and you’re heart will be full beyond imagine. People who are inspired for their vision, their lives, and their families are pretty damn impactful. 5-6 hours of sharing from each person makes for a very short bus trip. I don’t care what anyone says about this business, or what they have “heard” or what they experienced when they built it in the past, the people building it in this Alberta market ARE different. This whole market is on the verge of exploding and impacting thousands and thousands of people and we are able to be one of those people making the impact.

This event is a pretty amazing and while some say it’s a “motivational” event, motivation actually has to come from within you. Nobody can motivate you however you can be inspired and use that inspiration to be motivated to do good for whatever it is in life that requires you to be motivated. I would gladly pay triple what I paid to attend an event like this considering I’ve attended IT conferences that cost $3000+ and I get nothing out of them other than spam e-mails and people calling me to buy their products. I would have never had the impact I had this past weekend and there are really no words to describe it. This entry will never do it justice.

So for the people not in this business or people reading this blog to be inspired by whatever it is you need to be inspired, I’ll leave you with this. Find something that inspires you in life and do whatever it takes to achieve it. Stop with the excuses and put the work habit in and do it!

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