Find Carson Worldwide ranking #1 under experiential events

Have you ever been at the stick end of someone telling you something can’t be done, or that it will cost you this and that?

Let me share with you, I have been told to rank high on search engines you need to do all kinds of fancy SEO, have an ungodly number of back links, pay for your rank, etc. etc.  I can almost believe this and easily duped into spending money for someone to do it for me.  Okay, here is some backing information so you can understand where I’m coming from:

1.  We are not internet gurus, we don’t know code and when it comes to websites we are website users — not programmers;

2. Our core competency and expertise is experiential events.. that is live event based initiatives which move people to a better decision and/or purchase making position. What this means is we are involved in live face to face events that are people centric not internet or computer reliant except the internet is used as a communication tool; and

3. We do what we love — developing, producing and managing some of the most incredible, memorable and exciting events individuals can ever attend.

Now that you know what we do, and what we don’t do you’ll understand our experience with web design, SEO, the internet is limited to user interface.  Open you browser and Goggle “experiential events” and think about what you see.

How many pages would you scroll down and flip through on an internet search for a service or product before you stop going any deeper?  Most normal business people strapped for time or event those with a typical level of patience won’t go deeper than three pages in looking for what they are after.  How many pages would you scroll down if your Google search generated 10,100,000 results? That is over TEN MILLION instances where the search has found that key phrase or word.  When you search for companies who develop and produce “experiential events” that is exactly how many results you will come up with as of December 2012.

Other than two listings on the first page that the companies have paid to be placed begin looking for Carson Worldwide to see how many pages you’d have to scroll down before finding us.  “Carson Worldwide” ranks #1 on the 1st page our of over 10 million results when you type in “experiential events” (see image in this article).  Realize this was accomplished without hiring an SEO company or paying Google to be placed on top.

How did we get ranked #1, on page 1, and top of the Google search engine under the key term/word for what we specialize in?

1. There is a huge number of clients and supporters who we have treated with expedient dispatch and unequaled customer support who mention and even write about us online;

2. We have talked about what we do and how we do it in detail.. in word pictures;

3. We have  a very broad web presence;

4. We engage and interact with those who follow and support us in a variety of ways online; and

5. We are listed on several search engines.

There are a number of other tweaks and things we have done to get our ranking to #1 over five years ago and today we still enjoy the number one pole position out of 10,100,000 results today.  As we were not intentionally building a site, and certainly not as professional web designers, we had not chronicled everything we did for us to be rewarded at the top of Google.

Our suggestion to you to get yourself ranked, after you realize you don’t need to spend a penny for it, is to just tell your story, provide incredible service to supporters and those who are not your customers.  I call it karma.. what goes around comes around. When you invest in others, they will invest their time and energy in you.

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Getting You Business Website Ranked #1 on Search Engines originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on December 13, 2012.

Would you like to emulate success for your business as LOTR has? You may not make a buzzillion with your business but certainly you can build a warship that will cut through the roughest of seas and a bird of prey that will soar over the highest mountains if you replicate the formula used by others to create grass roots success.

Lets look at why LOTR was so successful..

1. It is a story pitting good against evil. Don’t you usually cheer for the underdog or for the side you consider “good”?
2. It is experiential — it pulls you into a story as though you were part of it or there. Done with powerfully descriptive terms and unique artistry of painting word pictures the storyline engages you and brings you into a world of fantasy and adventure.
3. It is about a journey taken by a group of strangers building a incredible bond of friendship. How powerful a message is it for you to know you have a friend or alliance who would give their life for you, follow and stick with you to the depths of Mordor.
4. Non-stop action or twists and turns with adventure around each corner. When a story keeps you on the edge of your seat it creates energy, energy affects you emotions, and ultimately emotions leverage your buying habits.
5. A world we have never lived in yet draws upon our curiosity and intrigue. Your human need for something different attracts you as does that secret or gift you know is in the closet but don’t know what within the gift wrap. And,
6. Incredible character build up. The use of characters with their own intrinsic flaws and strengths allows you to connect to any one or more of the characters on a personal level because they see themselves within them.

Though the above is not exhaustive it does outline a collaborative consensus why viewers love (not liked — loved!) the story and have become avid followers. Follow the above as a template and build it into your business strategy and you will create amazing results as well.

At Carson Worldwide we don’t just create events we create experiential results. If you think about Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, or Walt Disney and wonder how they have built empires based on their properties it is because their followers are all part of the narrative and story — this is part of being and making your brand, product or service experiential!

