Just to build on this - are you guys aware of a company called the Learning Annex? I believe it`s almost exclusively in the States, although it`s also made a handful of appearances in Canada.
Anyway - I was down in Disneyland for a vacation in February of 2007 and saw a commercial for The Learning Annex`s "Wealth Building Expo" that was coming to Los Angeles in March. It featured speakers including David Bach, Magic Johnson, James Ray ("The Secret"), Tony Robbins, Donald Trump, and a truckload of others from various investment vehicles (real estate, stocks, etc.) for a mere $50. I called my Air Miles to see where I was at, and I had enough miles to fly free from Calgary to take in the event.
So I made a weekend out of it the following month, and it was fantastic! They`re definitely all trying to sell you stuff, but seeing guys like Tony Robbins & Donald Trump, especially, was incredible. And there`s always that one little piece of information, or that one little motivational quote, that you take from them.
I guess the point of all this is to realize that if you`re only concerned with hearing the guy speak, check out the Learning Annex, because I think they tour all across the USA and have some very high-profile names with them all the time, who actually are physically there! And it`s really cheap. And it`s a whole weekend, there are a million booths, a million people, etc., it was a really cool event to go to.