Activities are mostly designed to promote and emphasize key concepts that you have to learn. They can be in a form of fun games, group projects, correspondence and speaking out to each other, or, to really get the point across, outrageous activities that you’ve never done before. To give you an example, a self-empowerment seminar gives members a chance to walk across hot, burning coal, unharmed, as a means to overcome your worse fears. These activities totally change the dynamic of the entire event – they will give a concept more realistic value and that can carry through in people’s minds longer because it is something that they’ll remember better – better than just sitting throughout an entire seminar. In fact, a single activity may deliver the entire message of a seminar better than speeches! If you don’t participate in activities, you’ll miss out on very important learning avenues.

The key here is forcing yourself to participate in activities in every way possible – regardless of how unrelated or mundane it may seem. Just think of it this way: a seminar culminates a very encouraging and safe environment where people will not discriminate you or laugh at what you’re doing, and yet you cannot carry out very simple activities. How will you fare in the much harsher, bitter real world if you cannot even participate in seminars?

Therefore, challenge yourself by giving everything you have into participating in all seminar activities. Step out! Introduce yourself! Share your heartfelt experience! Laugh with them! Cry along with them! A seminar is the closest thing you’ll have to a perfect world – in there; a million hearts will sympathize and give you a lending hand when you break down. Everybody will make you feel welcome there, and they will encourage you every step of the way. Don’t waste it all by not taking the first step. Go out and participate! Be apart of the crowd!

Firstly, line up your expectations to life’s realities. Don’t expect results to happen immediately – they will, but not after just a day or a weekend. After all, it wouldn’t feel as satisfying if you just got a result in a snap – just like that. There’s no excitement, no investment in such a result. In a miracle result you can never truly say “Oh, I’ve been like that before, and look at what I am now. That is so surreal.” If you notice the change overtime, however, you will realize, in a breathtaking moment, how changed a person you are. Wouldn’t that be exciting? But first you must know these few things…

Know that only sleep-overs and assignments happen overnight. Building a change within you is an entirely different matter, and changing yourself is a very fulfilling task you will carry on until the end of your life. It goes to say that seminars are not there to provide you instant remedies or instant ways to up your life to a new level. The presenters only provide you the knowledge and the tools - you will have to grow and develop yourself, all by yourself. Don’t worry, it’s not scary, it’s a rather beautiful thing if you know the way. So how do we let this knowledge grow in our lives?

First, you must set specific goals. You must specify the goal up to the date or time span of which you will want to achieve that goal. It must be precise. Like “By the end of December, I will lose 15 pounds using the methods taught by the seminar.” That will give you a deadline, and you can and will develop the discipline needed to catch up with this deadline.

Second, record the development towards the goal. You can write it in a journal, or record the activity that leaned a lot towards achieving that goal. Monitoring your development is as important as reaching the final stage, which is your goal. This is to ensure that you’re not deviating from what you’re trying to do.

Third, never give up. Never ever, ever give up. The tendency is for you to become discouraged after realizing that you have not attained anything noticeable at all after a few days. That is normal, and that shouldn’t stop you. Again, this is a test of discipline… If you’re able to hold on to what you believe is right to achieve that specific goal, you will get it. It’s only a matter of time.

So, how do you make sure you truly achieve something from attending a seminar? Simple: like everything else in life, you must know the purpose of the endeavor. If you are not driven by such a purpose, a reason why you’re there, you’ll be lost in all the confusion and in the end waste valuable time you could’ve spent somewhere else.

Identify yourself with this purpose. This is essential because it will stimulate three other important things that are all necessary for you to become changed after a seminar: first, it will get rid of that nagging feeling that joining the seminar is a waste of precious resource, most importantly time; second, it will bring you to a healthy center – a focus, a needed anchor that will keep you in line all throughout the whole event; third, this purpose will help you set your priorities regarding this seminar: the topics to give attention upon, the things that you should drop, the connections you should foster.

Before going to any given seminar, you should ask yourself these questions: What do I need to learn from this seminar? How will it benefit me? Is it worth an investment of time and money? Can I implement what they’ll be teaching into my immediate life? Not only will these questions effectively limit the information that you need, it will make sure that you will put to good use everything that you get from the information treasure trove, which is the seminar.

