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The world premiere of Roger Hamilton’s transformational event called Your Life Your Legacy was warmly welcome by more than 1,000 entrepreneurs in London England on April 16 to 18th at Alexander Palace.

Hamilton masterfully weaved the audience, aptly segmented into the 5 regions representing the official colors of the Olympics – red, yellow, blue, black and green, though the TEN WAVES that are currently transforming entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship around the world. .

The event was organized  by Triumphant Events (www.triumphantevents.co.uk) in alliance with XL Results Foundation, the world largest entrepreneur network (www.resultsfoundation.com), and more than 60 affiliates and alliance partners in the UK, Europe, America and Asia Pacific.

In conversation with Daniel Priestly, co- founder of Triumphant Events, he shared that “he was incredibly pleased about the event and especially pleased about the way the team came together to ensure that the guests were treated to the world class event.” Priestly was referring to the forty plus team leaders, crew, and associates at Triumphant Events and XL that “showed up, stepped up, and gave back” as part of this premier event, YOUR LIFE YOUR LEGACY, and as part of their bigger purpose, mission and BIG VISION, the 20/20 Vision to spread the message of eradicating extreme poverty by 2020.

Hamilton shared that one wave that is making a huge difference in the world is the way that entrepreneurs are shifting their focus and that social entrepreneurship is key mantra of the day. The wave of social entrepreneurship is a wave that is capturing the imagination and creativity of business leaders around the world including the like of Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Richard Branson. Hamilton share specific, easy to apply strategies and introduced a program the Social Entrepreneur Accreditation Program or SEA Program that attracted more that 400 new social entrepreneurs and raised over GBP8,000 for the Hunger Project (www.thp.org). 
Highlights of the two and half day program included a session where four local London entrepreneurs were brought to the stage by Hamilton, given some on the spot coaching and then connected with members of XL Results Foundation via internet LIVE Connection covering Malaysia, Singapore, Mexico, New Zealand, and Australia. One example was a FREE Trade coffee importer who was immediately connected with Li Lian in Malaysia for some possible coffee connection, Leon in the UK who is heading up extraordinary foods, and Carlos in Mexico.

The opportunities were outgoing from the UK and also incoming from the remote participants such as Jason Moriarty from Malaysia who is a strategic alliance partner with Virgin’s Richard Branson  and Air Asia’s Tony Fernandes in a venture that will see Moriarty expand his YO Fitness centers in Tune Hotels (www.tunehotels.com) throughout Malaysia and Asia Pacific.  It was amazing for all the guests, crew, and associates to witness that global connections can be established in a single moment and that businesses can shift in a split second and that perhaps some of our greatest opportunities are on the other side of the globe.

The message that Hamilton was able to demonstrate with this session was that  we are presently experiencing a WAVE of financial, innovative, and enterprise shifts that includes the greatest transfer of wealth that the world has ever experienced. A specific example is Sheldon Adelson from Sands Casinos, Adelson’s decision to be a player in the casino industry in Macau about eight years ago has allowed him to ride this massive WAVE and has allowed him to be been major contributors to expanding the Macau Gambling Industry to its present status as the world’s largest casinos, even outdistancing Las Vegas. And all of this has happened since the turn of the millennium.

Utilizing terms like magical moments, critical moments, learning cycles, and applying the ancient wisdom of the ICHING, Hamilton’s program has embraced the concepts of yin/yang, opposites such as black/white and spring/autumn in his approach to sharing and disseminating information. Your Life Your Legacy was a brilliant blend of establishing framework, structure, and theoretical downloads with enough time and dynamics to allow magic to happen. 

One of the most inspiring and magical moments was orchestrated by deal maker Dawn. She met a young rapper, Jeffery, a singer of inspiring rap, after the second day of the program while dining with some other participants. Citing a “critical moment” she encouraged Jeffrey to demonstrate his rapping at dinner. She then persuaded him to join her for the last day and through her determination, action, and seizing a Critical moment, she was able to get him to demonstrate his passion, talent and purpose to the 1000+ audience. In that critical moment, another member of the audience offered to book Jeffrey for an upcoming gig!  By understanding and stepping up during a Critical Moment, she created attraction and possibly a new business enterprise for herself and her new business partner.

