Are You a Seminar Junkie?

Do you enjoy going to Seminars? Yes?!? Do you think that you are a seminar junkie? Yes, I know what you are thinking - "Goodness gracious me, no!"

Do you think that there's a thin dividing line, between a Seminar Junkie and an information gatherer (a knowledge acquirer)? What, in your opinion, is the difference?

Do you think that the difference is in the objective? The mission that you have in your mind when you attend a seminar?

There are so many seminars, that you may sometimes be overwhelmed. Which one to choose? Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar? Guerilla Business Intensive Seminar? Train the Trainer Seminar? Master Your Mind Seminar? Enlightened Warrior Camp? Never Work Again Seminar? Property Mastery Seminar? Kung Fu Marketing Seminar?

Don't you think that you should gather as much knowledge as possible? Of course you should be learning everyday. Continuous learning. So that you can contribute to The Learning Organisation.

Enlightened companies, like Exxon-Mobil, Motorola, Intel etc, have policies on the number of official training days that an employee attends a year. These would normally average about 5 -10 days. The rest of the training would be on-the-job training. So this would be a good norm or standard for you to benchmark yourself, isn't it?

But the question is, what amount of training days should YOU undergo, if you do not include organisation-sponsored training? Using your own money?

It indicates what your mentality (or mind-frame or belief-system) is when you need to make a decision whether to undergo training for which YOU PAY out of your own pocket! Isn't it true?

You have an employee-mentality when you expect your organisation to pay for all your training.

You have an entrepreneurial belief-system when you pay yourself for training. Training that you feel will make you a better person. When you are a better person, will your organisation be a better one? Will your future be a brighter one (whether in your existing organisation or a new one)?

When you are thirsty for knowledge, is it not true that you may become a seminar junkie? That you may attend all the seminars that is presented, or offered, to you?

Have you attended some excellent seminar previews? The ones that know exactly how to tempt you with irresistible offers? Some even use NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) techniques, which are very effective (if you are not aware that they are using them).

Some previews use peer pressure. Others (the occasional odd ones, thank goodness) use hard-selling; they may even make you feel humiliated, by decreasing your self-image, if you do not take-up their offer.

So, how to make sure that you do not become a Seminar Junkie? The answer?: Balance! Everything in life should be done in a balanced way. Everything should be done in moderation.

The moral of the story? Seek knowledge wherever, and whenever, you can.

However, to avoid over-doing the Seminar Circuit, just spend about 10% of your annual income paying for training programmes. If you can afford it, perhaps increase the amount to 20% of your annual income. This will ensure that you avoid the "All study and no action, makes you a geek" ... hehehe!

I wish you Success in your undertakings and Good Health and Wealth to you and your family. Take care!