Try the basics! List, on a simple sheet of paper, what you really want to learn from this seminar. You might say this is a childish ploy, or even an ineffective practice, but nothing reinforces a thought better than a written form of the thought. Take this list with you to the seminar, and even look at it whenever you feel like doing. That way, you can visually check if you’re achieving what you wrote, and if not, you can immediately take the best action for it.

Also, a good way is finding a practical use for a seminar topic in your day-to-day living. That way you can associate in to your life in a very easy-to-remember way. And this will truly motivate you to gain that certain knowledge, because you already have a picture in your mind of what would happen if you already acquired that knowledge and information.

]]> http://seminarinsiders.com/blog/know-your-purpose-your-reason-for-attending-the-seminar/feed/ http://seminarinsiders.com/blog/free-your-mind-clear-all-disruptive-thoughts/ http://seminarinsiders.com/blog/free-your-mind-clear-all-disruptive-thoughts/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:19:50 +0000 Seminar Insiders http://seminarinsiders.com/blog/?p=24 Going to seminars is very unlike going to work or going to school. When you go to your job, for instance, you plot in advance what you should be doing through your shift – projects to be passed, assessments to be made, papers to be finished. You schedule things. Or like going to school. You fill yourself with so much information so that come exam time, you might write the correct answer to the questions on the exam sheet. A seminar is the complete opposite of both scenarios. When you go to a seminar, you go with a blank slate of mind, a tabula rasa if you may. This is the only way that you will get the real essence of the seminar and understand the lessons being taught to you.

What happens if you don’t go to the seminar with a clear mind? Only the inevitable – you will learn nothing, or little, if at all, from the seminar! It is a wasted effort to go to the seminar with lots of things going on inside your head. Without the conscious effort of clearing your mind of certain things, the seminar will have a somewhat negligible effect on you and your life.

Exactly what should we clear our mind of before we attend any seminar? That is really the correct question. Essentially, we clear our mind of three things:

1) Clear your mind of any prior knowledge of the seminar’s topic. Doing this will lead to an unbiased view of the seminar itself. When you insist on what you think you already know about the seminar you are not letting yourself gain knowledge and wisdom; rather, you are simply creating arguments and debates inside your head, and as we all know, debates are nothing but worthless and counterproductive devices to satiate the ego. Give yourself a favor and act like you don’t know anything at all. You will find that you will know better things after having attended that seminar.

2) Clear your mind of anything related to work or family. Just as you don’t bring your work home or your family matters at work, you shouldn’t bring both to a seminar. When you go to a seminar, you must see it as an entirely different world – a world disconnected from your own. Therefore, your worries about your kid’s assignments or your boss’ needs should be left where they should be because they are not of the essence right now, in the world that you are in. When you bring your familial or secular baggage with you, you’re not only destroying the possibility of you learning anything useful in the seminar, you’re also giving yourself unnecessary headaches because you do not have the power to solve these worries for now.

3) Clear your mind of anything unnecessary. The latest fashion wear or the newest iPad update isn’t going to do anything to your endeavour of learning in the seminar. Unless, of course, if your seminar is about fashion or iPad. That should be part of your thinking system.

Clearing your mind of these three important aspects is not only beneficial, it is necessary to win the cause of the seminar you’re attending. Without a clear head you will surely be making biased decisions and will soon defect from the real reason of the seminar: to learn.

You can bring any form of paper that you want – a notepad, a packet of post-it notes, or even a few sheets of paper will do. If you’re more of a techie, you can also bring digital recorders, but that wouldn’t be as helpful as taking notes – it would even be a wasted effort, because you’ll still need to take notes if you listen to the entire seminar all over, which would be kind of redundant and unnecessary.

When jotting down notes, simply jot away! Don’t censor yourself, don’t hesitate writing anything that you feel is relevant to the topic. Don’t bother to be too organized, as long as you are placing the ideas in order and you’re cutting out the less important points. However, be sure to take good notes. Just write down the concepts and ideas that you feel are applicable to you and your current life. And don’t take too many notes! While it is true that you should not hesitate in jotting down ideas, you must also realize that your mind can only take so much information, and so, jotting down solely on the essential concepts is necessary to prevent mental clogging when processing too much data.

