I told Nicole this morning that I'm pretty pumped to conduct my first The Goal is to Win workshop.

I've presented a ton of times before. This one is different. It's a next level presentation.

It occurred to me this morning that I have a different mindset about the grassroots. I look at the grassroots from a historical perspective. It wasn't Thomas Jefferson or John Adams who won us our liberty. They played a role, to be sure, and their words and actions were critical. But on the battlefield, it was the farmer and the blacksmith and the cobbler who won us our liberty.

In short, it was the grassroots. They won the victories. They beat the establishment. Without them, we would not have won our freedom.

Today, we aim to reclaim our liberty. A consultant called a potential candidate yesterday and gave this very common advice: make a list of everyone you know and be ready to ask them for money. That's the beginning of every failed grassroots campaign. While everyone on that list of people certainly needs to contribute, their involvement needs to be greater than handing over money.

Many consultants see the grassroots and volunteers almost as worthless. "Get them to give money and bring friends with them to vote. And see if they will blockwalk." That's the extent of it, because in their experience the grassroots contribute no more than that.

And to be fair, nearly every grassroots candidate steps into their race relatively alone and works hard to defeat the local Goliath. It's a solo effort.

I believe that the grassroots are capable of much more and will give much more, if inspired and trained to do so. After all, they did so long ago.

That is the essence of the seminar - to spark the fervor the people have for liberty and less government. To train them in what they can effectively and easily do to intersect with the candidate and win the election.

The book was the first step toward this ambition. I'm chomping at the bit to get started and work with everyone.

Let's go!