I’m going to try and describe what we saw and heard this past weekend down in Calgary but it’s going to be damn hard.  What we saw and heard can never be fully understood by the words on this blog.

I’m really struggling here on how to write this blog entry.  So many emotions, so many thoughts.  It will probably be all over the place, but I don’t care.

What we experienced was without a doubt one of the best nights of my life.  We did not have to go down to Calgary for this event because we had our own event in Edmonton the weekend prior.  We choose to because we respect Mike and Brandie and really wanted to hear what they had to say because of the type of people they are.  If you could talk with Mike and Brandie for 5 minutes you’d understand just what kind of people they are.  They did a fabulous job with their Rally but what really captured me, what really impacted me was the night owl where everyone that was there from the Wagner team stayed from 12am to 2:30am.

David and Carolyn Payne came in from Vancouver, who are Mike and Brandie’s mentors and they surprised them by flying in and showing up.  Gotta love that.  So David and Carolyn asked about 8 different couples who’ve been impacted in a big way by the Wagner’s to just share what has impacted them.  What was special about what they shared had absolutely NOTHING to do with this business, it had everything to do with raw emotion.  There is no way I can really fully describe the stories that were shared but what they all had in common was that Mike and Brandie have build an amazing relationships with everyone they come in contact with.  They are a powerful couple who honestly care about the people they work with and are more then just the business, they are about impacting people in such a positive way.  The people who spoke Sunday morning owe their marriage, their relationships, their success, and so much more to them because Mike and Brandie just really invested time into them, invested their heart into them.  What business do you know that does that?  What business do you know that gives a normal person a 2 minute 20 second standing ear piercing ovation?  There is none.  Why do we do this?  Because we respect and know that we can do exactly what they have done and more. 

What I really take away from Mike and Brandie above all, is the strong unified couple.  I know no other couple aside from my parents that have such an amazing marriage as they do.  I want that.  So what do I do?  I get around them any chance I get.  Whenever they are in town, or whatever function they are at I get around them and ask questions or just listen to what they have to say.  If you want to be successful in something then you GET AROUND IT!  As we say, you are a product of the books you read, and the PEOPLE you associate with.  So I want a great marriage, who do I hang around? People with great marriages.  Mike serves his wife like I’ve never seen.  They are building a life together instead of apart and I want that.  I want to be able to spoil my wife in ways nobody has ever seen, I want to be able to give my wife the things she wants.  I want to be able to cuddle with her in the middle of the day on a Wednesday instead of cuddling with my desk at work.

Its these people I associate with that is the reason I talk like this and think like this.  Its the association time that we saw all day Saturday and into Sunday morning that shapes our minds the way they do.  Some people think it’s brainwashing well you know what maybe my brain needs washing.  I’m SICK and tired of all the divorces out there, all the negativity out there, so what’s so wrong about re-educating myself with positive energy where people have AWESOME marriages??  By the way, the divorce rate in the normal job world is over 60%, the divorce rate in our line of business is about 2%.  Hmm what would you rather hang around if you had the opportunity?

Lastly what’s best above all… what really really makes Lindsay and our relationship stand out above all others, is that we are 100% unified and moving in the same direction together.  We no longer have single minded agendas where we are going in different directions, we have one agenda.  Its this unification that cannot stop the “Guthrie Train”!!