YOR IN NOW - 2012 – Event Summary

I am faced with the wonderful challenge of communicating to you what we just experienced at YOR IN “Now” 2012 at the Now Jade resort on the Riviera Maya, Mexico.

YOR IN 2012 was more beautiful than we even expected. It was magical.

I am confident that I am speaking for all the attendees when I say that words cannot describe YOR IN 2012 adequately.

From the very beginning of YOR Health, YOR IN 2012 is what I had envisioned for us. We in the Founder’s Council wanted to build a company that reflects our mission and vision.

And we understood deeply the meaning of the word “build.” For many years we have been studying the essence of leadership, and we have been tireless and sincere about applying all that we have learned. As we worked on the curriculum for this year’s program, we strove to build all our realized knowledge into the learning material.

For the last 4 years that YOR Health has been in existence, we have seen our company leadership mature month by month, year by year. Our business success is well documented by now; the numbers speak for themselves. We should be clear, though, that our tremendous business success is no fluke or stroke of luck. Where we are today is the product of great planning, a complete dedication to people development that uplifts, and of course hard work and great execution.

While the numbers and the bottom line are nice, it’s important to remember that these are just by-products. What we at YOR Health really do is help each other to progress in life, at every level – and this is reflected in our beautiful sales force / team / family. At YOR IN 2012, every one of the attendees agreed that what we have is something very special. If you want proof, just look into the eyes of the attendees in the event photos. It’s so rare to be in a place where everyone is honest and transparent and emotionally present and expressive and free. Even if you cannot fully understand or describe what “it” is, you can certainly see that they have it.

It really isn’t that complicated, but very few in this world do it. And what is this “it” that I speak of? “It” is simply being a real human being. One that is true to themselves, and to others. That is what we spent 3 days sharing with one another. And now as a group, we understand that by ourselves, we are not nearly as effective as we are when working as a team.

We were able to tap into something that most of us want, but very few are willing to give: Trust in our fellow human being. Trust is the lubricant that loosens up all of the fear and the drama and the bureaucracy and other stuff that prevents people from being and working together. We in the Founder’s Council have spent years working to master how to unlock and earn the trust of others. Trust is what allows us at YOR Health to work together and to scale. If the rest of the world had what we have, there would be peace on Earth. I believe that in 3 days, 545 of our top producers and rising stars from all around the world (Mexico, Colombia, Ireland, the Philippines, Malaysia, Australia, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, France, Canada, and the USA & Puerto Rico) all came to a place of profound trust in one another. And with that trust we created together, we were able to build bonds with others from different cultures, people young and old, of different backgrounds, different religious beliefs, even different languages (over 50% of the room did not speak English!). Every hour, the level of trust grew stronger and stronger, until by the end of the third day the atmosphere in the room was one in which everyone’s heart was wide open. Despite the different walks of life from which we all came, 545 people found the commonality that exists between us all.

So in summary, what did we find together, through the questions and the answers and the affirmations from all the exercises? What changes did the participants leave with?

The YOR IN 2012 participants clearly left the event as new people. We removed old blockages; obstacles that limited us for a lifetime simply disappeared. We broke through the illusions of fear that separate people. We saw the truth: We are all one. Many of us truly saw humanity for the first time. We learned how to connect with others, because we learned to trust ourselves – which in turn enables us to trust others. We learned how to build trusting, trustworthy relationships.

As one might imagine, these profound changes gave the participants new confidence, new hope, new ability to realize their dreams, and the freedom at last to envision a better life for themselves.

As one might also imagine, no one wanted YOR IN to end. We didn’t want to leave. At the same time, we were excited about leaving so that we could go forth with our newfound confidence and share what we got at YOR IN with the rest of the world.

And what is the message for us to share with the world?

Our message is this: We are all one; there is hope; and together we can overcome all obstacles. And above all, trust changes everything.