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Business Lessons from the Success of Lord of the Rings originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on November 29, 2012.

Turn stress and challenges into your wins

It is important to use even painful experiences as a lesson in life, and even in business or career. Sometimes lessons can even come disguised as natural challenges and certainly disasters. By the way Sandy was totally, and completely expected. It was no surprise, although the scope and degree of its wrath was unpredictable.

Lesson #1 — You cannot control nature or the inevitable

Having been instructed of the forthcoming major storm and hurricane and order for many areas to evacuate, some decided to ride it out, not taking the warnings seriously. As a result we sadly and unfortunately have many injured, lost, dead, or in need of being rescued placing others such as emergency personal at risk and hampering other life saving work they could be doing.

Lesson #2 — Sometimes when you receive multiple channels telling you of a major event and warning you to take (or not take) action because there could be serious safety concerns, it is often wise to heed it no matter what your past experiences have been because the past does not equal the future.

With a knockout punch that took out power, heat, flooded and destroyed buildings and tunnels, overwhelmed sewage, curtailed mobility and transportation, stopped fuel delivery or supply, and as a consequence of no fuel no generator power, no transportation to get around non-working mass transit, no or limited food or supply deliveries, service interruptions and closings of banks, ATM’s, post offices, gas stations, hospitals, fire departments, etc. effected areas will eventually erode into a state of chaos and then lawlessness and looting.

Lesson #3 — This is one of self awareness. How do you feel while under duress; when it seems everything is going wrong or not your way? Observe how others act or show up when they are stressed out or put under pressure. Why is this such an important observation benchmark?

When you are fighting for your principles, to remain within your comfort zone, to keep the status quo in your life, or to protect your life, your loved ones or what you believe you are entitled to you will do anything and everything to maintain what you are accustomed to. As a result emotions run high and you will do things you seldom or never thought you would do or possible for you. This is all a part of flight or fight response to a stressful situation.

Here is the take away for lesson #3, you are the master and commander of your feelings, beliefs, principles and actions (or in-actions). As they say “guns don’t kill people, people kill people”. What this means is you are responsible for your actions and emotions. Others do NOT control them.. unless you give them power over you. Once you begin reacting instead of responding you are no longer in control. It is either your limiting beliefs or others who then control you.

By staying calm, looking at the situation as a lesson or a challenge in how to find a solution a better way who knows you may find a million dollar invention or business, and will live a more peaceful effective time of your life. When you are calm, collective and don’t allow yourself to be stressed out you thoughts and intellectual operation will have less distractions to address and focus where you want it to.

Your brain is a powerful computer.. ask it a question and it will focus and find answers.. ask it a limiting question such as “Why me?” or “That a F*k%#@! creep {what can I do to them}”, versus the better empowering questions such as “Okay, I’m stuck with no power, what can I do to make what I have work?”. Ask yourself better questions next time you are pushed to the limit and surprises will happen. It may not happen right away, or it may need a tweek or another path as Thomas Edison in inventing the light bulb, but in the end the rewards are much more gratifying while also allowing you to learn how to handle the same scenario next time it may occur.

Stay in control of your senses, sanity and purpose. Don’t let your feelings and others detract from your mission, health, happiness and growth. It may not be easy because you may be used to things a certain way, but growth always has some discomfort or pain until you arrive whereupon you will be heads and tails above returning to where you could return to every time you are challenged.

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Three Life Lessons From Hurricane Sandy originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on November 3, 2012.

There are so many events that occur in our lives that are unexplained we define as coincidence, chance, luck or deja vu.

There is a belief that whatever happens in your life happens for a reason, that nothing in the universe is truly random in that what happens is meant to be and there is a grand design.

What we do know based on the theory or relativity and other studies is that like energy attracts like energy and opposites repel. You can see this played out everyday in the many interactions you have with others and how some people just ‘click’, ‘resonate’ or ‘jell’.

If you ever wondered about the expression of how things are moving along smoothly or seamlessly, its because they are.

When like energies are cooperating there is no friction or resistance. In martial arts you’ll find the most effective means of combating a energy exerted upon you is using that force against itself instead of resisting it.

We have learned that you can adjust your focus and thus direct your energy to create the reality you seek. Usually this shift is an easy tweak in the thought process or adjustment in perception. Not everyone has the capability to create or what is called ‘manifesting’ change or results with how they are directing their attention.

