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What if we all learned to be entrepreneurs at school? What if all the best entrepreneurs DO learn their skills at school – it’s just that most of us were too busy attending class to join them?
As you go about your business today, what are the chances you could still be focusing too much at showing up for the lesson while the competition is out in the playground getting deals done?
Here’s five signs you’re still living your habits from school:

1.    You’re sitting at a desk.
2.    Your work feels like work.
3.    You’re waiting for the bell.
4.    There’s a bully in the hall.
5.    You think there’s more to life than this.

This month Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert Cartoon, came up with a great article called “How to Get a Real Education”, which got published in the Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.com/ScottAdams).

Here’s an excerpt: “There was a small business on our campus called The Coffee House. One day the managers of The Coffee House had a meeting to discuss two topics. First, our Minister of Employment was recommending that we fire a bartender, who happened to be one of my best friends. Second, we needed to choose a leader for our group. On the first question, there was a general consensus that my friend lacked both the will and the potential to master the bartending arts. I reluctantly voted with the majority to fire him.”

“But when it came to discussing who should be our new leader, I pointed out that my friend—the soon-to-be-fired bartender—was tall, good-looking and so gifted at b.s. that he'd be the perfect leader. By the end of the meeting I had persuaded the group to fire the worst bartender that any of us had ever seen…and ask him if he would consider being our leader. My friend nailed the interview and became our Commissioner. He went on to do a terrific job. That was the year I learned everything I know about management.”

Scott goes on to give the seven lessons he would put in an entrepreneurial education – the same lessons I share in Your Life, Your Legacy, including failing forward and attracting luck.

Most importantly, as he says, “To succeed, first you must do something. And if that doesn't work, which can be 90% of the time, do something else. Luck finds the doers.”

Keep making magic,
Roger James Hamilton

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Green Supercamp | 5 -11 July 2011 | Bali

Do you have children between 11 and 13 years old? From July 5th to 11th, 2011, my family and I are involved in organising the world’s first Junior Green Supercamp in Bali, attended by children from around the world. We invite your child to be there!

Junior Green Supercamp is a brand new partnership between the world-renowned Green School & Supercamp, the world leader in summer enrichment camps for students. Everything that Scott Adams talks about is at the core of that Green Supercamp is teach our kids.

For seven fun, inspirational days, young leaders between 11 and 13 years old will have the camp of a lifetime, learning the world’s best accelerated learning skills while building the values of a Global, Green Citizen. Visit the website to book your place today!

Transformational Leadership Summit | October 13 - 16 | Bali

If you’re ready to join a playground of social entrepreneurs, join us this October for the Transformational Leadership Summit. This event will be attended by Global Thought Leaders, Change Makers and Social Entrepreneurs – Individuals that are playing a transformational role in addressing the grand challenges of humanity.

Conceived by members of the Transformational Leadership Council at the TLC Gathering in New Mexico in 2009, the First Transformational Leadership Summit will take place in Bali, Indonesia from October 13th to 16th 2011.

The purpose of this summit is to bring together Transformational Leaders from various fields and many countries, to connect with each other, share experiences, create potential new partnerships and gain a new perspective for the common path we are sharing as a global community.
All participants will be founder or leader of an organisation making an impact in the world today. If you would like to register, visit our site.

Global Women’s Gathering | May 14 - 21 | Bali

Can’t wait until October? In May a group of inspiring women, led by Gina Lazenby and Mynoo Blackbyrn, are running a life-changing week at XL Vision Villas in Bali. This is for women in transition, ready to realise their full potential.

The event will have a deeply spiritual and nurturing flavour. There will be plenty of retreat time for self-nurturing and reflection. The workshop nature of the week will support women in getting clarity and confidence around their purpose and inspirations for creating a new future. There is also an entrepreneurial part to the retreat, utilising the business experience of the women attending to accelerate the potential of current or planned business ventures and examine ways where contribution can be made to changing the world.

You can visit the event site here.
Or visit the event Facebook Page here.

Join our Talent Dynamics Webinar on May 18th 2011

Michelle and the Talent Dynamics team are hosting a Webinar with Sue Swanborough, the UK Director of General Mills. General Mills is one of the world’s largest food companies, with brand names like Haagen-Dazs, Green Giant, Cheerios, Nature Valley, and Old El Paso.

General Mills UK & Ireland have been using Step One on the Talent Dynamics Pathway, as part of their strategy for building effective teams. Sue will be sharing why they decided to use Talent Dynamics and what the benefits and impact has been over the past 9 months having profiled the UK & Ireland leadership Teams.

Sue will also be taking questions live from the audience, on the webinar as well, so make sure you have a place booked as this is a great opportunity to get some high value and practical strategies that you can look to implement with your teams.

Click here to join the webinar

Wealth Garden now on Wealth Dynamics Central

The Wealth Garden book was created by 34 entrepreneurs from around the world, who have shared their stories of getting into flow using the Wealth Dynamics system. I’m delighted to now have the book available from our online store.
And every time you buy a copy of The Wealth Garden book, a teacher will receive two weeks of entrepreneurial teacher skills training through The SAGE Foundation in India, recognised by the Clinton Global Initiative for its pioneering work.

Click here to get your copy today

WINK now on Kindle

My book, WINK, is now updated and available on Kindle. If you liked it in old-fashioned paper copy, and fancy buying it for yourself or a friend on Kindle, please go ahead – and I would LOVE it if you were to leave a testimonial (And if you do leave a testimonial, we will hunt you down and shower you with free gifts ☺)
WINK is on the UK Kindle Site here
WINK is on the US Kindle Site here

Our Next Special Launch

Thank you to everyone who made our recent Fast Forward Tour in Australia such a success. It was great fun catching up with so many inspiring people in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. We have now had interest from other countries around the world so we’re looking at putting on a World Tour to bring my Fast Forward event on the Top 10 Trends in Entrepreneurship to other countries. If you would like to get involved in organising an event, contact support@wealthdynamics.org

Our next launch, coming shortly, is around a new Wealth Dynamics package, to compliment your current understanding of your profile, and you’ll be seeing more on this shortly. For the latest products to support your journey, including the full Wealth Spectrum Report Pack and Wealth Dynamics Power Packs, visit: www.wealthdynamicscentral.com