Hamilton left the stage, he shared his message that Your Life is Your Legacy. In this program, he shares his life, and he shares his legacy. He also invites you to share your life and share your legacy. Today’s entrepreneurs are the current day alchemists. Alchemy is the science of making something out of nothing and today’s entrepreneurs are alchemist and are the major agent of change in this world.

It will be entrepreneurs that bring positive change in our environment, bring positive change in the education systems, bring positive change in health and wellness industries and bring positive change in the areas of peace and global prosperity. This is the wave that is happening, this is the wave that XL is inviting you to join, and this is the wave that will make magic happen!

What will be your Legacy? 

Sharing the Spirit Of Enterprise,
Dave
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Flight on Singapore Airlines were full from Singapore to London last week, so I took a little detour through Paris to take the Eurostar train to London.

The GOOD
The eurostar experience was brilliant. 2 hours and 20 minutes from Paris to downtown London. It was smooth and simple, the service was terrific, the food was tasty and the experience was wonderful. The people I met on the train were engaging, friendly and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience (and that was after a twelve hour flight from Singapore)

Advice – book early as the eurostar was fully booked and while I wanted to get on an earlier train that was not possible.

The BAD
Immigration into Paris – our flight arrived at 730am and it appeared that the folks at the airport did not have a CLUE about service, welcoming visitors, and the logistics of processing a few aircraft. It simply felt that the folks at CDG airport were being put out, and actually found us passengers to be a nuisance. Does Paris not want tourist, visitors, people to stay and spend money? The CDG airport experience was so bad, that I had to laugh and giggle as the experience was surreal.  Escalators were backed up, there was no room to exit the escalators, the directions to get to immigration were unclear, and people were squished together until, a few extra immigrations centers opened and the crowd were able to disburse into the airport.

Advice – have a good sense of humor when traveling in CDG airport, laugh and be grateful it is only a short visit.
The UGLY
Exchanging money at the Nord Train station where I transferred to get on the eurostar was an UGLY experience. I had  30GPB to exchange and the agent at the exchange booth offered me 30 EURO and then ran into a tirade about “not worth his while” and that for such an amount he was not interested. WOW, quite a surprise and probably one of rudest experiences that I have experienced traveling anywhere.
Advice – Look for banks or cash machines or ATMs to withdraw money in Paris. I confirmed with a few people and most suggested using machines is much better as the rates are more accurate and the customer experience is much warmer.

Happy Travels!

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Dr John Demartini  joined XL Japan for a stirring momentum with over 280 guests.

BIG LEARNING

With eloquence and authenticity Dr Demartini shared insights and distinctions that can and will shift perspectives with people who invest time with him.

In just 60 minutes, participants were shaken from their normal state of consciousness with heartfelt stories, compelling arguments, and compassion laden encouragement to step up and look for more in their lives.

John’s message of love, compassion, and GO FOR YOUR Dreams was brilliantly shared in Japan and it was a super opportunity for XL Life members to have exposure with Dr John Demartini.

Congratulation to Masami translating, Tamami for working with Dr John and his team!
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

Interested in getting married in Japan or interested in having a classic wedding in Thailand or Singapore, contact Jerry Seppan for your matrimonial requirements. Jerry has conducted more than 500 weddings services in Japan and is branching out to deliver “even more” value with international wedding services.
Do you start your morning with a big, bold, delicious cup of JAVA? How about naturally flavored coffee with a tinge of berry or vanilla or Indian spices? Life Member Shyam is looking to expand this unique and distinctive flavored coffee. He is currently importing into Japan and looking for expore opportunities to distribute this specialized naturally flavored blend of coffee from South India.
Talented photographer Machiko is looking for design opportunities for her picturesque portfolio of photographs and designes. I am happy to connect her with Elise and Mark Roberts, two skilled experts in the fields of photography and film.
Best selling Author William Reed is ready to share his high powered 4×4 tool kit from Japan to markets around the world. A 7th degree black belt in Aikido, Read’s blended works includes manga marketing, namba physical finesse,  strategic planning through mandala, and creative innovative and expression through calligraphy. Each discipline incorporates thousands of years of experience, proven strategies and detail complexity. Reed has simplified and integrated years of experience in easily to follow and effective tool kits that can have immediate and tangible results for you and your business.
STEPS FORWARD

Join www.continualshift.com  for the upcoming tele-seminar series that will shift your consciousness about health, wellness and skills development.

