I was talking to somebody the other day who had recently started a training business and wanted to do public events… they felt they were on purpose but they had tried a couple and didn’t get many people in the room, so they rang and asked for some advice…
I asked how long they had been doing it… they said about a year…
So, I said, ‘Well it has taken me 20 years to get this many people in the room… yes 20 years… no if I let my ego get involved I guess after 20 years I should be disappointed with the number I get? I should be much more famous by now? But when I listen to my soul and my heart I know my journey is exactly as it should be… and I am grateful for the people who walk into my room now … and the reason more walk into my room now is because I was always grateful even when there were less…
Let me explain…
When I first started doing this I would do an event and I may have only got 10 in the room… now if I had listen to me ego she probably would have been disappointed and told me I was a failure, and that they didn’t want what I had to offer in that town and that it all wasn’t working… and then if I took that energy to the stage with those ten people… well it would have been a self fulfilling prophecy and my ego would be pleased…
However…
If I listen to my soul and my heart and knew I was on purpose and was patient and knew that all dreams need time to germinate and grow and that as long as I stayed on purpose, took my heart, soul and passion to the stage with those wonderful 10 people who trusted in me and my message and gave them a show focussed on making a difference to just one person in the room… if I just did that and pushed my ego aside… then next time I went those 10 people would tell others and their maybe 20 in the room and then one day I turn around and there is always at least 100 in the room… but for me that 1 day took up to 20 years to arrive… and I have enjoyed every audience leading up to now… thats the secret…
