Day two of the conference is over for me. The first day felt really long, but this day did not, even though I suppose it was technically longer. I key thing is that I'm having a tremendous amount of fun promoting and selling my book. What is so enjoyable about this is that people are reading it and coming back to tell me how much they are enjoying the book. It is always so great to hear that I'm touching people's lives with my efforts.

I went outside for a smoke many times today, but one time I was outside I saw a woman, who had purchased my book earlier, sitting down in the sun reading it. What a thrill to see! I have been so apprehensive about coming out with this book, but now all my worries are passing away.

The interaction with the people and the selling is fun too. What a nice way to spend a day. Since autumn is my favorite time of year, I suppose I would much rather be at a coffee shop somewhere sitting outside, but as work goes, this is quite fun.

At this conference I have developed several leads in terms of speaking opportunities. That is also good, and in the down-time I have been working on another speech. This one will be more inspiring in nature (or so I hope!). I have the idea of what I want to talk about in my head, and I think this one will be a good speech. In every speech I give, I try to let the audience think, laugh, and cry. If I can accomplish all of that in a single speech, then I know I have really done my job. It isn't easy, but boy is it fun when it goes well—and it goes well when I'm well prepared. Therefore, I'm trying to get this next speech written ASAP so I can be well prepared. I'll be sure to let you know how it goes.