  It's been a few days since we got back and I still feel worn out. nbsp;  We left on Thursday for Vegas,  arrived at the Stardust hotel in our limo around 2: 00pm,  and settled into our suite. nbsp;  That's about as much relaxing we did the entire weekend. nbsp;  The rest was a blur of faces,
 camera flashes,  hand shaking,  and " she went that way.
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 I did manage to get out of the hotel a few times though.
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 Lana stayed pretty busy the whole time with a packed schedule.
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 I was left to wander sometimes on my own ( scary huh?  and ended up on the strip,  had 40 dollars sucked from my hands into a slot machine or two,  hit the suchi bar,  and the hot tub a few times.
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 I was a little disappointed.
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 The strip wasn't as big as I always thought it was.
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 I never did get to pick up some more sets of casino dice,  but we've decided Vegas is a definite come- back- to trip.  It's always weird going to Lana's conventions.
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 I get to meet some of the ladies I talk to on the phone,  I get to put a face to the voice on the phone,
 the name in the Spotlight- er Partners in Passion.
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 It's always great to see familiar faces too,  people I've grown to really like not just as " Lana's Business Partners"  but as friends.
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 The first year I was dumbfounded,  floored,  humbled,  and humiliated all at once all weekend.
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 I never took her business very serious that first year or two.
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 Her first convention came and went and I just " that's nice dear"  the whole thing for the most part.
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 Convention 2002 slapped me in the face.
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 Lana and her team swept the awards.
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 I couldn't have been prouder but at the same time I couldn't have felt more like shit.
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 The saying,
 "
If your not helping your in the way"  comes to mind.
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 While I never said she couldn't do something or berated her for her business decisions,  I never told her how good she was doing.
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 Why?
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 Because I didn't know.
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 Yeah,  you don't need to tell me.
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 So I made a decision and have been trying to stick to it.
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 I don't stand in her way,  I don't tell her how to run her business ( she does that fine)
 I throw in my two cents when she asks for it,  but for the most part I try to take out the distractions of running a business at home.
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 I'm tryin to be more like Mike.
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 Not the basketball player.
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 The cooler guy,  Mike Horwath.
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 This dude rocks.
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 I couldn't begin to tell you all the stuff this dude does to help his woman but he should do a seminar for the guys next convention (
HINT,  HINT)  This year they had Sue Johanson as a speaker as well as Brian Biro.
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 While I dig Sue Johanson and her style of sexual education,  Brian Biro's seminar was what I really enjoyed.
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 If you ever have the opportunity to listen to this man speak,  seize the Woo!
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 Woo?
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 Go buy his books or listen to his siminar and find out (  urlLink www. brianbiro. com )
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 After listening to him speak I felt so focused I was ready to go home and start applying what I learned from him.
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 The best part of his seminar is the board breaking though.
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 Sounds cheesy doesn't it?
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 I thought so too the first year they had him as a speaker until I saw how powerful of an action it can be.
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 All these women ( a few husbands too)  break off into groups.
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 Everybody has a board.
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 Written on one side,  with an " X"  in the middle,  is their obstacle ( procrastination,  laziness,  fear of failure,  etc)
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 On the other side is the reward waiting for them on the other side when they break through their obstacles (
more family time,  recognition,  more money,  etc.  and those people they'll share it with.
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 Everyone looks nervous.
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 Ever see over 200 hundred women all trying to hide in a big open room?
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 The first few step forward reluctantly.
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 IT's written on their faces.
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 F- E- A- R.
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 They don't think they can do this.
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 This is silly.
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 I really don't want to be here but I'll give it a try.
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 The crowd begins shouting their name and clapping.
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 After a minute or two of this the name loses meaning.
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 It's a speaking in tongue effect.
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 It's the power of the voice and energy,  not the sound itself.
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 Between the clapping,  stomping and shouting,  the room is charged,  hot with focused energy.
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 You can feel it.
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 Then they thrust forward at the climax of it all.
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 All that fear and self doubt?
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 Gone.
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 Blown away like tissue.
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 An incredible experience.
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 So incredible in fact,  this year I wanted to hold the boards.
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 I jumped when I was asked if I could because it's one of the things I had been looking forward to.
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 I got front row seats this year.
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 I watched it in their eyes.
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 You could read it in their eyes.
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 Then you caught their eyes and didn't let go.
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 For a moment that seemed to last forever all the chanting,
 clapping and stomping became white noise and only the energy was there.
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 Often times the only way I knew the board had been broken was by the reaction of the crowd.
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 Then our eyes unlock and they look at the broken board.
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 I can't explain to you the kind of energy that comes off a person after they've accomplished something they thought they couldn't do.
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 You want to do it again and again.
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 When all were done I found myself looking around the room wanting more.
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 An amazing experience I won't forget.
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 I found my Woo that day and grabbed it.
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 I can't wait to listen to him again next year.  So this year's convention is finally done,  Lana's back in the saddle,  hyped up and supercharged.
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 Sounds scary doesn't it?
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 Not quite four years in the business and she's already a big dawg,  collects a fat check monthly,  has close to 300 people on her team who sell over a million in product a year,  and she's yet to really apply herself.
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 Am I braggin?
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 Damn right I am!
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