Mike Bowler

I just got back from the Real Estate and Wealth Expo in Toronto. I was really looking forward to presentations from Tony Robbins, James Ray and Loral Langemeier and I wasn't disappointed. All of them were amazing. Any one of these speakers would have justified the cost of the weekend - being able to see them all was a real bonus.

I hadn't realized that Bill Bartmann was also speaking there so this was a happy surprise. He talked about getting a loan for your business and I got some very good tips out of this. This is my third time hearing Bill talk and he's always great.

James Smith was a real surprise. I'd never even heard of him before the Expo and was really impressed. He's based in Toronto and was talking about Real Estate here. He puts on a very amusing and informative presentation.

Richard Branson's talk was very interesting although not really useful as I didn't take away anything that I can use in my own business. Still interesting in any case.

A number of the talks I went to were duds. I don't mind the speakers pitching their products but I do expect that they're going to provide the information listed in the abstract before doing that. Some of the speakers chose to spend most of the session pitching their product without covering the material they were supposed to. I wonder if they realize how this makes people less interested in their product.

Overall, it was a great weekend. There were five exceptional talks and one interesting one and they definitely outweigh the duds.