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I asked a well established event promoter friend of mine (who works on a global stage) if he could deliver me an event for hundreds of thousands of attendees spread out in multiple countries across the world at the same time within 3 months.

He laughed and said it’s not possible.

I asked him what it would take to make it possible.

He smiled and said, well a million dollar budget, for starters.

I asked him how to make it possible without any budget.

He laughed and said I was off my head.

So, I said my thanks and went away smiling knowing he just signed a declaration that Social Traffic Inc are going to become a more capable global event promotions company than his company ever can. Such numbers have sparked fire into conversations I have shared with a few great minds over the past weeks – all are willing to talk about the possibilities, yet few willing to commit to realizing them. It’s one thing to dream, quite another to have the resolve of bringing life to those dreams. As conversations like these grow, more and more fires seem to ignite in those I share them with.

Like a group of hungered people sitting around these fires – coloring the vision we share with the paint of dreams. Some people burn with the smoke and run for shelter – others persist. They stay on board the conversation. The more they learn the harder they work for the vision. With a collective clarity the fires burn higher and higher until more and more souls are drawn to see it burn from afar. Some come running to it, they add their little twigs, branches and logs of contribution.

We’re achievers, they say. We know how to do things, we know how to generate massive online stirs that can travel without limitation for a story that’s ready to be told. A story that touches us all. We can and we will make this happen. We will believe. Period.

So, we brought these individuals into one tight group with processes and ground-rules to make them stronger. Each person that was left standing in the end did so because their contribution was valued immensely by those who they respect most. Each person’s fire now growing hungry and merging in a collective blaze of confidence – so strong that soon it will not be put out.

The plans started to take place. Content is being created. Groups are being formed. Our message is starting to spread. Evangelists and volunteers are being brought on board. Things are coming into action and will begin to take shape. The Social Traffic story is evolving into an unthinkable grand vision… that we are all part of. No wind I have ever seen will dull this flame.

What should I tell my friend the international event promoter when this event goes live? Come here, look, listen and learn something from this amazing team. See, they did what you said you could not… never say never, my friend?

You achieve the impossible by building a team of do-ers. The Can-dos. Not the oh-that’s-impossiblers. Or the, I-think-I-can-do-ers. The social media world is fast-paced and cut-throat. It has no time to wait for those who are anything but sure. Those who are not, have other options less grand. Opportunities are anchored to attitudes, what we are is a product of what we believe.

Here’s to ALL of YOU out there, who have the right attitudes. Without you guys, the world can’t go around the way it does. It moves so fast because 5% of 5% of all the people on earth drive it forward. What price can you put on an opportunity to work side by side with so many people comfortable to accept that this rare percentile is the world they prefer to live?

Joining Social Traffic Inc as a team member, Priceless!

Simon U Ford (SUF.EDBD)

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