”It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt

I have always been a person that would just "jump in and do something" even if I couldn't do it very well at first, rather than be like the guy who waits till he can do it perfectly before he will begin. So I have had many, many failures; some of which seemed devastating at the time, but now seem to be worth a lot. Those failures add to my skills and wisdom when offering help, assistance, or advice to someone.

So I tried something new in regard to promoting an event with one my Wizard Partners, Michael Keesee. It worked out great! 

When I asked Mike to come to Kentucky and speak, he was somewhere on a beach in Mexico. He was licking his wounds and healing from a recent downsizing in the company he worked for and at the same time a recent divorce. 
Finally he answered my emails, texts and phone calls and said “OK, I'd be happy to come to Kentucky”. Then I called him back and asked if he'd stay an extra day and speak twice. Again he said, "Sure". Then I set it up for him to speak also for our local Chamber of Commerce breakfast, and again to the sales staff for  Bristol Broadcasting in Paducah while he was here.

Instead of setting up one big meeting, we did four smaller ones.  Michael gave the Pendulum Presentation 4 times in 4 different locations in two days and we had 80 attendees. (In the Wizards on the Road in Denver Co we had about that many, and about 100 in Nashville, Tn ) We handed out the sheet of questions about any of the problems they might be having in their business, and had about 12 of those filled out, and got about 20 more sign-ups for my Wizard Times Newsletter.

We planted many good seeds, and talked a few potential future clients. Michael is such a gentleman, and was so professional and so great to work with and he made me proud to be a Wizard of Ads Partner. Many people remarked, "Your friend is such a good speaker and he is brilliant." It is really cool to hang around brilliant people. But most important of all Michael and I have become good friends,  and a man always needs a few good friends.

Many thanks again to Michael Keesee.

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