What is the first thing that pops into your mind when you see the term ‘Free Investment Seminar’? Most people’s initial reaction is “SCAM’. We have been taught by our parents that ‘nothing in life is for free’, so why on earth would somebody want to give us valuable information and not expect anything in return? Then just as we are about to completely dismiss this idea of a free investment seminar the optimist within us pops up and makes us think twice. So the question still remains, if you see a Free Investment Seminar should you attend or would that be a complete waste of time. Secondly is there really such a thing as a ‘Free Investment Seminar’? Surely nothing in life is really for free? Is it?
It probably is true that a free investment seminar is going to have some sort of catch or back ended product that the speaker will be trying to sell, but is does this mean that you shouldn’t attend? Yes and No, I have attended many free seminars and from my experience about 70% were very beneficial. I was introduced to my mentor Jamie McIntyre via a Free DVD so they can’t be all bad. On the other hand there is nothing worse than sitting through a few hours of a long winded sales pitch, so if that is the case I would recommend you leave or turn the DVD off!. If the speaker is honest and upfront then you should be able to gain great knowledge whether or not you buy the product. Generally if the Free Investment Seminar is bad you will learn plenty about ‘what you don’t want to become’ so either way you should learn something.
Why is it then that the majority of people who attend Free Investment Seminars don’t achieve the results that the seminar proclaims they can? I believe the main reason for this is because the seminar was free. Let me explain myself – In order to get ‘value’ into your life you need to ‘invest’ something. The more that you invest into a transaction the more you expect to gain from the transaction? Have you ever been lucky enough to find some money? If you have, can you remember if placed the same level of value onto your ‘free’ money compared to the money that you had to work hard for? Probably not, instead you might have spent it on something you might not usually buy or a treat simply because you didn’t have to ‘invest’ anything to get the money. So does this mean that free investment seminars are a waste of time? No, it means that
“the impact of things are not directly related to their price tag”
I have heard Jamie McIntyre and many financial educators talk about how people have asked them for to do their course’s or attend their paid Investment seminars for free. What Jamie McIntyre normally finds is that these people normally don’t ever use the information or worse still they don’t even turn up to the Investment Seminars.
If you are looking at the above quote and wondering what it really means ill try to explain. It means that no matter how much you paid for the advice you get the real worth of the advice depends on what you do with it. In saying this I want to make it very clear that I don’t recommend you listen to advice from anyone and everyone. This will be extremely detrimental to your financial future.
“The most expensive advice you will ever get, is free from poor people” – Kurek Ashley
Unfortunately this is one of the main reasons why lots of poor people will remain poor. If you told your friends that you were going to go to a free investment seminar they would probably laugh and you and tell you that it’s a scam. It is up to you to be strong enough to make your own mind up. Who knows it may be a scam but if you approach things with an open mind you never know what you might learn. So remember – steer clear of expensive advice from poor people and be open to free advice from rich people. Who knows that free investment seminar might be worth wasting your time on after all.
