I was still recovering from yesterday's talk and the traction for this Seedly event has been amazing. At this point of time, bloggers have already beaten me to this game, and there is at least one summary that I think it's worth reading if you missed yesterday's event.
Interestingly, I don't have any negative things to say about the speakers before me. I typically conduct a critique of other speakers in the pane in a blog article that follows the event. Initially, I felt that some of Victor Chng's approach towards calculating yields based on original cost did cause me to balk quite a bit, but I went back and did some maths and his logic seemed sound after some close examination.
( One of my quirks is that I never bother about yield on cost. The past is the past and there might be another counter with better yields. Do you sell and buy the other counter ? )
a) Really regret not showing up in the morning
My only regret was that I wasn't too confident of my performance two nights ago, so I decided to spend Saturday morning rehearsing my speech. I figured that not making an impact as the final speaker that evening would have been a major disaster for my personal brand and it would undermine the faith Seedly had on me.
Because of that I was unable to attend the talks in the morning. I would have really wanted to hear Christopher Tan's presentation because I think he fired a major salvo against the commissioned sales industry.
b) Some of the shit that came out of my mouth worked !
Some parts of my performance were better than I expected.
"Dividends are the opiate of the capitalist masses" was unplanned but had some viral quality to it.
The origin of this quote was when my sociologist friend read my older books and said it was very similar to the Communist Manifesto. I have also said it few times in some other conversation under a different context. I think that this slogan has some potential and I may find a way to turn this into a fully blown 30 minute presentation in a future event.
c) Whether we speakers "talked cock" that day depends on your behaviour after the event.
While I was pleasantly surprised that Millenials are willing to spend 8 hours on a weekend to learn about personal finance. However, I also believe that 99% of the audience would not really take action after the event. Some cynics have even started saying that because many of the speakers conduct courses for money, we were holding back some crucial data to help folks bridge the gap.
Naturally, my 30 minute presentation cannot attain the same depth as my 2 day Retirement Masterclass, but I was not the only speaker that day. I think that an attendee can combine the information from all the speakers that day, and along with help of some sponsors, make at least one investment.
d) I am taking concrete action after the Saturday event.
At this stage, since I have a business relationship with Dr Wealth, I can no longer toot the horn for Alvin Chow. I think his very clear presentation spoke for itself on Saturday.
When it comes to taking action, I should be leading the way.
Instead, I will be buying 8,800 shares of TLV first thing tomorrow morning. I won't follow Alvin's advice to sell though, because it actually pays a tiny dividend every October.
Incidentally, the engagement ring I got for my wife was from Taka.
e) Every speaker did not sell their seminars on Saturday - except me.
This is where I really tip my hat to the other speakers - other than myself, no one created a single sales slide to promote that offerings. It's really amazing that the industry is so willing to come together to share the good stuff to everyone.
But readers of this blog know that I am not a saint. I worked fairly hard for weeks to prepare the material and it was with the understanding that I was allowed to put in one slide and spend 1 minute to toot my horn.
Anyway, If you are one of those who wanted to get tickets to me free preview this Saturday.
The link is here.
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