How Did You Get To Speak At The MDRT?

Brett Dalton was kind enough to e-mail with his speaking testimonial in follow up to my presentation at The Million Dollar Round Table. Brett asked me How Did You Get To Speak At The MDRT?

Please find Brett’s testimonial and my answer is below.

Hi Simon,

Just a quick note to say Thank you for speaking at MDRT. Your session was fantastic! It left me inspired and ready to take my practice to the next level.

Thank you,

Brett E. Dalton, CFP®

Brett Dalton Financial Services

An Office of MetLife

Certified Financial Planner™

Financial Services Representative

Functional Manager

Los Angeles, CA 90025

310-689-3339

www.brettdalton.com

 

How Did You Get To Speak At The MDRT?

I believe that this came about from a series of synchronistic events over a course of time.

My first connection with the MDRT was when I spoke at my very first Advocis Chapter Education Event in April of 2006 in Kelowna, BC and James Rogers, past MDRT President 2008 was speaking the same day and that was the first opportunity that I got to meet James Rogers. Next, I spoke at an Advocis Moncton Education / MDRT Experience Event in November of 2006 where I met Walton Rogers, past MDRT President 2009.

I have had the opportunity to speak coast to coast at 24 Advocis Education Events from Victoria, BC to St. John’s, NL. which includes a total of speaking at 150 financial advisor speaking events in the last 54 months.

The following excerpt from the transcript of my 2010 MDRT Breakthrough! How To Breakthrough The Plateauing Out Syndrome tells the rest of the story.

Breakthrough! How To Breakthrough The Plateauing Out Syndrome

In my December 2008 planning process for my goals for 2009, I wrote down… Attract the opportunity to speak at the Vancouver 2010 MDRT Annual Meeting, and I held that intention throughout the year.

 My friend Robert Gignac, author of Rich Is A State Of Mind, was a speaker at the MDRT in Indianapolis in 2009. Sometime over the course of the Indianapolis MDRT meeting, Robert approached Greg Gagne who is one of the Speaking Captains for the MDRT annual meeting in Vancouver. Robert asked Greg if he’d be interested in talking to Canadian speakers for the 2010 MDRT in Vancouver.

Robert Gignac was gracious enough to recommend me and after a series of conversations and e-mails, I received an e-mail in September of 2009 … Congratulations, you have been selected as a speaker for the 2010 MDRT Annual Meeting;

Thank you to my Speaking Captain Ross Vanderwolf and to all of the MDRT Speaking Committee members.

In closing, dream big, think five to ten years out, write your dreams down and clear your roadblocks to your success.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today, and enjoy your remaining time here at the MDRT in Vancouver and I challenge you to implement the following MDRT 365 ideas and strategies;

• Review Your Journals and Time Management System
• Vision, Business Plan & 90 Day Goals
• Meet your Unmet Needs
• Clear Your Negative Beliefs
• Magnify The Laws Of Attraction

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Finally, thank you again to Bob Gignac.