05/08/2014
Holy S**t.
ELEVATE is finally around the corner. It's literally a week away.
It's funny to think how six months ago this was just an idea. An idea that we intentionally wanted to bring together people into our lives that we thought are going to be the next game changers over the next 30 years. People that align with our values and people that we want to become friends with... people that we're just outside of our network that we had no relation to.
That being said, I still remember sitting in the car on the way back from the bar with a couple of my friends. Phil Drolet, Mike Slavin, Shane Rasnak, and Eric James. I put together the dream team of what is now considered ELEVATE and every two weeks starting six months ago we started making our dreams come true.
Our Plan:
Invite 20 of the top entrepreneurs who we admire and whose values we align with to a weekend getaway everything being cost free.
Establish the theme that the prevailing narrative in the world of entrepreneurship today is wrong. Today it is that in order to be successful, we have to be willing to sacrifice family, health and quality of life! This narrative is dangerous. It sets unreasonably high standards and encourages self-destructing behavior!
Our theme being:
We believe we need a new narrative – a new way to think about success as entrepreneurs that is more expansive, more mindful, more human!
That's what we'll be exploring at our weekend getaway.
We fronted the money close to $14,000 and then we allowed other high caliber quality entrepreneurs who wanted to be surrounded by the same people to attend the event to cover our costs.
Then we basically get to hangout with the most badass people we admire and build a life long deep meaningful relationship.
Let me just say it again... Wow. It's a week away...
I'm so fortunate to be taking this on with these guys and I look forward to all of the shenanigans are going to be going on next week.
Pascal