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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:51:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Copyright © Motivational Speaker Blog 2010 yes@villagehero.com (Motivational Success Strategies & Advice) yes@villagehero.com (Motivational Success Strategies & Advice) posts 1440 http://askrene.com/images/itunes.jpg http://www.villagehero.com/blog 144 144 Motivational speaker shares how to become a magnet in order to attract what you want and create the life you want. motivational, success, self help, personal development, self growth Motivational Success Strategies & Advice Motivational Success Strategies & Advice yes@villagehero.com no no http://www.villagehero.com/blog/negative-people http://www.villagehero.com/blog/negative-people#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:11:31 +0000 Rene Godefroy http://villagehero.com/blog/negative-people/ http://www.villagehero.com/blog/negative-people/feed 13 10:55 I recorded this month's segment for you. Click on the play button above. If you can't hear it, just scroll down to read the transcription. Leave ... I recorded this month's segment for you. Click on the play button above. If you can't hear it, just scroll down to read the transcription. Leave a comment ==> Click Here Leave a comment ==> Click Here I want to talk to you about Nancy. Nancy is the kind of person you don’t want around you. I’m sure all of you listening or reading this can say you have a Nancy, maybe even more than one, around you right now. She may be in your family. She may be at your workplace. She may even be at church. Wherever she is stay away from her. But first, I have some good news to share with you. The last few weeks have been really busy. I had a chance to keynote some very important conferences. I was in L.A. keynoting a conference for Mark Victor Hansen. You probably know Mark Victor Hansen by Chicken Soup for the Soul. Maybe you have a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul on your bed or around your office or in your room that you’ve read or intend to read. The conference, the Mega Speaking Empire, was for speakers and aspiring speakers. I had a chance to share the platform not only with Mark Victor Hansen but with Brian Tracy. Now understand when I came to this country I was 21 years old. First I was a boat carpenter in Miami. Then I was a janitorial boy in 163rd Mall picking up leftover food on the floor and mopping the floor. I didn’t speak any English whatsoever. In my late 20’s I discovered some of Brian Tracy’s materials, tapes, and books. I started reading them. To me, Brian Tracy was way up there and rightfully so. When you are a young immigrant, don’t speak the language, have zero connections and resources you can only look at a person like Brian Tracy in respect, awe, and amazement. I never thought In my wildest dreams that one day I’d be able to share the platform with him. After my presentation Brian came to me. He gave me this huge bear hug and he whispered I’m just so proud of you. There were so many people at the conference who wanted my time. Some wanted just five minutes to talk to me over coffee. Some wanted to meet for lunch, breakfast, or dinner. And some wanted to discuss business. One man who's starting a very successful non profit organization wanted me to be on his Board. There was even a highly successful doctor who suggested that I run for senator in Georgia. Wow! I said I’d have to think about that. Staying for the entire conference made me exhausted. I flew back to Atlanta. I keynoted another conference two days later in Atlanta. Then I went to Palm Springs, California. That trip was significant to me because I took my mother with me. Mama had never been to California and she always said to me that she would love to visit California one day. I bought a ticket and flew her with me. The lady was so striking! She dressed so impeccable. You should have seen her. Mama had a ball. She walked around the hotel enjoying all of the great things in the hotel and buying stuff. She sat in the audience during my presentation for 1500 high powered mortgage brokers. I recognized her. She stood up and they gave her a huge standing ovation. Mama was crying. Well, she always cries when she sees me speak because she remembers how tough life was for us in Haiti. As you can see in the picture below, that’s me on the left and that’s my mother on the right. As if you have not figured that out already. You see the line to the right going all around? You can’t see the end of the line because the camera cut part of the crowd. That’s how many people that were waiting in line for me to autograph my books to them. Some bought five, six, seven, ten books. They bought CD’s, DVD’s. I just read my book on CD. It’s a six CD set word for word. They bought a lot of them. They were buying for their friends and family as Christmas gifts. Go figure! 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