This is not to say you can conjure results by just thinking of what you want it is more about creating the dynamics for actions to take place that get you started, get you closer, or move you along the time line getting you to your results faster and more efficiently with less effort by using the power of the collective consciousness and diverting the flow of energy that resonates at the frequency of your desired outcome.

Sometimes all it takes is a bit of knowledge how to focus and tune your energy. There are a few intuitive guides and energy workers who understand the movement of energy and how it effects you. It is surprising so many seeking more in life, are mired in pain, depression, suffering, or are seeking clarity and purpose. More incredible is we don’t even know what is going on within ourselves.

Attending a workshop or retreat that pulls back the curtains for the guests to discover what is locked away within while unlocking their potential and providing the personal tools and knowledge to advance from victim to master and commander in their own life is a powerful experience.

Your life and destiny should be based on choice and alternatives that allow for freedom from accepting what is handed down to us as the only solution or means to eliminating pain, to gaining better health, the foods we eat, or the spiritual fabric we weave around us.

Transformational workshops can provide a platform that defies conventional wisdom. The same one that has conditioned our society to believe automatically and without question the only way to resolve an issue, pain or a personal challenge is with drugs, bullying, or by disconnecting.

Interested in finding one? Festival for Change is hosted by the YMCA and produced by Powermastery. It is three day event near Port Jervis, NY takes place on a 1,150 acre wooded property with hiking trails, lakes, a waterfall, and a bounty of nature.. the elements needed for personal Feng Shui.

Details at http://festivalforchange.com.

Workshop leaders from Australia, UK and across America share their insights and gifts while creating a life changing ripple that will redirect attention of the self to the universe within while embracing the oneness that defines humanity and nurtures unexplained miracles.

There will also be:
*guided meditations, yoga lake side and indoors,
*performances,
*cultural ceremonies,
*guided edible and fossil hikes,
*rentals of canoes and mountain bikes, and
*activities from day into evening.

Date: September 14–16, 2012;
Event: Festival for Change;
Webpage: http://FestivalForChange.com;
Location: Port Jervis, NY; and
Description: Indoor/outdoor three day festival retreat for transformation and holistic life enlightenment
Cost: $10/weekend

On-site lodging and meals are also available. Approximately 90% of the lodging and meal fees are donated to the YMCA. In this case karma is in the gift of tithing to a worthy cause dedicated to helping build character in youth.

Holistic healers, spiritual guides, energy workers and vendors are welcome to participate at the festival.

Registration and details about Festival is at: http://festivalforchange.com.

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Einstein.. All Things Resonate at a Frequency — including success originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on July 2, 2012.

“Some me see things as they are and say “Why?
Others dream things that never were and say “Why not?” — George Bernard Shaw

Why do some business owners need to know ‘why?’ when they see very successful companies who are making it happen already and experiencing results. Perhaps asking ‘how?’ is a better question. Running a business is not about reinventing the wheel. If you want to build a better mousetrap then at least lead and don’t follow. Build something new that stands out from the rest, while short cutting the path getting there by using what you already know works for others.

Part of the sticking thinking that permeates the mindsets of business owners can be traced to being stuck on an idea, often untested and unproven. Although you may hit a home run one out of a 100 times up at bat, ask yourself if you have to stamina and wherewithall to step up to bat 100 times. Make what you do experiential. Make it memorable.

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” — Norman Vincent Peale

Creating fast successful results sometimes is as easy as changing your thoughts. How? Change your focus, and you ultimately change your thoughts. What you focus on is what you get. Ever heard the expression “Be careful what you wish for, because you just may get it.” Think about it.. when you think about why you messed up you get more answers why you messed up, if you ask yourself what worked in any challenge you’ve had, all of a sudden you start coming up with solutions and what worked.

Why do you do what you do when you don’t even get paid for it or it takes endless hours to do? It is because it fulfills your needs. If you’re not focusing it is because what you need to do does not have your full attention. When was the last time you were inspired? What would you do if what you do made you feel alive? Don’t you avoid doing things that make you feel like death itself? The reality is we sometimes have to do the boring stuff to get to the juicy center of what makes us tick. Those are some of the steps we have to climb to arrive at the summit of the impressive vistas you seek.

“Every man dies. Not every man really lives.” — William Wallace

There is no time like the present to refocus your energies, get some wins accomplishing some actions towards your goals, and experience life instead of just going along with the status quo.

