I should have expected something like this. However, I was shocked by the timing and format of it all. I happened to be surfing around with the intent of locating opportunities to better myself. I decided that I had this overwhelming urge to take another seminar from the Duke University Nonprofit Management program. So I pull up their website with an intention to check out the current schedule of courses. And there it was — a picture of me from the seminar that I attended three weeks earlier!
Now when I was signing the release to possibly be in a photograph, I didn’t think that this would really happen. I don’t really think that I have a look that people want to associate with their prestigious programs at their top-notch educational institutions. So I did it without fear. Luckily, the only thing you can see is the back of my head. Since my face is obscurred, I am now able to retain my Internet anonymity. Well, as much as you can with a blog named “The Real Johnny Crawford”.
All in all, I’m glad it wasn’t some sort of porno photograph that would blow my chances at being the next American Idol all to hell. I really need the singing gig.
The seminar that I took that day was called “How To Become A Consultant”. It was taught by Frank Cizerle of the Dake Institute. I’d been waiting to take this one for a couple of years now, and it was well worth the wait. It covered all the important steps to becoming a one-man (or woman) company. The most important things that I learned were why my previous freelancing attempts never had the success that I had hoped for. I’m sure to correct those mistakes on my future solo business endeavors.
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