My intuition is telling me to attend SOBCon09

I saw Liz Strauss as a participant and panelist at Blissdom09. I say “saw” because I did not actually meet her, but rather I watched her with keen interest. There was something about her that mesmerized me at a deeper level. I met a lot of great people at that conference, but Liz, Jessica Smith and Megan Jordan intrigued me. Over the past month, since returning home from the conference, I have been visting Liz’s blog and reading the information time and time again regarding SOBCon. But each time I have dismissed it as a conference for the “Big Dogs,” and as the owner of a personal blog that is less than a year old and a business that is just a little over a month old, I thought I didn’t fit the label.

But then a couple of things have happened.

A couple of months ago, I purchased a program from Naomi Dunford, of IttyBiz.com. I was in the incubation program with Ladies Who Launch for my business and was looking for resources to help me. I bought the information but didn’t do anything with it (dumb I know, but the truth) and from time to time I think about pulling the materials out and going through them. Then on one of my lurkings on the SOBCon site, I saw that she was a sponsor, was this a sign?

I kept going back to the SOBCon event site, and then closing the window. This past Tuesday, I said, “Screw it, I am just going to email Liz and ask her about this damn thing!” And I did, and she answered, and she said (among other things):

“…Everyone is a big dog at SOBCon — that’s my rule. Check Naomi Dunford’s blog … IttyBiz.com She’s a full sponsor this year. Her business is just her….You won’t be sorry you came. You’ll leave with 100 or so very important friends. Some will be friends for life. “

I thought about that all day, and Tuesday night I went to a Ladies Who Launch workshop, a workshop that I thought was about business strategies, but mistakenly (my misunderstanding) it turned out to be about honing and honoring your intuition. Now, I feel like I have pretty good intuition, I have hunches and feelings and I usually follow/honor them, but I was dismissing the feelings I was having around SOBCon, why? At the end of the workshop, we did a visualization exercise. Me, being the practical person that I am said, “oh here we go…” in my head, but decided to just do it anyways.

At the end of the visualization exercise, we were told to write down what came to us.

Mine was, “Go to SOBCon.”

I was nearly decided Wednesday morning when I checked in on my blog reader and clicked on a post on Liz’s blog titled “This Shoemaker Has Decided the Ratty Shoes Have to Go“. When I read it, it was decided. The post talks about visible authenticity. Those two words are the ones I have been seeking to label thoughts that have been ruminating in my mind for weeks.

So, okay, universe, I got the message, I am on my way to SOBCon09!

The event is more than just an event, it is an intimate intensive conference where 22 Expert Speakers will present talks with a direct business application. Then attendee “mastermind” teams will work together to establish action steps for that part of their business. Through this process, attendees will compile and build a complete Business Action Plan by the end of the day. You will leave this conference a Rock Star!

And if you are a blogger thinking about going, try the “Blog It, Earn It” to get a discount on regisration!

Watch out world, here I come!

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