Interested in learning how to live life more energetically, holistically and with an abundance of spirit and feel the love from who you are and in all you do? Join us and a number of global leaders at Festival for Change — Sept. 14–16, 2012. Empower your life and your business and move beyond logic and connect to spirit as it lights your path and enlightens your potential.

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Empowering Your Business and Life originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on July 2, 2012.

Money magnets

Complaining expends an enormous amount of energy. Do you remember a time when you go so mad you were shaking, your face turned red, hands were clenched into fists, and you cursed and ranted to no avail? Energy is energy. There is no difference in it being energy whether it is energy created out of rage, creativity, laughter, passion, love, etc. It also is either positive or negative energy, but still energy. Obviously, the outcomes of this energy will vary depending on how you direct it, as well as what comes back to nip you in the butt or reward you like Aladdin.

Okay, so they tell you can move mountains.. well lets get real you can’t move mountains unless you have several nuclear warheads. You can proverbially move mountains though with how your energy focuses. So too, with energy you can create amazing outcomes. Here is the skinny on energy: emit and create negative energy and you get negative results. Here’s an example: how many times have you seen someone get fighting mad at someone and take a swing? Does the other person fight back? What about someone yelling at someone else? Have you ever witnessed the other person yelling back and finally getting into a shouting match to get one up on the other?

Lets take positive energy.. there was an insurance commercial I saw where people were paying it forward as the ripples in the water spread out and touched others. Ever see an accident where someone courageously dived right into a smoldering rubble to help unearth those who may be buried, but others stood a watched until that one person took action? When some brought you dinner, gave you a present, do you feel compelled to reciprocate? This is like energy at work.

In hearing about organizations withdrawing funds to support what they stand for, donors got mad and started blogging and posting to social networks about their unhappiness. Where is this all going? Its good to inform others but there is more that can be done that actually would make that angry person feel better about themselves than venting won’t.

Let me share this important fact about our modern society and US businesses and non-profits alike.. Other than its labor force money is the source of all business sustainability and growth, whether for or non-profit. Although some entities may have a great purpose helping or serving others the bottomline is without funding they will go bust and shut down. What this means instead of using your energy in a negative manner by just complaining, take your money and donate to the organization you believe in and whose mission you truly support that was cut off by the organization you hoped was funding the smaller one. You’d be surprised how money talks and BS walks. Aren’t a donor, don’t have the money? How about volunteering to help champion the abused and struggling or create awareness not by complaining but showing the good in what supporting a worthy initiative.

You can apply this principle to every part of your personal and business life. Be productive with your energy, make it positive and like a boomerang it will come back to you in rewarding ways. Use your energy negatively and with selfish intent and that is exactly the circle of people and results you will get back, as your energy will attract like energy.

On September 14–16, 2012 on a 1,150 acre property of pristine forest with hiking trails and waterfalls flowing with high natural energy there will be the nation’s largest and first indoor/outdoor festivals and retreats of its kind for spiritual awakening and holistic health, as well as fitness and health. If you are serious about how you can create more positive energy in your life despite all the negative, you should check it out. The website will go live in mid February 2012 and is at http://festivalforchange.com.

Location is nestled between NYC and Woodstock, NY.

Something to think about.. you can either be the solution, or you can be your life’s own biggest challenge.

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Why just complain when you can do something about it? originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on February 2, 2012.

Don’t “should” all over yourself, when you must.

You own what you create, you also have a following for those who look forward to reading what you post from time to time. Once someone invades that space to ambush your readers for a self serving cause and worse yet to spill toxic waste all over your posts or comments its time to delete and block them.

Personally, I believe in freedom of speech although posts occurring on your own page have no such rights. We may be open to constructive criticism and feedback but not energy vampires, those who should be in anger management 11 step programs, or those who are just sociopaths.

You can tell when someone is just flaming or posting a one sided and unscientific or opinion based on no facts on you have shared. Often negative posts are done intentionally to get others to visit that commenter’s website and engage them. Logic tells you this is the wrong strategy, but in practice it really works! (Provided the manipulator knows what they are doing/writing.)

What do you do with those who exhibit this repeated harmful and abusive behavior?
Hit the eject button? Well easier — delete their post(s), block them, then delete them quickly and without comment. They don’t deserve the luxury of your time and energy, so don’t even go there.