Resources for coaches, check out www.awesomecoaching.net 

To hear Dave on radio, check out www.xl-radio.net
Have a brilliant week ahead,

Dave
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Roots that grow and ground into mother earth, a trunk that defies gravity and grows upwards, branches that stretch out and add horizontal, gravity defying grace, leaves that protect and represent life.

A tree will remove toxic CO2 gases from a human and will nurture with energizing, life giving oxygen.

A tree is divine, is enlightened and is just is being a tree, no ego, just being!

All enlightened masters have mentioned their divine relations with trees and many have experienced the moment of awakening in the presence of a tree.

Looking for some great counsel, sit next to a tree, and simply breath.

Seeking some compassion, hug a tree and breath in the nurturing air.

Life a little too busy, too chaotic, too exhausting, slow down, have a date with a tree and see what divine wisdome is shared with you.

During a recent visit to Poona, i was drawn to a lovely book called “Tears of the Mystic Rose” that included an insightful footer Rajneesh Reveals Osho. The books is available online http://www.oshorajneesh.net/thebook.htm - and i would like to thank the author Rajneesh for sharing his wisdom, insights, and stillness with me!

Make Magic Happen,

Dave

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KIA ORA from New Zealand

KIND THANKS-To quote esteemed life member Samantha Backman, we had a “bloody brilliant” weekend in Palmerston North with 65++ life members for the XL Entrepreneur Life Shift program. Many thanks to our Social Entrepreneurs of the Year Gil and Kevin, as well as their support team with XL New Zealand. We had visitors from throughout New Zealand as well as members from Japan, Singapore, and Las Vegas joining us.

INSPIRING SHARING

17 year old, best-selling author Eva Marie, has coached more than one hundred teens as part of her research for her awe-inspiring work called “YOU SHUT UP” Get inspired to improve communication with teenagers and take a step towards understanding this amazing generation.

Some have noticeable handicaps like wheel-chair bound Andrew, though through his sharing, courageous outlook, and willingness to shift, Andrew inspired us with his belief, courage and action. Two folks for Andrew to connect with are Tony Christianson and W Mitchell, stay tuned for Andrew’s progress.

New Zealand All Black’s Tamati Elliston’s sharing from his father’s words on leadership highlighted the simplicity and impact that words can have – “stay humble” is great advice from one leader to another.

AWARENESS

The respect – disrespect duality dance popped up its head this weekend. On more than one occasion, I was got sharing distinctions and feelings about “not feeling respected” and even disrespected. Local Coach Ian, caught the slips and politely ask “can someone actually make you feel disrespected?” Touche and absolutely correct, no one can make you feel disrespected!

It is my choice to go to disrespect or respect and the feedback of others and how I choose to interpret it is my responsibility.

Opportunities Knocks

Interested in real estate in New Zealand, contact Karen Humpage and hear about some of the deals that she has available at this time.

Wealth Dynamics Master Practitioners for Star and Life Coaches were in the room, contact Gil or Gail if you are interested in working with a Master Practitioner.

Rock Your World is going to Egypt! The spirit of vibration, the spirit of rememberance, and the spirit of enterprise will accompany you on an ROCKIN adventure in Egypt. Activities are planned throughout Egypt including the Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, and the Nile on a 8 day tour called the Spirit of the Ancients. For more details and to register click on www.awesomecoaching.net

Have sweets or confectionary product for export from New Zealand to the US, OR have retail distribution channels for sweets in your country, contact Rasik!

Respect and Admiration - Heartfelt thanks to all the life members who contributed to a magical weekend in Palmerston North and congratulations again to our 2007 Social Entrepreneurs Kevin and Gil!

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What was my biggest takeaway from the inaugural XL Pioneer Club?

For me, it was my experience with the Hunger Project. The Hunger Project in India is about Indians for India. The program is about empowering women, so that they can take the first step empower themselves and their village. It is about giving them a political voice in their constituencies. The intention is to empower 3,000 women leaders which will favorably impact 3 million people in the next three years.

The controversy of the name was discussed at length during the 12 day adventure through India, which saw our group of 60, including 14 wonderful children, travel through some of the wealth and riches of Mumbai, Delhi and Rajestan, through to the city of romance in Agra and the Taj Mahal, onto some of the poorer rural areas near Satna. Hunger, as explained by our two alliance partner, Jim and Cathy, is not soley about physical hunger, it is in fact, about hunger for opportunities, hunger for a voice, and hunger for rights for food, clean water, education.

