Today’s Guest: Lynn Girardi
Lynn’s Follow Through Camp Adventure:
The Dodge City Follow Through Seminar was truly an adventure for me…one that paid off tremendously! This worthwhile deal of a small investment TOTALLY got me back on track with my stalled business dreams and goals. It also turned out surprisingly well despite my hesitance about my personality being a match to the seminar’s Kansas location. You see, this time the seminar–at first–had me feeling a bit like I was on the tv show, Wife Swap. That’s the “reality show” where 2 married women switch lives and families for a week or so. The catch is that they are put in totally opposite environments and lifestyles than they are used to at home. However, when these women go past their comfort zones to live in someone else’s environment…despite their frustrations with change from their routine…they ALWAYS come back with lessons learned; an appreciation for the lives they have….AND changes they now wish to incorporate into their old lives based on the new lifestyle experienced.
While, I am single and I didn’t swap lives with anyone, my going to Dodge City, Kansas…AT FIRST…was like WifeSwap.
It was taking one beach-loving; health-food eating (almost vegetarian); Brooklyn, New York “city-slicker”…who loves mostly ballroom and pop music…then, bringing her to a town where restaurant menus consisted of delicious dishes, but often included steak, cheese and shellfish…all of which she and her family rarely eat for low fat / low cholesterol diets. It’s a place of country music…and a place where, it seems, some outdoor activities are set up indoors due to, I believe, their weather…when not sunny…windy and with the rare tornado (ala Dorothy and Toto in the Wizard of Oz). Yes, much was opposite of what this Brooklynite was usually drawn to…except for the sincerity, kindness and hospitality she loves in people. For, that was never more evident than in the friendly people of Kansas, in particular, Charla, the owner of the cool Dodge House hotel where the seminar was held.
My intention for this trip was to attend another Barbara Winter/Alice Barry event which seemed to always feed my entrepreneurial soul. I signed up to experience the enthusiasm I felt when Barbara and Alice introduced the event on a teleseminar. I signed up to bond with old kindred spirits and to meet new ones. I signed up for the ideas, encouragement and support I needed to take my dream business goals off of the back burner I’d had them on for several months. I signed up to GET OUT OF TOWN for clarity, since leaving one’s routine and environment often clears the mind enough to be able to remember one’s dreams and think creatively again. I signed up to get re-energized after feeling drained by “the job,” by life’s challenges and by the fearful thoughts that were keeping me in anxiety rather than in positive possibilies. Going to Barbara’s seminar always delivers all that for me and more…only this time she was going to make me travel 10 hours out of my state and comfort zone to get it!
I’m so glad she did. I learned so much. It was, once again, inspiring, creative, practical and lots of fun! It was thought-provoking, encouraging, supportive (teachers to students and students to another). It taught me new things about my dream business goals and about myself.
This seminar experience got my business passions back on track with practical advice for me to take action on at home. It cleared my head … helped me to bond with student-pals…and expanded my support network. This farm-animal-themed event location convinced me that my dream-business motto now needs to be: “NO MORE ‘BULL’! Just do it, already!” (A kind of Brooklyn version of the Nike slogan!)
You are most welcome.
HI Sandy! Thanks so much for including me in your most inspiring blog. I am honored to be a part of it and even more honored to watch your entrepreneurial dreams flourish as you share your beautifully written, heartfelt inspiration with others.
And, thank you, Nelson, for your most kind comments for me, and for visiting Sandy’s great blog. I am surrounded by friends and others can expect to be when they stick with Sandy’s blog and future projects.
How inspiring, Lynn. There is nothing more satisfying that getting one’s money worth from an event in which time and travel had to be expended.
I’ll be looking forward to seeing great changes in your journey; in the mean time, thanks Lynn.
Be well