“What is the biggest event you can get if you’re a corporate speaker?”, is a question I am often asked by those not in my industry. The answer has always been MDRT, The Million Dollar Round Table.  Their conference is “The Olympics” for a speaker like me. I just came off stage from my MDRT experience as their closing keynote speaker. The standing ovation was my gold medal moment, 15,300 people laughing, cheering, crying, and high-fiving, this was a fulfilling experience to say the least.  To be told by those that have been attending for between 30-50 years that it was the single greatest presentation they’ve ever had on the stage was humbling. The connection for me, however, was even deeper. During my entire youth there were MDRT plaques lining the hallways of our home.  My Dad, John Hewlett, being in the upper echelon of the most successful in the world in life insurance and financial planning fields, his lifetime membership in MDRT made it my goal as well.     I thought I was going to be an insurance salesman, because that’s what he was and thought I’d be. When I cautiously brought the idea to my