This Hunger was clearly shared in the village around Satna and the surrounding communities that the inaugural Pioneer Club visited. Physical hunger which one of our honorable guest, the minister of transportation, correctly noted, is something that india has comfortable surpassed at and around the turn of the century.

In fact, the minister proudly stated that India has over two years supply of food in its reserves, two years of food stuff are stored, and india is beyond having to worry about hunger. This lead to a healthy debate to having these foodstuffs delivered, logistics enhanced and to enable the poorest of the poor access to these foodstuffs.

The Hunger Projects Initiative, which is supported by the XL Results Foundation, as a component of the Social Entrepreneur Accreditation program (www.resultsfoundation.com) and in collabortion with the Clinton Global Initiative is about educating women about available resources, training women about stepping up, and assisting women leaders to allow their voice to be heard. For XL, we use the mantra show up, step up, and give back. For the women in the villages, it is about access, access to food, access to clean water, access to education, and access to infrastructure that will connect their village to other villages so that trade, commerce and development can flourish.

In Esther Hicks wonderful book, “ASK AND IT IS GIVEN”, one of Esther main message is to simply ask and it will happen. Esther along with Abraham brilliantly share the the power of intention, the power of words, and the power of attraction. In India, it dawned on me that a similar book could be written for women leaders though perhaps it would be called “DEMAND AND IT MIGHT HAPPEN”

When I heard the women leaders from the Team India Hunger Project urge the new batch of inspiring women to DEMAND improved access to water, to DEMAND local education and to DEMAND road access for the village. My mind, body, and inner voice immediately pulled back from this very powerful directive. How combative?, i thought to myself. After years of studying words and in fact curiousily exploring, practising, and sharing the wisdom and application of “Word Medicine” as a real and practical tool of personal empowerment and transformation, it did not settle well with me for the leaders to be encouraging the new aspiring leaders to use such a word as DEMAND, especially with power and force that they were encouraging them to use. I wondered what would happen if they employed Esther’s principal and techniques of of “ASK and It Is Given” and whether this approach would be more effective in actually getting what they ask for.

As I listened and pondered my internal dialogue, I heard story after story of verbal abuse, sexual abuse, suppression, and torment that ladies leaders of this movement were faced with on a daily, weekly, and monthly. The response to these newly empowered women was not always positive. In fact, quite often the male villages would respond to loud voices, the demands and the open confrontational with the only thing that they knew and that is violence. Violence was their core response to the challenge and fear that was being triggered in them. Many men lashed out and the receipient of their violence were women. The dynamics fascinated me, as the women who were making demands, demands that they were willing to voice and demands that they knew would make a positive difference for the village, for the families, for the children, for them, and even for the men that they were now sending a sense of fear, alienation, and in some cases de-masculination of their male counterparts.

As I pondered the situation in the villages, something popped, and I wondered what in our lives, what in our western lives are we actually willing to demand? Is there anything that we care about enough to actually step up and demand? Have we been so insensitive to our surrounding that we have become so acclimatized to the injustices of our societies that we no longer have the power, the drive, and VOICE to make demands? Demand of society, of our government of ourselves?

As I stepped back, and opened my eyes, I smiled and looked up and thanked my maker. Thanked her for the learning, thanked her for the lesson and thanked her for the opportunity to reconnect with a beautiful work – a WORD that can DEMAND me to step up, DEMAND me to speak up and DEMAND me to make a difference, especially when DEMANDING is the right action to take!

As for our teachers in the villages of Satna, the women are finding their voice and USING IT. They are demanding change and they are experiencing some of the benefits and costs to change. Change will continue and i have a feeling that a louder voice by women will lead to positive changes in rural india. As they move forward, they will include men in the conversation, they will walk a middle road, and they will make strides to improve the quality of life for all indians in rurual areas, men, women and childre.

From my short experience in Satna, i am optimistic and it left me wondering, are we witnessing the end of the caste system in India?

Ladies and Gentlemen, shall we ask or demand?

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India is booming and the XL entrepreneurs who gathered in Mumbai to attend the Entrepreneur Life Shift weekend with Dave Rogers are entrenched and engaged in some of the most intriguing and lucrative markets in the world.
 
With the easing of investment rules and regulations in India, foreign direct investment into India is becoming clearer and easier.  Foreign investors and Non- Resident Indians are being courted around the world for hotel projects, condominium investments as well as securities and education related real estate projects. 

