What a Weekend

That pretty much sums it up. What a weekend.

For past few days, I was in Phoenix at the Rich Dad headquarters and attending a purely educational seminar - learning mostly about REI, but a bit about Business, Paper Assets, and the Internet too. For the weekend, I had the pleasure of spending it with some of the most amazing people you'll ever meet.

I got to meet Robert Kiosaki HIMSELF and so many other people who are on that team and have written other books on my birthday (no one knew that) - the first night we were there. It was totally amazing and the best ever birthday present I could have ever had. The man who wrote the book and inspired it all. Unbelievable.

My head is still spinning from the REI jargon (thanks Les Gee, Spidey, and Russ for helping me out with that!) My head has been twisted around more in the past four days than any time during this entire year. I now realize that I've been thinking way too small.

A quick shout out and thank you to everyone to attended. Everyone brought something unique and valuable to the table and it made for a wonderful group of people.

Erin: Sometimes it takes a real woman to step up to the plate and make it happen. Thank you so much for everything, girlie. You are truely the best.

Russ: With a calm demenor, thank you for helping put together this event and running some Cashflow games and presenting. Congratulations on your success with the B&Bs. Your new baby will be truely fortunate to have such great parents like you.

Les Gee: Russ's (and my) favorite comment: "If it smells like pee, call Les Gee!" He'll tell you like it is and call you stoooopid with a smile. Thank you so much for having REST. It totally made me think outside the box I had put myself in and didn't even realize I was there. It's totally changed my inner bucket and the way I think about leverage. What a great guy.

RDPD HQ: Thank you so much for having us at your headquarters. It was very sweet of you to invite us in and get to spend time with all of you. We are definitely looking foward to next year.

JScottGecko: Or was it cecko? I'm not sure. *grin* Anyway, I'm with ya on the REI making your brain hurt (be careful of that gin!) My head is still spinning from the REI jargon too. You don't need to know that stuff though. You definitely have a great personality and congratulations on your success with internet. You made the biggestest difference for me in helping me think BIG when I do things online. Thank you so much for that.

Steve O.: Well, now we know you're not a girl (24tea)????, you love to dress 'resort casual', and your 'mystery wife' realy does exist. *grin* It's nice to know you dress the way you want and still do the big deals in the game.

SpideyMan: Spidey man, spidey man - does whatever a spidey can. *grin* Where's the suit, the mask and the web? Anyway, it was great to finally meet you after the two years of chatting. A man who knows a good deal when he sees it and takes immediate action. Well done!

CharmedAngel: Thanks for letting me crash with you for the weekend. It was really sweet of you. Your efforts will not have gone in vein as by the end of May, I will start looking into and doing deals (I'm doing some internet stuff first). It's definitely an exciting arena, but with all the REI jargon swimming it my head, it's going to take awhile to fish and sort it all out.

Kimberland: Where's my pic to put up of Kimber? Hehehe. Although I didn't get to chat with you for a long time, it was great getting to meet you and know that all sides of the CF quadrant were being fully represented.

BFLBob and BFLkiddo: What a wit. Oh my, what a great wit. You have the great talent of making anyone put a smile on. Glad to have you two here and see all of us grow with the new ways of Cashflow with playing with each other instead of against each other.

leonvdwalt: Coming from South Africa, your dedication to the Rich Dad philosophy is admirable. Thanks so much for taking pics (even one of JScott cleaning!!! *eek* Definitely looking forward to that one. *grin*) Looking foward to seeing how you're going with the franchise in South Africa.

jonleehacker: Good to know there was more than a couple IM people out there to save me from the migrane of the REI jargon. It was really great to meet you.

It's about 1 AM (and NO, I'm NOT getting up at 7) and I'm going to hit the sack. It's weird. Everyone that was there just seems so much more real now than they were just talking on the forums.

Thank you so much for everyone that helped make this possible and for everyone that came. It's truely made a difference in my life.