I have learned how to make sure I get the most each time I attend one of these events. They aren't all good, but you can always walk away feeling like you got the most out of whatever it was you attended.
The reason that I chose this topic was that for the longest time and at many points in my career I felt as if I was staring at a mountain and trying to figure out how to climb it. I was in climbing shape, I had done all my homework, but I felt overwhelmed and decided to stand still rather than to jump on in. All I needed to do was identify my first step...
I found myself in yoga class doing Savasana (corpse pose, i.e. the ultimate in relaxation poses) and I am supposed to be in my practice, in the moment, and I am thinking about someone that I had a conversation with at a networking event and how their REI business was blowing up and opportunity was smacking them in the face every which way they looked. I got pissed, "Get the hell out of my yoga practice, man." ...