I just got back from LA, where I spent a very intense week of training at a CEO retreat called the Free Enterprise Forum put on by IBI, Income Builders International.
It's great to be back home in the sweet air of Hawaii! I told you my first impressions and experiences with IBI before I left (see the articles posted below), but I wanted to verify all the amazing claims I heard about it before I said any more - and omigoodness, were they SO understating everything!
I'll back up a bit - IBI was founded 17 years ago here in Hawaii by a genius enterpreneur named Bernhard J. Dohrmann. His vision was to train and nurture a group of top-notch entrepreneurs who, in turn, would bring in more people for the same training, and consequential networking. Co-operation rather than competition was - and still is - the name of the Game.
So now, imagine 17 years and over 30,000 members later...and what we have is a major force in world-wide business of people who want to - and do - operate out of cooperation, good will and what-do-YOU-(rather than I)-need-next mentality. Rather than living and working from should/ought-to/got-to and gotta-make-money/nevermind-my-dream, these people do their lives centered in and from their genius and passion.
Needless to say, even though the meeting - called the Free Enterprise Forum - was only a little over a hundred people this time, it was an awesome experience.
People attending included folks who were finding their "genius," looking for a way to channel that genius into product or service, business start-ups, seasoned biz folks, people in transition, investors, people with multi-million dollar ventures - you name it. Artists, therapists, writers, inventors, educators, business advisors, accountants, lawyers, planners, high-level CEOs, financial planners - the variety and richness of expertise and knowledge available was stunning.
We were encouraged to meet and speak at length with each Forum Instructor - every one of them was a highly respected expert in his or her field, and would be available for free the entire week. You could ask them anything you needed to know about your next step, your vision, your planning - whatever.
Here's some of what I came away with:
I was able to clarify what I need to do to:
upgrade my business structure;
get my intellectual property protected with copyrighting, patenting and trade-marking;
license some of it out for others to produce while I retain creative direction and quality control;
get capital investors;
get compliant with state and federal law, and more -
all stuff I had no idea about or how to do before I walked in the doors.
And, before I went, IBI provided coaches at no charge to help me learn how to raise seed capital before I even went to the Forum.
A lot of it was way more advanced info than I am ready for right now, but since they recorded the whole event, I'll have dvds that I can review when I'm ready for the info I need.
I watched as we all came in with our projects and ideas, thinking it was about making money, selling services or products, or investing. Over the week's time, each of us gradually came to understand that it isn't about projects, products or services at all, or even being in the marketplace as we think of it. And that it isn't about money, investing, legalities, or any of the details we shy away from or get hung up in.
In each class we attended we heard this, "If it isn't your Genius, don't do it!"
It's about Who We Are, what our Passion is, and how we share that and our unique Being and resultant expertise in the world. Haven't we talked about this in every one of my tele-classes? Do you think I might have just been a little delighted to see the same thinking taught there? I was over the moon! At last, a whole group of "official" entrepreneurs who think the way I do!
Best of all, though, was this: even if there had been not one single class or minute of business instruction, the ability to meet and hang out for a whole week with over 100 of like-minded, like-intended beings was extraordinary. I met and grew to really love and appreciate people it would have taken me ten years to connect with through the lines of communication that were "normally" available to me. I came away with connections to the entertainment industry, the banking industry, to experts in licensing, branding and marketing - and more than I can think of right now. Connections that will help me take the PIGEES to market in a big way - bigger than I even dreamed of when I went in. And connections that make it so that I no longer feel as if I am in it all by myself, working 98 hours a day for too little pay.
Not to mention the alliances we all made - I met people who wanted to be on my Vision Team, my capital-raising Team, my Business Team; and people who want my artwork for their products, people who want to sell those products, people who want to use my illustrations, prints, and expertise in writing and creating books, in marketing - and it has continued daily as we all have been emailing and contacting each other in the few days since the event. We even have a special members-only board where we can reconnect and say what we're up to and what we need next and what we have for each other. I've never seen anything that comes close to what this organization is or does for people.
Now. If you want to look into IBI, ( check it out HERE ). You can call my regional director, a wonderful gal named Kehau Kali (pronounced Kay-HOW Kah-LEE) here in Hawaii (email me for her # - [email protected]), and she will hook you up to someone in or near your area so you can get started. And no, I don't get paid for referrals - but when you join, I do get you (and your 200+ connections) as a new IBI friend, and you get me and mine, too. That's worth way more than any affiliate payment anyone would get. And you get access to experts, knowledge and markets I bet you never thought possible in your lifetime.
If you don't want to look into it, that's fine, too!
I'm telling you, though, becoming a member of IBI and attending the next Free Enterprise Forum in July (they are 5 times a year, and July is the Biggie - you can even bring your teens - imagine if you'd been given that opportunity as a kid!) is how to kick-start yourself into a bigger Quantum Leap than you ever dreamed possible. As I said, they even help you raise the capital to get there and do the Forum - the membership, the hotel, the airfare - all that is considered part of your seed capital.
If you're tired of the status quo, if you're sick of seeing yourself living a less-than life, if you're constantly hearing yourself say, "I want more of my life," if you're feeling left out or disenfranchised or like you just aren't doing what you thought you'd be doing at whatever age you are, if you have no particular dream but would revel and thrive in working on someone else's team, you need to check this out, join, and make the leap.
Ditch any hesitation, throw doubt out, and for god's good sake allow yourself the enjoyment as you move into magnificence, pleasure and awe-some excellence with your unique gifts, talents, knowledge and expertise. And consider this: if you don't, you are depriving the rest of us from learning what you know, seeing what you dream up, feeling your power and love. I don't really think you want to hold out on us! That secret part of you that says, "YEAH! Let's go for it! I have something unique and powerful to share!" is RIGHT THERE and available to tap into - so grab it and run! We want you! We need you, your Dream and gifts!
So. I'm all inspired, as you can tell. I want to share with you how I manifested this amazing thing in my life, and show you how you can make the leap, too. No matter where you are in your process, whether you are a solo energy practitioner, still working at a job, an experienced business person, or a fledgling entrepreneur.
Next week, I am holding the first of the nest set of PIGEES Manifestation MasterMindSet Series tele-class. If we don't learn how to manifest what we want - from who we are and what we naturally do - rather than living life by default - what's it all for?
Come join me! We'll find out where you want to go next, use EFT to transform fears and doubts into useable power and energy to move on, and blast off into your stratosphere.
See you soon!
aloha -
Angela Treat Lyon
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