I wanted to say I am so sorry for any confusion that has been caused because of the summit.
First off please let me set it clear that I didn't flake out or bail on the summit. I am the kind of person where if I don't want to do something, I don't do it and I will say so. I would have had no problem telling Nick I didn't want to go to the summit or that I just wasn't coming. Not in a mean way of course, just saying that being direct, not really an issue for me. I am very professional, most of the time but I can assure you I had full intent on going to the summit this year.
To keep things short I left out from Greensboro Friday and was traveling with a friend/trainer that was coming with me to the summit. As you know the weather was really bad. She is very afraid of flying in the first place and so with the storm and landing in Atlanta and then the flights being delayed, she was very scared and she would not get on the connecting flight.
I bought all new tickets and tried to get on another flight, but she couldn't do it. We tried one more time, and it just wasn't going to happen. I wasn't going to leave my friend there and so I drove her back to Greensboro and did not get home to mid afternoon the next day (Sat).
I had told Nick everything and initially I had said to him "Don't say anything yet, if we can make it there I don't want her to be embarrassed." Because she was embarrassed and I was just trying to be nice.
Afterward I talked to Nick and told him everything and was sad I couldn't come.
I had also seen a message from Andrea (miss teniacty) on Facebook saying that she understood about the flying issue and hopes everything was well. So from that I figured that Nick had told everyone at that point what was up and why i wasn't there.
I didn't know until tonight that people didn't know what was going on so
I am very very sorry for any confusion. Nick wasn't saying thing out of respect of what I had said is all. I wasn't going to say anything publicly because I didn't know that people didn't know, so this is the only reason why I am addressing it.
I have had a ton of things going on since and I just haven't had time to hop online. I was planning on doing a general email and blog post tomorrow on things (nothing related to that) but finding this out I felt I should come on tonight and explain.
I was also putting together a written version of the talk I was going to give and post it up, just as a way to say "Hate I missed it and sorry you have to read my writing now."
Again, I am very sorry for the problems and lack of communication on the issue. I love my JP'ers, I didn't even think of it as a speaking thing, I just wanted to hang out. However, I hope anyone here knows that if their was an issue or question they had they don't need a summit to ask me, so please let that be an open invitation for anyone that may have wanted to discuss anything. That makes me feel like a big head to say that, I only mention cause the concern has been expressed.
On a personal level I am very disappointed about not going and a bit embarrassed now because I was thought to flake out. I realize of course the lack of my communication was the problem and that fault is my own, I just wasn't thinking it was an issue.
I hope that clears things up, but if not feel free to discuss it with me, here or privatly.
I have already talked with Nick about next year. We have decided that it is in my best intrest for me to say I am not coming because of Jinx.
It's a shame things didn't work out; we all knew you both wanted to be there.
No need to feel bad though, Leigh.
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Thanks for speaking up Leigh - we were worried about you, and yes - silence lends itself to speculation that there's "more to the story" (human nature and all that...)
Glad you're ok, sorry about the flying stuff, and VERY sad I didn't get to meet you and hang out with you and hear your talk!
Maybe some other time (I won't jinx it by saying next year!)
Leigh, sorry to have missed you as I was really looking forward to meeting you. I'm glad that you're doing a written version of your talk, too, cuz I wanted to hear what you had to say.
I'll agree with Bytsi on the "maybe some other time."
Well, I know at least one person with a "girlcrush" on you who was really disappointed, but mainly you just missed out on some really good times! And I got Galya to estimate my bodyfat, so you're off the hook. : )
It would have been great to meet you
Hope you can "not" make it next year Maybe you can set up something with JPers that live around you? Go out for ice cream or something
I'll be honest. A part of me cannot understand how you could make the decision that you did. There were an awful lot of your fans who bought tickets and flew in to mostly see you. It was a pretty big let down to them. Personally, I was excited to meet you face to face as well and to see you in action. While not the only reason for my being there, it was definately part of the Summit draw for me and part of the reason I chose to invest my time and money to be there. All around it was very disappointing.
But another part of me thinks it is pretty kick-ass that you have this sort of loyalty to one friend. That is pretty deep.
My hope is that you do commit to the Summit next year and that you can actually make it. I am willing to take my chances and invest again if you are willing to commit again.
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I'll be honest. A part of me cannot understand how you could make the decision that you did. There were an awful lot of your fans who bought tickets and flew in to mostly see you. It was a pretty big let down to them. Personally, I was excited to meet you face to face as well and to see you in action. While not the only reason for my being there, it was definately part of the Summit draw for me and part of the reason I chose to invest my time and money to be there. All around it was very disappointing.
But another part of me thinks it is pretty kick-ass that you have this sort of loyalty to one friend. That is pretty deep.
My hope is that you do commit to the Summit next year and that you can actually make it. I am willing to take my chances and invest again if you are willing to commit again.
I can understand where you are coming from, hopefully my response will give you and others a better understanding of my view.
Obviously there is more to the story than just what I am sharing, but what I am sharing is truthful. I am very private. Posting this thread alone crosses my boundaries on comfort as it is. So if anything is coming across as sketchy or insincere it is only because I am just not a "tell all" kind of person.
I will say that the person I was traveling with was in no shape to drive herself home and she wasn't getting back on a plane. There was no way I was going to leave her there. To me I had two choices. See if she could do it, or take her home.
I wanted very badly to go to the summit and I hate the thought of disappointing anyone. My readers and clients are everything to me. In a world with autoresponders I still answer my email and talk to everyone I can. I also train people in person daily for a living and it isn't easy juggling all that. Don't get me wrong I love it, but it isn't easy time wise.
You can also ask me any question, challenge my word, my work, and anything else and I will stand up to it instead of running the other direction and getting a big head because I have a blog like a thousand other people in the world.
I paid for 2 round trip tickets, twice, on my own behalf, to go to that summit. I didn't ask for anything in return except for a place to lay my head and the company of good people.
I only put all of that because it seems as if my dedication to getting there or my desire to go is in question, and that isn't the case.
My joke about not going again was in sarcasm. I very much want to go and look forward to do so.
Now can we just go back to talking about custard love and late night booty calls because this serious talk and getting in touch with my feeling is making me uncomfortable.
I think that is a fair response and I respect it. Like I said. Whatever the case was or is, I am over it and ready to invest again. Glad to hear you were just screwing around about not coming.
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Originally Posted by Leigh P.
Now can we just go back to talking about custard love and late night booty calls because this serious talk and getting in touch with my feeling is making me uncomfortable.
ROTFLMAO! You got it.
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Leigh, sorry so see your Summit trip end like it did. There was disappointment for those of us that were looking to meet and talk with you. With so much information and different theories out there, seeing somebody present is a way to evaluate whether or not you believe their philosophy and perhaps spend some money. (And now we've seen Coach Hale speak on skeptical thinking ) So, yes there was disappointment for a missed opportunity but also an appreciation for your situation last weekend.
I'm also sorry that I didn't take a picture of Nick's sad puppy dog look when he learned that you weren't going to make it. LOL
So, it's the past now. Time to talk about custard booty calls....
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It's probably best to let this thread die. Obviously there are 2 camps. One that questions the call and another that doesn't care. In any case nothing good will come from continuing it. If you think it was a bad call don't come next year. If you don't care, come! Defer condemnation or praise until next year.
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It's probably best to let this thread die. Obviously their are 2 camps. One that questions the call and another that doesn't care. In any case nothing good will come from continuing it. If you think it was a bad call don't come next year. If you don't care, come! Defer condemnation or praise until next year.
Stop making sense!!!
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