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Apparently I’m from Mars.

And I don’t mean that like author John Gray said all ‘Men Are From Mars’, either.

Let me explain…

I’m on my way back from Armand Morin’s Big Seminar and thought I’d share a couple high points.

On Saturday night Armand always hosts a fantastic dinner and brings in top notch entertainment.

This time, Dr. Scott Lewis, stage hypnotist, put on a hilarious show… and I was in it.

Yeah… I declared that I would not volunteer to be part of the show, saying I’d rather light myself of fire than put myself up there.

But… Donna Fox was persuasively recruiting victim… volunteers… she and practically the whole crowd of several hundred people were chanting for me to go for it.

I refused.

Pat OBryan gave me a look and said I HAD to go up… and urged me in no uncertain terms to ‘man up’ and follow Donna.

I refused a second time. Donna was a good sport and moved on to lure another volunteer victim. Nearly all the chairs on stage were filled… I felt like the threat to my dignity had passed.

Then… Chris Morin, I believe, or Heather Seitz, told Donna to try one more time to get me up there.

I shook my head, stared her down… and then in a moment of insanity did a 180 and agreed to follow.

The crowd went wild.

As I walked up on stage past Armand, he was laughing… and I could see a hint of ‘oh crap’ in his expression because he knew Dr. Scott and the crowd might get more than they bargained for…

Some times you gotta say, ‘what the @#%&’, as Tom Cruise said in Risky Business.

Things got started innocently enough… everyone on stage was told to play their favorite instrument… and I did the ‘air violin’. I was a virtuoso… in my mind, anyway.

Then… things kinda went down hill from there.

So… why am I from Mars?

Because one of the skits in the show featured me as a Martian who could only say gibberish like ‘eep, opp’, ooop’.

Dr. Scott asked me what my Martian name was… and I said, ‘Ibby Schnibby’.

When asked what the Martian name was for Monika Lewinski, I pulled out the cigar Pat had given me earlier and showed it to Dr. Scott.

Everyone apparently went nuts… and I said a bunch of other stuff I’m not putting in print here.

At the end of the show, Dr. Scott called out the command ‘Chippendales’ and me and the other guys stripped almost down to our underwear as ‘Sexy Back’ blared.

I heard later that one guy was dropping his pants when Dr. Scott snapped us out of the trance.

You know how people have nightmares about being up on stage naked… well, I have an idea now what that feels like because when we were about to go to far, Dr. Scott snapped us out of it and I ‘came to’ not far from naked. Mercifully, Dr. Scott was in control while we were bonkers… and showed why he’s got the longest running comedy hypnosis show in Vegas. I definitely recommend you check him out if you’re in town.

I’ve seen the show from the audience at a previous Big Seminar… and now from inside the show… and it’s a class act. A good time was had by all.

And I learned something invaluable.

I was truly scared out of my wits when Donna ‘volunteered’ me to go on stage. When I said no twice, I meant it… I just wanted to be left alone.

Hey, I know it’s not exactly a Tony Robbins Fire Walk, but I’ve seen Dr. Scott’s fun filled show before… and I wasn’t gonna go up there.

You may recall… recently I posted ten secrets to success… and ‘Do what you fear…’ was one of them.

So in that moment when I was asked the third time and I was hoping I’d melt into the carpet or turn invisible… I realized that this was a moment for me to blast through a fear.

And, I’m happy to report that aside from being ribbed the rest of the seminar for my various comments and antics under hypnosis, I got through it without a scratch.

As the late, great, Gary Halbert said, you have to be willing to commit image suicide once in a while to be truly successful.

Consider my image ‘offed’ like a Soprano’s hit.

And, since the seminar happened in Atlanta, I don’t get the ‘what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’ immunity, either.

There’ll be no living this down…

Now, that gives you a glimpse of ‘Saturday Night’ at Big Seminar. Serious profits… serious fun.

As I said in my last email… you have to be there to truly ‘get’ why people go back again and again (this was my 8th time).

I met a woman who has a product to help children with ADD… and turned around and introduced her to AM2 Platinum Partner Kenny Handleman because he’s a serious player in that niche up in Canada. She told me later it was the perfect connection.

I had lunch with an aspiring author in search of a publisher… I’m considering publishing it through my ‘Maverick Book Company’ imprint.

And I met a teacher at another lunch who went to Big at the recommendation of a friend… and he’s got a whole new world of opportunity to create products that teach in ways he’d only dreamed of before.

Life changing stuff…

And, cutting edge stuff was unveiled to the ‘Big Seminar’ insiders like my friend Rick Raddatz’s mysterious project, code named ‘May First 2007.’

You may have heard of Rick, his last three projects were blockbusters that literally changed the face of the Internet.

I’m referring to AudioGenerator, InstantVideoGenerator and MarketingMakeoverGenerators.

He’s releasing a new product on May 1st…

Rick’s kept this event top secret and has only said WHEN it will launch… not WHAT it is… but for a guy that was in the Inner Circle of Microsoft… I’ve got no doubt this will be a powerful resource, too.

I can’t break the silence on what it is… and truly, I don’t know for sure myself… I’m as curious as you are.

Supposedly, everyone who has any interest in marketing online is going to want Rick’s new creation.

But we’ll both find out together tomorrow on ‘May First 2007.’ If you’re even a little curious click through and get the whole story.

So… that’s just a snipet from Big Seminar… fun, life changing connections, and cutting edge marketing strategies, tactics, and tools.

Well, that’s about it for now… I’m writing this from first class on my way back from Atlanta… and I’m going to tip my head, close my eyes, and get some much needed rest.

I’ve got a ton of things I could tell you about the last four days… but that will have to wait till next time.

Let me just say, next time I invite you to go with me to a seminar or workshop… do it (even if it’s scary).

I promise… I won’t make you get up on stage and talk like a Martian

All the best,

Craig

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