Wow, Brian, you are going to be sooooo impressed. Many things have changed with
SFS since January of 2001! For example ...
1. Chuck Violand's waistline. (But not his razor sharp financial mind.)
2. If memory serves me I was still using transparencies and an overhead projector in 2001. Kind of embarrassing now that I think about it.
SFS is PowerPoint all the way now, baby!
3. About five years ago we added the marketing genius of Big Billy Yeadon to the
SFS team. You will really enjoy his Tuesday Marketing Day, "She isn't buying what you think you are selling."
Of course, other things have stayed the same ..
1. Nick Paolella's food and love of life are as superb as ever. (Hopefully if your memory is bad his jokes will seem new!)
2. Angela remains as the Mother Hen of the class and sheperds us all through our paces. (Even though sadly Angela got married a few years back, crushing many single
SFS member's dreams forever!)
3. We have just as much fun as ever. We have to to survive five days!
4. I am the same, trying to live by my favorite saying, "You are only young once but you can be immature forever!" (Nick lays claim to this one too.)
Anyway, welcome back, Brian!
Steve Toburen CR
Director of Training
Jon-Don's
Strategies for Success
PS One other thing that will be different to you is the course itself, Brian. The core concepts of
SFS have stayed the same but I believe we have torn the workbook apart and added/ changed major chunks five times in the last seven years. Just finishing up another re-do right now.
PPS Brian, you see one short guy, you have seen them all. And Yeadon is even shorter than Costa. So go with Tim in spring to see Barry and come hang out with Big Billy and the rest of us in January. Actually I'm just kidding. Barry is one class act. We'll have five other
SFS's for you later in the year (including one the end of February in Tampa)!
Hey Waldo, life is full of choices. A 3 day binge versus 5 days at
SFS. That's a tough one. If you decide for the bender in California take a bunch of cans of "menudo" with you. My Mexican friends say it is great for hangovers. Just don't read the list of ingedients!