I\’m one of those people who has always hated financials. It\’s not that I can\’t do them – math wasn\’t an especially difficult subject for me. But I haven\’t wanted to deal with them. Even though I knew it would help my business (and since I am a solo entrepreneur, if I\’m not dealing with something, no one is).
Money was something I wanted. But it seemed like too much work.
But that\’s not to say that I didn\’t keep looking for answers. In December, I decided to show up at
MoneyTalk: For People Who Hate To Talk About Money, an evening set aside to talk about topics that should be obvious from the name.
One of the other people there, Charlie Czech, mentioned Peak Potentials. And how it had changed his life. Here was someone else who apparently hated to talk about money who had devoted three days to developing his Millionaire Mind at a seminar created by that company. I was, needless to say, intrigued.
That night I headed home and Googled Peak Potentials. And discovered that there was a Millionaire Mind Evening introduction to the company\’s seminars in just a few months in Vancouver. I am always looking for excuses to go to Vancouver. So I signed up.
A few months later, I learned the company was having their Millionaire Mind Intensive, a three-day exploration of people\’s \”money blueprints,\” here in Seattle, my hometown. And all that was necessary to get a free pass to the seminar was to buy the book Secrets of the Millionaire Mind – selling for a mere $14.93 at Amazon.
Two more months passed and it was finally time to start the 3-day, 38-hour adventure.
What did I learn? That things that seemed completely unrelated to money were at the core of my struggles with the almighty dollar. And that money = fun! I learned about more-serious topics, including how to budget without even thinking about it – the other highlight of the weekend. But when our trainer Doug Nelson framed financial freedom as the crucial component of structuring our lives however we want, suddenly money was a fascinating topic. By achieving financial freedom – where work is an option, not a necessity – I would be free to play. Yes, play! Perhaps one of the most important words in my Sagittarian world view. In my universe, snowboarding trumps almost anything – except one of my really fun photo shoots, perhaps. (That describes most of them). What if I could travel the world, capturing award-winning, money-making images, meeting fabulous friends and business associates, snowboarding all the time, and not worry about money? This may make zero sense to those of you with your collective noses to the grindstone. But I know the idea resonates with some of you!
I recommend the Millionaire Mind Intensive to anyone, even if you think you don\’t have money issues. You might be surprised at what you learn. And check out the other courses too – I am attending the Guerrilla Business School next spring and hope to get into one of this summer\’s currently-sold-out Enlightened Warrior Camps in gorgeous Squamish, BC.