Ninety percent of selling is conviction, and 10 per cent is persuasion.

Where are the people who don't have goals headed? Those 97 per cent end up working for the three percent.

There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.

I started life washing cars in Canada before moving on to selling life insurance and vacuum cleaners. Later, I went through a programme by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, which literally changed my life. It was the turning point.

Our number 1 mandate was to include all of Alberta in the celebration. Ninety-five per cent of Albertans live within a one-hour drive of one of the 12 communities. If you attend the show, you can still see the TV version. ACCESS is re-airing it from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday.

If I was to say where we were, I'd say we were at about 80-85 per cent where we can be.