Listen to www.xl-radio.net to hear about real estate opportunities in Delhi, Goa and Mumbai.

Opportunities are EVERYWHERE

For international entrepreneurs looking to expand operations to India either through strategic alliances, franchising, licensing, or business development, contact XL life members Suresh Nair or Uday Hegde or Mr Athaide, or country manager Alex to connect with some informed people with a wealth of local market knowledge.

Social entrepreneur Richard Alderson has recently moved from UK to set up unlimited india, an organization committed to working with young social entrepreneurs in Mumbai.  Richard has attracted incredible exposure since arriving in India and has received wonderful support from XL members including Sage Foundation Founder Maya Shahani, two of India creative stars Mukesh Manik and Devika, as well as a host of inspiring life members.

Maya continues to attract opportunities for her projects to helps assist underpriveledged children and families in India. Specifically, Maya is looking for domestic and international distribution channels for her products.
 
Helping out Maya was Vijay Amin and his corporate gift firm, Paramount. Vijay handles more that more than 5000 corporate gifts and is looking for additional products for distribution throughout India.

It was a great honor to have a number of India’s leading speakers, trainers, and personal development experts in the room. SMM-art Consulting Founder Santosh Nair, Dr Ashok, Joe, and XL’s First Master Practitioner Donald shared and illuminated us are with their wealth of experience, expertise and humility.

Thanks to all life members who attended the weekend and a special thanks to Akhil Shahani, from smart entrepreneur, for the support and assistance in conducting the XL Entrepreneur Life Shift in Mumbai.

Make Magic Happen,
Dave
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When & Where does the XL Entrepreneurial Life Shift program occur? The schedule for 2008 is posted at www.resultsfoundation.com or if you would like to know where Dave is check out www.coachdaverogers.blogspot.com or his personal site at www.daverogers.net
 

How is the XL Entrepreneurial Life Shift Program conducted?
The program is two days, usually 9am to 6pm. It is interactive, experiential and directive. The magic happens in the interaction of the life members. There is allocated times for networking, coaching, personal and business opportunities. As a life member, you can attend as many times as you like and are strongly  encouraged to visit other countries to attend the program, as your network will grow strong and deep all in two days.
 

Why conduct the XL Entrepreneur Life Shift program?
The two foundational programs were designed to equip and inspire entrepreneurs to continually explore the wealth principles of value, leverage, and making a difference. Through increased awareness, understanding and making shift happen in themselves and in their enterprises, entrepreneurs will embrace, honor and respect their talents, skill, and gifts and HOPEFULLY will be increasingly cognizant of the gifts, talents, and skills of the people around them, in their home, in their enterprise, and elsewhere in their life.
By valuing and leveraging these elements, the enterprise will prosper. The element of spirit arises when the enterprise looks for ways to connect the enterprise to the spirit of giving, or service or making a positive contribution.
XL conducts the XL Entrepreneur Lift Shift program to allow Life Members to heighten awareness, embrace the dynamics of understanding, and experience the spirit of enterprise for the individual, for the enterprise, and for Life Members who are ready to SHOW UP, STEP UP and GIVE BACK!
 

Opportunity Knocks
 

Spiritual Mentor Julie shared her vision to design, print and distribute her new book. Life members were given the opportunity to participate in the venture and we will closely monitor this inspiring initiative.
 

Deal Maker Chris shared his experience with the underprivileged in Brisbane, first as a foster parent in Brisbane and second some shocking statistics regarding homelessness and poverty in Brisbane. More than 10,000 families are homeless in Brisbane and are shuffled around into temporary housing. Chris is working with the government in developing some revolutionary methods to develop, partner, and modernize public housing in Australia.
 

Dynamic Creator and internet SuperStar KRIS shared numerous opportunities to synergize, collaborate, and monetize life member value and ventures online.
 

Spirit of Enterprise
 

Congratulations to Bryan, Founder of 21^st Century Security, for resonating with the imagination and generosity of life members with a call to action to support and align support for educating young people in the Philippines. As a result of the awesome support of life members, the foundation work of Bryan and his bride Carmelita will be able to support 8 young people in the Philippines.
 

It was a brilliant session in the Gold Coast and many thanks to Team Results Australia for the awesome support.
Make Magic Happen,

Dave

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