When you engage someone who is poisoning you page or posts, they win. What I wouldn’t do for an app that sends a poison pill back to any harmful post (“harmful” — I mean malicious). Their reprehensible behavior also exists because they seek someone to debate so they can prove themselves right or claim justification for their existence by someone giving them the time of day to respond to something they posted. With these individuals you will ever win or even just come out not having wasted your time, and totally drained (I bet there are some people you’d like to introduce to these people). If you ignore them they will pick a fight with someone else. If you delete their post and block them they will never know because they lurk online doing this to as many people as they can slam themselves, or have a bot do it (as in Real Steel).

It amazes me how many guerilla spam messages this Word Press Blog receives as masked responses to my posts but are in fact links to their sites leveraged first by throwing up a big fat argumentative comment or rant to lure readers to check out the link for their side of the story .. which really is either a malware or trojan loaded site, or one that is trying to sell something and nothing to do with the topic at hand. I delete all such comments and report the poster to Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy, among app admins.

I know these comments and links are bad news because I’ve checked them out and even sent messages to the posters to find out who they were (they never respond as these are bot driven spam and links leading to malicious sites).

Act swiftly and don’t engage hostile posts that are way out in left field, unless the commenter seems legitimate and balanced. And even then don’t engage publicly.

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Protect Your Brand, Business and Customers — Use Delete and Block originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on October 24, 2011.

Take for example the 5.9 earthquake that shook the east coast at 2pm EST on August 23, 2011. It rattled houses and teeth from the Carolinas up through northern New England, and resulted in none to minimal damage, and no injuries reported.

The 911 centers, especially around VA which was the epi center were flooded with calls. The news played some of those calls.. how did they go? One had a lady calling in who was flustered, fearful, and speechless.. yet unharmed physically. The 911 operator had to ask her if there was any injuries, accident or risk to life and limb.. there was none. The caller was just emotionally upset and thought the world was coming to an end. As this persona had no reference what to do in an earthquake they didn’t know what to do nor knew if the end was near.

Shift now to the west coast, Japan, or South America where a level 6 is proverbially an every day occurrence. Unless buildings are collapsing, fires break out, water pipes bursting in red glare, or birds falling out of the sky 911 typically gets very few calls and those guys playing dominoes on their stoop keep playing. This is a funny yet important scene on common sense: in NYC people ran out of their buildings, which itself is a good idea during an earthquake, but then those same office workers on the east side, decided to congregate and wait UNDERNEATH the FDR highway, one of the city’s largest highways! Which in my opinion has some rusty seams and bolts.

Until people have experienced something already, an incident befalling them would be like a kid let loose in a candy store.. not knowing where to start. Their reference maybe that if something is going to fall then stand under something that can protect them without thinking what they are standing under can itself collapse without anything falling on it.

Here is an example of the law of contrast and it embedding into our references: people who complain about being broke, being forced to live in a small space or where the heat not being to their liking should check out how people in the rural areas of China, Mongolia, South America, or Africa live. It puts our own lives and expectations into perspective, yet when we come from a point in any one of these cultures or living conditions our references are built upon what we know about ourselves regardless of what is happening around us. What this means is references are often selfish and about “me”. Therefore it conforms to the ego more than the spiritual side.

When involved in the course of your business or personal finances do you see everything from a global perspective or local application? If you only think about the interests, needs and wants of your customer from a single point of view without treatise towards their references, culture, religion, socioeconomic tendencies, etc. you will fail in being as successful as you can be and remain being the neighborhood mom pop grocery store or hot dog stand on the corner.

Understand your own references and how it effects you and you will know how to command positive change in your life and business. Understand the references your customers have and you can take your relationship and communications with them to a whole new level. This is addressing and serving their ego and what it seeks to satisfy which may be any one or more human needs.

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References originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on August 24, 2011.

Sometimes to make things work the best path is not using force against force, or in martial arts what is referred to hard against hard. Butting heads just results in headaches. Strategically one of those tactics to succeed in your personal life and in business life is employing a soft on hard approach. Use your client’s or vendor’s negative, aggressive, didactic, or abrasive personality and energy to your advantage. This is an experiential strategy used in Kung Fu, Akido, and Jui Jitsu.

Understand at any moment in time there is one or more of six humans each of us are seeking to experience or satisfy. The need to be significant is one of those needs. Playing dumb defuses some of the ego pile driving while calming down an electric situation. This technique is useful in helping others feel better about themselves thereby building their confidence level — perhaps before a big game.

