Hola Amigos, from Puerto Vallarta

On Thursday afternoon I arrived in GORGEOUS Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to meet all the winners of our latest promotion. Most of the attendees were Silvers and Golds, with a few exceptional Platinums and a new Diamond also winning the promotion. (Updated with photos Friday, September 26)

The event was simply fantastic, words don’t fairly describe the positive energy, the enthusiasm, the commitment, and the heart that we experienced. But even though words don’t describe it, I’ll still try below. 🙂

Photos are forthcoming, but a seven minute highlights video is available below. A FEW CAVEATS about this video. First, it was filmed by hand using a “Flip” camcorder. Second, it wasn’t really edited–a bunch of scenes were just spliced together and sometimes with some missing gaps. So enjoy the very authentic and choppy footage.

Was the event fun? Yes, without question it was the best incentive trip we’ve ever had.

And it wasn’t just the beautiful beaches, the charm of Vallarta with it’s cobblestone streets and cultured stores and local people, the pool volleyball, the endless choices of fantastic foods (including that Sunday morning brunch–incredible!). All those were great, but it really was the people that made this event so special.

My best memories from the weekend were from hanging out poolside, just talking, and getting to know people. Hearing about their dreams and desires. Learning more about them as individuals–who they are and who they want to become. Listening to past experience, some of great success and others of failed endeavors. All of which led them to being the people that they are today and the success of their accomplishments. Though, beyond this, I have a couple other memories that were good 2nd and 3rd place finishers, but those stories are for another time.

I learned a lot in the short time we had, including:

Regan’s primary, secondary, and tertiary colors on vacation are bright yellow, brighter yellow, and brightest yellow. In exactly that order. He loves to have fun, including playing pool volleyball among other endeavors. I also learned that he’s fundamentally opposed to wearing sunscreen in order that he could really demonstrate to the people in Mexico the power of our products (Aloe in the Raw) after getting a rosy red burn–about the color of a stop sign.

I learned that Meredith doesn’t love the stage or the microphone. At all. 🙂

Yes, I’m teasing, being a little facetious. But she’s great on stage, and she really gets into doing the introductions with the booming voice routine while calling out award winners names. We are very fortunate to have her on the team, she’s not just great on stage but she’s great behind the scenes as well.

I saw firsthand what I had previously experienced in small doses. Kenny Rossi has nicknames for nearly everybody. And they’re all endearing. My favorite nickname was Pork Rind, who I also really enjoyed as a person. We had a few great conversations on different nights, though it took me a while to remember correctly his nickname–I kept butchering it (no pun intended) and creating different pork-related-nickname derivatives. Come to think of it, I don’t even know the guys real name. But I will forever remember Pork Rind.

I learned Glen, aka “Big Daddy” worked for about ten years at another Relationship Marketing company, a successful and established billion dollar company. And after that time had a total of 88 people in his organization. In LESS THAN SIX MONTHS at Univera he has over 400 in his organization. If this isn’t a testament to people winning and succeeding in Univera with our strategy, products, and team I don’t know what is.

We celebrated, including with and for Matt St. John as he had a birthday while we were there, which I was thrilled to acknowledge with him, his fantastic wife, and a bunch of other Univera associates one very fun evening.

I laughed endlessly in talking to Jordan and Genie about Florida, including the tropical smells of fruits and flowers in the summer and telling her about the magic of boiled peanuts which I think you can only get in that state–maybe the outskirts of Georgia. Yes, Jordan, those are totally an acquired taste.

I reminisced back to a prior life when sitting next to Jason, sharing a few knife selling stories from our Vector Marketing days–and hearing about his experiences in Univera, how he positions the opportunity, and about the team he is building.

Returning home, I enjoyed speaking with Jenn and Matt Wilson at the airport, along with a few others. Sharing transparent stories and concerns about Wall Street, the utter dismay at such a massive financial crash and not just for a few but for millions upon millions who are affected, yet while also discussing the feeling of opportunity and comfort in an industry and company that can provide SO MUCH good to SO MANY people, who have been so hurt or pinched by the current conditions. Which will only continue to magnify for the coming months and years.

I’m literally smiling as I write (except for that last part about the current financial situation, of course), going through the memories. There are so many other AMAZING people I met which I wish I could write about but can’t because I don’t have the time.

My biggest regret is that I felt like I ran out of time, and wish I could’ve spoken and spent time with more of those in attendance. There just wasn’t enough time in the day.

My other regret is that I wish I’d said a few other things during my talk that last night of our event. In fact, I wish I’d said both less and more.

Less, in that I wish I simply spoke less, and gave some of your guys sweat glands a bit more of a break (PV was both HOT and HUMID, but still gorgeous).

More, in that I wish I could have shared with each of you a better perspective of why I’m so excited about our future while also better thanking and recognizing you for your contributions you’ve made to the Company.

My enthusiasm and confidence exists because of people in the Corporate office, those like Regan, Stephen, Teri, Nash, Meredith, Ralph, Rebecca, Jessica, Lynn, Julie, Rachel, Bob and many many others in all departments who have your best interests at heart and are committed to seeing and helping you succeed.

It’s because of the ECONET, all these worldwide resources that we can sometimes take for granted, our innovation, our stability, and our ability to deliver the promise of a sustainable long-term business that will reward your commitment and trust for decades to come.

It’s because of Bill Lee, among the most gracious, patient, and visionary leaders within this industry–an individual I have been privileged to get to know and work with over the past nearly three years.

And, finally, it’s because of each of you. At times I think this message either gets too repetitive or diluted. So let me clarify. When I say it’s “because of each of you”, today, I don’t mean this in just a loose sense of the word, as in, you whoever so has a heartbeat and an associate ID. I mean this as in people who are truly and in a heartfelt way committed to our great Company and our cause.

Not just those on the trip (though, in this posting, particularly those), but each of you who share this commitment.

It really is because of each of you, and the decisions that you make daily that drive us to our objectives. It’s truly among the most symbiotic business relationships that I can think of, our success and yours are so closely intertwined.

Which is why we work so hard, yet we can only go so far on our own efforts. At which point we rely on you, each individual engaged in Univera, to deliver the greatness that we have to to those throughout North America–and soon the world–so that we can win as a team.

So since I wasn’t able to say it verbally, I’ve said it here. I’m committed to each and every one of you, equally fueled by your passion and inspiration to greatness as I hope you can at times share and be fueled by mine and those that work within Univera headquarters.

The secret to our success is no secret.

It’s simply in our heart, head, and hand.

Heart, in that it’s about our enthusiasm and passion to each other, ourselves, and families that is needed in order that we succeed. There’s a part of “falling in love” with our passions and ensuring these intertwine with our skills, desires, and needs that instills the jet fuel within each of us.

Head, in that it’s our responsibility to develop the competencies and skills needed to succeed. Beyond that, to also use our logic and rationale of commitment to carry us through challenging times while keeping us grounded and humble during great times.

Hand, in that at the end of the day we simply must transact the passion and the intellect into meaningful and committed (and hard) work. To move forward, to keep gifting, to build the team, to not stop, to not quit, to take the extra steps. Daily. Without the daily, or at least weekly commitment, it is tough to make progress in anything.

My sincere congratulations and appreciation to the team who compiled all three characteristics that enabled you to achieve your personal and team success, which led to our phenomenal Puerto Vallarta event.

It was among the most memorable events of the year.

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