Aside from the benefit of exercising information to be stored in your long-term memory, taking down notes can also be a great activity to increase your focus while in the seminar. When you take down notes, you will have no other choice but to listen carefully and concentrate because you want to get the juiciest bits of knowledge. Remember, a seminar is a treasure trove of information, and your notes can help you determine which treasures to take or not.

Taking down notes isn’t enough, however, to say the least. You will need to instill the seminar’s concepts into your mind, your heart and your life. And the best way to do just that is review, review and review some more. Read the main concepts, re-read them, then review everything until you got it all figure out. You must do this as soon as possible, while the information is still fresh. To do this, put big stars next to all the actions that you want to take when you return to your normal routines. Circle good information that you will want to remember weeks after the seminar is over.

As soon as you get home from the seminar, it is a great idea to immediately put your newly-found knowledge into good use. So memorize and familiarize them as early as you can.

The persons attitude and actions at the seminar and after they left!!!

Getting the most out of a seminar is 100% up to the person who attends.  I have seen many people who have not moved since we have met years ago (very nice people) and I have seen many who have changed, grown and fulfilled the reason why they would spend time at a seminar.  Where do you want to be?

A few tips on how to get the most from a Seminar:

First, sit at the front and participate.  The more involved you are in the seminar, the more engaged you are, you will absorb and learn more.

Second, take notes.  Taking notes is only a part of the note formula to success.  Most of us will not remember most of what we learned at a seminar, however take notes, review then the day after the seminar and about a week later.  You will absorb a lot more information from what you have learned.  I have notes from seminars in 2006 that I still read from time to time, since the lesson were that valuable to me.

Third, take action.  Take what you have learned and implement it.  You are wasting your time, if you are not willing to do the work involved to getting results.  If you ever purchase a ticket or course, plan to use it, take action and make time to actually do it.  I will only sign up for a seminar today that I will have the time to put into place what I have learned after the seminar is complete or I am wasting me time.  I heard speaker recently tell me what he has had 800 people not show up over the years that paid $5,000 to attend his course, that is making a cool 8 million dollars from people who do not even show up, I love these guys as my competitors, that shows how easy it is to get ahead.  He also rewards the ones that show up and do take action.  You will find the time if it is important, I will find the time and take it a priority to take action.

Forth, have a open mind. A different world does exist out there then you may know.  A world of fun, freedom and doing what you love.  Does it involve work? YES!!!! You are gonna have a lot of doubts or not believe you can possibly do at first, of course. I will tell you, YES you can get any goal you have and focus on it.  I sometimes look back and think I should have aimed higher then what at that time seemed big.   Think big and have a open mind, however do your own diligence and be responsible for your actions.  Diligence is VERY important.

Fifth, give back.  If you feel that you have been to a seminar and that it has changed your life, always remember the people that have helped you and always giving is very important to success.  Giving comes in different ways of time, mentoring, money and so on.  If you have gone to a seminar and are in a better place because of it, possibly is you want you can volunteer at that seminar and help others make the change you have made.  The mission of this website it for others to know that life exists outside the rat race, good economy or bad economy, you can live the life you want.

That is 5 ways to get the most out or a seminar and create your own success

Have Fun!!!!

Mukul Verma

Seminar Insiders

www.seminarinsiders.com

Thanks for dropping by Seminar Insiders blog, here is the very first blog.

Let’s start by me explaining the reason for Seminar Insiders. Over the years I have personally been to many seminars for both personal and professional development. They have greatly helped my wife and me. They can help anyone who implements the learning from these seminars. If you are not willing to take the actions to make a difference in your life, same your time, if you are a serious and will take action then attend.

The real mission here for Seminar Insiders is for people to get more information in a different worlds that exists, a world that is full of passion, fun financially rewarding, helping more people and more effortless in the long run for each of us to live. Most people work very hard for someone else 40 hours a week, not realizing they can work less hard for themselves. This world does not come without putting in work at the start.

To get the most success read the Seminar Tips section on the site. Remember the Seminar is there to open your eyes and learn a way you did not know before or give you information about creating a new reality for you. The person who organizes the seminar will not do all the work for you or put your goal in your hands. You must do it. You must take action with the game plan or information from the seminar and implement it, spend time on achieving your goals. Nothing will happen without you making it happen.

Have Fun!!!

Mukul Verma

Seminar Insiders

www.seminarinsiders.com