The Real Truth About The Liberty League Conferences

If you are fairly new in the Liberty League International community, you are probably wondering about the conferences. If you're like I was, you probably wonder if you'll know anyone when you get there. Will you feel accepted or out of place? What are the speakers like? What kinds of activities are there? How about the hotel? Will it be easy to find? How much free time is there and how should I spend that free time? In others words, you are probably looking for the real truth about the conferences, both Liberty and Summit.

Of course there are the photo galleries of previous conferences in the back office of your Liberty League online business center. There are also pictures and promos of the upcoming events, but these may not answer your specific questions. As with most things, experience is the best way to learn. Second best is the first-hand testimony of someone else who has attended. In this case, that will be me for the time being. I also encourage you to ask other associates about their experiences at the various conferences.

To be perfectly honest, we chose not to attend the first two conferences after we became associates. Of course we already had our tickets because we knew that getting positioned early on at Liberty and Summit was a smart business move. At the time, however, we didn't realize just how important it was to actually attend the conference, both for business and personal reasons. In our defense, the first conference, a Liberty, was taking place within the first week of our becoming associates. At the time, it seemed impossible for us to attend that one. However, we learned in Australia that truly motivated and determined leaders make things happen regardless of their apparent circumstances. There was a young woman in Sydney who had signed up as an associate only a few days before the conference was to start in AUSTRALIA! And it was a sold-out event! Her advisor didn't even think it possible for her to get in, but she told him she was sure they would find room for her and she was going!!

The conference in Sydney in 2007 was our first Summit. We attended two Libertys before then. We had also passed on the South Africa Summit conference, which was a little more than 2 months after we joined the League. I was still working as a nurse, it was all the way in South Africa, I din't have much vacation time, we weren't qualified yet, blah, blah, blah. So our first conference, not our first event which was a Super Saturday in August 2006, was on the Big Island of Hawaii in October 2006. Wow - what an experience that was! I wasn't used to staying at any place nearly as luxurious at the Hilton Waikoloa Village. Incidentally, this is the same place that this year's Summit is being held in just one month, July 20-24.

I had met some leaders at the Super Saturday, but at the Liberty Conference, we were really able to spend time with people like Tony Rush, Wendy Stevens, and the Firestones. All of the leaders are warm, generous and willing to assist - just like on the training calls, only with eye contact and facial expressions. The speakers were mesmerizing and enlightening. My mind grew to understand some concepts I had read in Beyond Freedom but on a grander scale, if that makes sense. Dick and Rick Hoyt spoke at that conference and hung out with us around the resort afterwards. What an inspiration they are! http://www.teamhoyt.com/history.shtml In our free time, we hung out at the pools, enjoyed the wildlife, and toured the island. There is a national park through the volcanoes on this island.

Our next conference was another Liberty in March in Cancun, Mexico. We met and learned from the likes of Michael Losier and Andy Andrews. This conference totally convinced me that Liberty League International was MY business as well as Ed's, and I deserved to leave my J-O-B as soon as possible. I gave my boss notice shortly after I returned home with the intention of not having to miss any events because I didn't have enough vacation time!! After all, the Summit in Sydney, Australia, was just a few months away. Visiting Australia was definitely on my list of 100 things to do and nothing was stopping us. By this time we had lots of friends in the community. We enjoy working and playing together every chance we get. That conference gave us a full day of Bob Procter, a "staring" exercise, and fire-walking at a sheep farm. Each event offers insight into the local culture as well.

Since we have also enjoyed events in The Bahamas and Acapulco, there is lots more I could share. However, this would then be a book instead of a blog. My best advice is to get yourself to the next conference, and then the next, and the next. Each one is unique and will assist you in more ways than you can imagine. Since we are all individuals at differenct places in our growth, we all gain something unique from the experience. I hope this has helped you to learn some of the real truth about the Liberty League Conferences.

Make It Happen!

Sandra Hayes, Summit Advisor