Do You Ever Long to Feel like You Belong Somewhere?

I’m writing from the train, heading home to New Jersey. I’m on the way back from a business training meeting in Baltimore. (As an aside, riding in business class is the best way to ride up and down the East Coast- no worries about gas or traffic!) To be honest, I wasn’t totally looking forward to working the whole weekend, yet I was so pleasantly surprised at what happened.

Going there, I honestly had no expectations. I was ready to learn and discover new ways to help promote a business I’m working on with one of my clients. The weekend of discovery and training turned out to be one of the best meetings I’ve attended in a while.

At this meeting, I felt like I was a part of a wonderful organization. It was a small meeting- only about 70 people. I was surrounded by incredibly smart, funny, and the nicest people you could ever want to spend a weekend with. In fact, I was able to have some great chats with Bill Glazer, President of Glazer Kennedy Insider’s Circle, and was inspired by Karen Schaefer, who has a fast-growing info-marketing business involving real estate investors, real estate brokers and agents, and consumers: ‘Simple Appeal,’ the premier nationwide “staging company” assisting homeowners in presenting their homes to obtain top dollar from buyers.

I’m leaving my meeting with such great connections and this wonderful feeling of belonging to a group of like-minded, motivated, and successful people. Most, if not all, of the people in the room were incredibly successful entrepreneurs. I discovered a lot of great ways to promote my client’s business and things I can even use on my own. Yet the biggest lesson for me was how much I so enjoyed feeling like I belonged with these people. I knew being an entrepreneur was going to have its ups and downs. And for the most part, I’ve very much enjoyed my ride to date. The only things that get in my way at times are spending too much time in my home office and not enough time with like-minded entrepreneurs.

My suggestion to you is to look for ways to join some like-minded groups of people. Don’t miss out on belonging somewhere and collaborating and brainstorming with fellow like-minded business people. Seek out a Ladieswholaunch. This group is all around the country and you can check out this map to see one that’s closest to where you live. Don’t wait. Do this now- schedule an event, go check out a new meeting. You’re not alone. We’re all seeking out friends, colleagues, and, ultimately, our own financial freedom.

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