Digging Colin Powell up close and personal at a Get Motivated! seminar yesterday

[Julie Lomoe]

Yesterday I spent 9 hours getting motivated by a wide range of speakers at a Get Motivated! seminar at Albany's Times Union Center. For only $4.95, I got to hear Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Steve Forbes, Zig Ziglar and a whole bunch of motivational speakers. Lots of stuff applicable to writers, but nothing earthshaking. I did get motivated, but less so than today when I reached 3,000 hits on my new blog - now that was really motivating! I was persuaded to sign up for another seminar on August 14 about online marketing - will see if it's worth it.

To learn more about what Colin Powell said about leadership, please visit my blog.

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[Daniel Hatadi]

Looks to me like this post is better suited to your member blog, Julie.

[Julie Lomoe]

Hi Daniel. I see your point, so I compromised and changed the location of the post to the Schmooze Lounge, where more BSP is allowed. I do see the topic as relevant to readers and writers here - who couldn't use more motivation? Anything that energizes and empowers the participants can be worthwhile, and it's good to be able to get away from the computer and experience a mass motivational event once in awhile (as long as it's not like the Nuremburg rallies). I discussed the Get Motivated! event further in my blog today. They're scheduling events in other cities, and you can find out more at www.getmotivated.com.

As for posting on my member blog, that raises an interesting question. How many people are reading blogs on this site? Personally, I tend to go instead to links that people provide in their posts, like the following:

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