SF Peninsula Real Estate Guru

Hi everyone:

I just returned from the Brian Buffini MasterMind conference in San Diego.

The conference was held at the beautiful San Diego Convention Center located at the San Diego Marina next to the Gas Lamp District.

 Here is a list of the speakers:

Erik Wahl
	Erik Wahl is a recognized artist and speaker who inspires professionals to achieve greater levels of performance. His consulting firm, The Wahl Group, challenges organizations to implement breakthrough thinking techniques to accomplish extraordinary results.Erik’s unique understanding of vision traces back to his experience as an artist. Erik earned his bachelors degree in Business Communication before embarking on an eight year career as a partner in a corporate firm. After first working in the business world and playing with his art; Erik now PLAYS in the business world by WORKING with his art. Erik’s sought after artwork can be seen hanging in executive offices around the world. And as one of the country’s top platform speakers, Erik shares his powerful message with audiences from coast to coast.
Christopher Gardner
	Christopher Gardner is president and CEO of the Chicago-based brokerage firm Gardner Rich & Co., which he founded in 1987. Prior to launching his own firm, Mr. Gardner worked for several prestigious Wall Street Firms.Always hard working and tenacious, a series of circumstances in the early 1980’s left Gardner homeless in San Francisco and the sole guardian of his toddler son. Christopher Gardner’s accomplishments are extraordinary on their own merit, but are all the more astonishing because of the unimaginable obstacles he encountered on the road to success.
Alison Levine
	Alison Levine began climbing mountains in 1998, 18 months after her second heart surgery to repair a life threatening condition called Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome.In between starting business school and starting a career with a top Wall Street firm, Alison Levine “accidentally” climbed the highest peak on each of SIX continents. In the spring of 2002, she was invited to serve as the team captain of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition, an experience that would change her life forever.

Eric was fabulous in asking us - challenging us - to use more of the right side of our brains - to bring out creativity - that has long been dormant based on our own and society’s expectations about what is right and what is the norm. Eric asked the 5000 attendees, how many thought they were good at drawing? Only a few people raised their hands. He then asked: “If I asked the same question of a class of kindergardeners, how many would raise their hands and say they were good at drawing?”. Almost all kids would raise there hands and say Yes I am good at drawing. What happens as we grow older? Why do we often lose that innate curisosity and willpower to just go for it? - to try it? and not be afraid of looking foolish?

Eric pointed to Albert Einstein as an example of the greatest creative mind.

Chirs Gardner was fabulous in re-counting his life and how he refused to give up no matter what obstacles were placed in his way. He told us “there are no ceilings” and he would never go back as “there was nothing to go back to”. Not content to sit on his laurels as a multi-millionaire owner of a Chicago brokerage firm, Chris is now wokring with Nelson Mandela on a project is South Africa. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with this time.

Alison told us of her trip up Mt. Everest..the first American woman expidetion…..how when nearing the summit she had to take 5 to 10 breathes for every step she took. Alison also told us of how she changed centuries of tribal custom that prevented from women going up the mountains in Africa by leading 20 women up to the summit….sorry forgot the name of the mountain and the country…..getting old - will be 53 next week
Brian Buffini as always was both entertaining and truely motivational…..

You do not need to be in real estate to go - It is for everyone…..

Dream the big dream…..see your vision….and then go for it….and don’t let anything get in your way…..fear is normal but fear can’t hurt anyone…..

Cheers…..