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Why You Should (And Should Not) Go to Elite Retreat

Posted July 14th, 2009 by david & filed under Awesome, Fact.

You should go to Elite Retreat if you already have a business, with a working model, that has real revenue.

You should not go to Elite Retreat if you have “ideas” that you haven’t started on because you think you need one or more things before you get going.

You should go to Elite Retreat if you’re good at absoring diverse information and synthesizing it into something you can use for yourself or your business.

You should not go to Elite Retreat if you are hoping that someone is going to reveal a pearl that will change your business overnight.

You should go to Elite Retreat if you enjoy meeting other entrepreneurs and hearing and seeing what other people are out there doing.

You should not go to Elite Retreat if you think that your business exists in isolation (revenue or not) and that relationships don’t matter in the web 2.0 world.

You should go to Elite Retreat if you would even consider hiring one of the experts to do some consulting for your business.  If you can recognize the value that an expert consultant can immediately deliver, and you would consider paying money to have one of these guys examine your business and provide feedback then the Elite Retreat is more than a bargain.

You should not go to Elite Retreat if you think you are smarter than everyone else and have nothing to learn.

You should go to Elite Retreat if your business could benefit from the relationships you have the opportunity to cultivate with other like-minded entrepreneurs.

You should not go to Elite Retreat if your idea of working is the 4 Hour Work Week or doing as little as possible related to your business in a given day.

You should also not go to Elite Retreat if NYC is your favorite city in the world and you love going to conferences there so you can partake in all the different things NYC has to offer.  Unless you come early or stay late, you’re not going to see much of NYC because you’re going to be spending 2.2 full days with some of the brightest people you will ever get a chance to meet.

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Posted by: David Dellanave

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One Response to “Why You Should (And Should Not) Go to Elite Retreat”

purposeinc | July 15th, 2009 at 12:05 am

I could not agree with you more. It is always funny those who think they will make it big with that one idea with no work. We are all becoming millionaires making one dollar an hour, but working a million hours a year! lol.