“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader!” ~ John Quincy Adams
Another fantastic Sunday (23rd May 2010) passes learning, connecting with amazing people and having fun at a POWERTEAM event organised by Jeremy Gordon in the Bay Area (Silicon Valley, CA).
POWERTEAM event
PowerTeam events are organised monthly by Jeremy Gordon in the Bay Area. A range of interesting and engaging speakers spend up to 5 hours sharing ideas and educating a large crowd of like-minded individuals on topics of entrepreneurship to leadership. However this event was different. Moving forward Jeremy has changed the format of the POWERTEAM events to allow people to connect and help each other achieve their goals. The new format is now broken down into 3 sections over the same 5 hours on a Sunday day:
1. Mastermind group circle (team work) – we got into a group of 6 and formed a powerful team name. We called our team “Supernova”. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy – Yeah!! Plenty of energy. The aim of this mastermind group was to get to know & support each other and work as a team on the days activities. We were a stellar team!
Bay Area Powerteam event
2. Guest speaker – this was Jeff Slayter from “The Best Kept Secrets of Modern Day Heroes & Leaders”. Jeff talked about Leadership and what it means to be a modern-day hero. He got the crowd engaged and really ramped up the energy in the room. Team Supernova kept the fuel burning 
Jeff Slayter and Me (team Supernova)
Here is some of what Jeff shared with us:
- The “David” masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created from 1501 to 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo started as a large piece of marble rock. Michelangelo painstakingly chipped little by little pieces of marble away until he felt he had to stop and let others enjoy what he had created.
- Just like that masterpiece, chip away everything from you that is not you. Removing everything between you and the leader that you are.
“Don’t ask who is this business but what is this business shaping you to be” ~ Jim Rohn
- The experience of being prepared is better than experience of preparation.
- There is no failure in life just feedback.
- How do you view others around you? Never judge a person without first separating the “Behaviour” from their “Intentions”. Only then you will realise their true intentions are not as bad as their behaviour may be exhibiting. This is the true nature of a leader to see past the behaviour and into the intentions. Only then is a leader capable of understanding.
3. Speed Networking. Final session for the day involved 1 team member at a time from each group rotating to the next team giving a 3 minute power talk on who they are, what help they need help with and what they can offer. Business cards were exchanged and new contacts made. A very rewarding session.
Overall a very successful event. I gained new knowledge, friends and our team Supernova won a price as the most energetic team of the lot! We all walked away with $500 worth of Leadership training audio from Jess Slayter & Kane Minkus. Kane couldn’t make this event but he is Jeff’s business partner and another great presenter. The two are a duo team teaching Leadership in the Bay Area.
Urszula and I both signed up for their intensive 3 Day – Mastering Weath Through Relationships event in June 2010. So watch this blog for exciting updates and more knowledge that I will share with you.
Who is Jeff Slayter & Kane Minknus
Jeff Slayter & Kane Minknus are the quintessential Entrepreneurs. Having run bought and sold over 2 dozen companies and managed close to $100 Million in investment capital for investors in varying industries, they did this all from their virtual offices – sometimes from home, sometimes from a coffee shop & sometimes never getting out of bed! Serial Entrepreneurs both offline and online, they currently work with the next generation of Entrepreneurs, Service Professionals, Small Business Owners and those aggressively Climbing the Corporate Ladder. Providing highly entertaining and fascinating workshops on cutting edge Fortune 500 business practices, infused with the most advanced social sciences around (NLP, Social Dynamics , Movement Analysis, etc), their techniques cause Entrepreneurs to have accelerated results.
More here: http://jeffandkane.com/
Mentioned links
Bay Area Powerteam – http://bayareapowerteam.com/
Jeff & Kane: http://jeffandkane.com/
Ernest Semerda Photography: http://ernestsemerda.com
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