Inspiration and Speed
Posted by Adrienne DeVita at 5/10/2007 12:18 AM and is filed under Lloyd Irvin - Not Just Another Handsome Face 
How many mentors have you had in your life?
I've had a few.
The Lord is a constant inspiration for me.
My Grandfather was the first.
But we have "business mentors" who inspire us throughout the years.
I've had a couple fantastic bosses (Grant L. Clark,
Corporate Attorney at SAIC and Jerry Anderson, Sr Technical Director at AT&T) to whom I owe a debt of gratitude.
Without their pushing me to continually strive, never settle, and be better than others who surround me in business, I wouldn't be where I am today.
That leads me to Lloyd Irvin. No, wait. I'm jumping ahead of the story. Sorry!
First, I was led to Travis Tollestrup. How did I meet Travis and who is he?
I received an e-mail saying "Is Dan Kennedy coming to San Diego?" Being a Dan Kennedy fan, I opened it immediately!
That was the start of my newfound friends and fast track I needed which still motivates me today to a more lucrative Internet career. Travis is the Internet Business Advisor (IBA) for Dan Kennedy and Bill Glazer for the Riverside, California, area. Unfortunately, Dan wasn't "coming to San Diego," but I did join the GKIC Inner Circle which Travis hosts so I could meet with like-minded people.
It turns out, Travis loved my ambition, motivation, drive, and actual implementation regarding my Internet business in Menifee. You see, most people just "learn" about things, but they never implement anything. That is the biggest downfall, and I've fallen prey to it myself!
Well, Travis had a meeting in Washington D.C. with Dan Kennedy, Bill Glazer, and all of the other IBA's for their area across the United States. We were considering working together, so Travis invited me along on the trip!
I didn't have any vacation time at work, but I called my boss with nothing to lose and asked if I could have the week off without pay. Could I afford that with a $3,000 a month mortgage? Heck, no! But this was the opportunity of a lifetime to meet Dan Kennedy, Bill Glazer, and a host of other like-minded business people!
My boss said yes! So I was off to Washington D.C., and Travis was kind enough to purchase my plane ticket and hotel room. He's a great entrepreneur and really nice person!
There I sat...only a few feet away from Dan Kennedy. Wow! Then Bill Glazer. Wow! Then I was getting a cup of tea and there was Dan Kennedy staring right at me saying hello! Someone pinch me!!!! I felt like a little school girl and my mother just took me to a candy store! Dan and Bill were very nice, and they had a great sense of humor. Their Vice President, Howard, was an absolute sweetheart. I learned a lot that weekend.
Travis leaned over to me at one point and said, "You see that guy sitting behind us? He made 2 million online last year, and he's only been online for about a year and a half." I was like, "No way!"
So of course, being the inquisitive, pestering, New Jersey girl that I have always been, I turned around and looked at him. He didn't seem very friendly, but he kind of smiled. You could tell he was a reserved, quiet person. So I passed him a note. That's where it all began. Wow! Did I even sleep that weekend?
I asked him how he made his money. He told me. Wow! Then I got mad at myself.
Why? Because everything he was doing was everything I paid thousands of dollars to learn over the past two years--but I didn't implement those particular things. I always thought, "That's too easy, it will never make any money." But it was, for Lloyd Irvin!!!
I had no idea who he was, but he sure did push me in the right direction. My online research changed, my tools I used changed...I changed. It was time to change my focus. No...wait...it was time to FOCUS!
Yes, I still buy things I don't need. If there's new technology out there, I want it! I have to have it. Most women want makeup or shoes. I want more marketing, advertising, software, eBooks, books, and Internet technology strategy products! That's why I recently bought the domain name SEOQueenGeek.com I haven't done anything with it yet, and I'm up to 427 domain names, but I'll get to it ;o)
Annnyyyhoooo, I wanted to learn more from him, but it was time to go home. I tried to pick his brain and much as possible, but he was pretty reserved. When I left and went back to California, I decided I would find out more about him and find his web sites! I would copy the theory and strategy....yeah...that was what I was going to do!
He had two guys he brought along with him, but they didn't seem so excited about making money online like I was. I remember telling them to pick Lloyd's brain and do everything he does! I would have watched his every move and followed his process if I had that kind of opportunity. But they were interested in something else :o) No, not that!
Hmmm...I couldn't find his web sites, but I DID find him! He is a famous Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter, which I knew nothing about. But that didn't help me find out about his success on the Internet. And those two guys, they were his fighters. Ha! That is what held their interest.
Then I hit the motherload! A-HA! I found a link to a video for Lloyd Irvin. There he was, talking about how he learned everything he knew from Ken McCarthy at The System Seminar!
I wasn't sure what The System Seminar was, but I knew I was going! And I did!
I was such a dingbat, I didn't ask Dan Kennedy or Bill Glazer if I could take a picture with them...bonehead move! But you can see I finally got to meet many of my mentors at The System Seminar, and you will find their pictures on this BLOG, including Lloyd's below.
You can see a few of my websites (I don't list them all) under my "About the Author - Adrienne DeVita" link on my BLOG, but going to The System Seminar was a business-changing and friendship building experience.
I won't get into much more detail, but I want to tell you this. If you can find a way to meet like-minded people, you will learn, grow, and become more FOCUSED and very successful.
Technology is always changing, and people say we lose that one-on-one connection with others because of it.
I disagree. Look what that one little e-mail did for me!
Thanks, technology, and all the people along the way who got me where I am today.
BIG HUGS!
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