EDUCATION BLOG

Mega Business was an intense, info-packed three day session, May 16 -18, 2008, and I must write about it before it fades. It was a Mark Victor Hansen event in Irvine, CA, and because I'm part of the MVH Mega Inner Circle (an inspiring, illuminating, and expensive venture!), I attended as a VIP. My guest was Robert Gould, a graphic design business owner and, like me, a children's literacy advocate. The first morning of the workshop, gave me a copy of his oh-so-beautiful book, Father and Son Read-Aloud Stories. See his website, <http://www.bigguybooks.com> -- the cure for reluctant readers-- a wonderful contribution to literacy, especially for young boys.

I love listening to Mark Victor Hansen. He has a huge heart and service consciousness, and yet he's a vigorous businessman and massively wealthy. His style is authentically his own; he does plenty of call and response; he's attuned to his audience, and engages us physically, emotionally, mentally. "Turn to your neighbor, touch their forehead, and say, I see greatness in you." Then he'll get quiet, teary eyed, and launch into a story that moves all of us. And in a flash, he'll cite statistics and facts and dates (some of them inaccurate, though in the ballpark of truth) to underscore his point. He promotes conscious capitalism (a new term, I think); an end to war (Either war is obsolete, or humanity is); and believes the 'recession' we are supposedly in is media created.

I take notes when MVH talks, and here are some of them. I warn any reader that they may not be totally accurate, but they're pretty darn close. Every talk of his leaves me with a list of affirmations and aphorisms:
*Say, I'm ready.
*I'm going to ask you to elevate yourself, so you serve all.
*I see you doing great stuff.
*I want you to be the most creative you can be.
*Say, I'm a visionary leader.
*As you elevate in consciousness, you get more time.
*Money freedom leads to time freedom leads to relationship freedom leads to spiritual freedom leads to creativity freedom.
*We must be in eco-centered businesses.
*The best thing you can do for the poor is not be one of them.
*Thinking turns into form.
*I was born with a sense of urgency to get things done.
*The more enterprising you are, the freer you are.
*A mega business isn't for you; it's for them.
*Say, I'm here to be in surplus.
*Say, I'm bullish in this bearish time.
*Sharing means having more.
*Say, I'm not participating in the recession!
*Say, I'm into financial freedom.
*I want more for you than you want for yourself.
*Say, I've got permission.
*Say, I know what I'm looking for. I know who to talk to. I know who to listen to.
*Say, I am viscerally excited because I feel the reality of the downside possibilities, but will not participate.
Say, I'm leading edge.
Ask: What's the next level for me? What does it look like? Who do I want to play with?

Then MVH gave us Ten Keys to Success in Any Economy: I won't write them out here because, who knows, he may want to make a book out of them.

I'm thinking I'll continue with brief notes on the next three days of speakers...but that was already a week ago. This Memorial Day weekend I had two days of hiking to build fitness for my fall pilgrimage in Spain on the Camino Frances de Compostela de Santigo. My feet are sore!