The problem was that I was unable to attend the informal conference and had to provide summaries and data proving my lower value.

Strongly suggest you look at security plug ins first.Some that I just learned about this week while at RETSO, the real estate technology conference in Atlanta that I will be investigating:WP TouchZemantainbound writerdashterCustom post type UIAlso very important that BEFORE you install plug in that you check how many times it has been downloaded, does it work with your version of WP, how is it rated, how recently was it updated.

Attend all the Free Meetups and/or conferences that you can.  

After one not so hot deal with a trader who was taught by folks in Texas, reading all the books, attending meetups, going to conferences, listening to JV pitches, and 30 years of trading in the unsecured debt market, I decided to ask Dion to shepherd me. 

I will work on leadership training for my team so they don't have to rely on me for most of the day-to-day decisions.

I don't got to real estate industry conferences. 

Look at the website for distressed debt conferences and find the list of sponsors. 

Why don't we meet at Noon on Friday at the nearest restaurant/coffee shop to the conference?

I am making that switch so inconvenience is now just part of my job for a while.Sticking with your numbers and detaching from your offer was the kind of stuff presenters talked about at the conference.

Plus the Lifestyles unlimited podcasts while traveling in the car daily and attending that 2 day conference etc...