Ever ask for directions? It seems some people will leap tall buildings and bounds to help, or even walk you to where you are trying to go! How about when someone asks for advice? It seems all the experts come out at that point and the know it all’s come out of the woodwork.

People feel superior or more more knowledgeable if they do not feel threatened by the intelligence of the person they are interacting with. Its just a human weakness in some to not have high regard for oneself. When one’s guard is down that person is more receptive, and of clearer mind to communicate with.

When I use the term “play dumb”, it doesn’t mean be stupid or annoying, it means just be coy, innocent or are looking for someone with the answer other than yourself. Try it out next time you hit a brick wall in your sales interactions, marketing communication or working one on one.

If they think you don’t know they will offer their expertise and advise. You may not want to hear it although you will learn more than you ever imagined from just asking questions, listening, and absorbing.

Don’t go so far overboard where others think you’re simply a moron or dimwit.

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Too Dumb to Fail originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on July 14, 2011.

Can you imagine dealing with customers or friends who tell you to order something for them or put it on hold where they don’t put down a deposit, or your friend makes plans with you to do something or go somewhere where you clear your calendar for them and then cancel the very next day? Nice buddies. I have a great job waiting for them in the army reserves.. next stop the Hurt Locker.

Is it possible there are more people who do this than those who don’t among those who initially respond with interest close to a close or sold out deadline? This happened to me — I should get sponsors to fund me being the test dummy. Over the course of just days I received not one, not two, but three separate instances where this happened. When you hear some of the reasons for the change of mind in less than 24 hours you mind will just numb. Who said “good things come in threes”? Are they selling the Brooklyn Bridge?

Case one.. after receiving the information the guest contacted me back “I’m in. How do I register?” .. info sent.. next day the email back read “.. Have to cancel, just found out my ex-wife is expecting..” What the heck?

Case two.. after speaking with the person on phone in the evening and telling them there were no other guests of same gender to share room, they asked to be put on wait list and for me to contact them back if someone else showed up. The very next day another interested party calls, I send them online payment while leaving message for guest from last night’s call. I get call back.. “..when I didn’t hear from you I made other plans and so not available to join the trip..” Double What the freakin’ heck!

Case three.. with one odd person now paid and waiting for one other person what will we do less than two weeks away from the trip date. Well another call comes in what happens? After over ten back and forth emails.. I was about to call. Yeah no kidding they must have been testing their email bandwidth capacity. They finally said in last email.. “its probably too late to register anyway, so they’ll see if they can join my next outing..” Helloooooo, anyone home?? Why would anyone sane person back and forth on emails responding to one question leading to more questions over ten emails if there was no space available? After informing them that there was a space available, they emailed back (am I living Ground Hog Day over again?) that they had not asked their boss, and it would be too late to ask. Now I know there are some dam great drugs going around out there! Okay they began these emails and questions one day with the last one the next day.. that is less than 24 hours of communications. Hmmm I was wondering if the existence of energy vampires in our midst was an urban legend, now I’m a believer!

It would be completely plausible and acceptable that someone may not be interested in something after reading through the details and seeing there isn’t a fit. Although when someone tells you they are interested and to hold a spot.. then to tell you no thanks after you jump through flaming hoops to make it happen for then the hoop may not be the only thing that will be burning.

These three scenarios really happened — you can’t make stories like this up! They all occurred within three weeks before a trip date and all within one week with a three day window of discussion but typically two.

Lessons from the field.. take a deposit or full payment the moment they ask you to hold a spot or put them on the wait list because in God we trust, all others pay cash. Unfortunately, the truth is money is the great equalizer in getting others to keep their commitments. How many people you know would change their minds in less than a day if they stood to lose their payment or deposit for changing their minds? I wasn’t referring to politicians.

The crop of magic mushrooms must be premium quality this year. And so this is how I turn lemons into lemonades.. why get angry when you laugh about it and share the tale with those who are entertained by these zany people in our whacky lives.

As there is nothing you can do nothing about these people you certainly can take care of your economy. Keep it protected, optimize it and keep it clear of distractions that derail you and your purpose.

Are you trustworthy, dependable, committed, focused, and clear? If not don’t fret, it looks like you are in good company

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Do Others Drag You Into Their Fantasy Land? originally appeared on Blog for Carson Tang on June 25, 2011.