Testimonials

“Even my best hopes for the Chapter Retreat were far exceeded and the hard work and time spent on this was noticed by me and everyone else in attendance.  An event like this doesn’t just happen, it comes together only when a great group of people makes it happen.  Thanks for getting us involved with YPO at a much deeper level. Barry and Jeff, thanks for your hard work on facilitating this event.”

“Barry - Thank you so much for sending us a summary of our workshop. It's enlightening to see all those awesome pictures and to be able to relive the experience again. I would like to inform you that our first forum meeting after returning from our amazing retreat was a total success!! Wishing you the opportunity to transform and inspire many people. Sincerely, Nilsa”

“Shift 180 the personification of passion. Our retreat experience changed our Forum in a significant and positive way. They worked hard to understand and get to know all Forum members and encouraged us to honestly express our current level of satisfaction within Forum. We then worked together to build on our great and close relationships within the Forum. They passed on powerful tools to help us move to a higher level of transparency and communication. We are all very motivated to use these tools to improve our Forum experience, as well as our business and personal lives. Shift 180 has inspired and motivated us to achieve more. we all look forward to continuing to build on the concepts and tools that we learned, with Shift 180 guiding the way.”

“Going back over my mental notes, I realized that over the years I have worked with 8 different resources of YPO Forum and although all have been enriching I have to say that you guys have provided me with the most take home value and soul building tools!”

“Every time you interface w/ our forum our performance individually and as a forum improves. You have a real knack for “working the process” and “pushing the edges”. Thanks for your continued help in making each and all of us better.”

“My forum and I were very impressed with how genuine you guys are in your work. It's clear that the work comes from your heart, which challenges all of us to look at ourselves and how we approach our work.”

“We determined that travel is our number one common passion and started a bucket list of things we want to try out moving forward. Needless to say - the three candles are burning bright! Thanks guys for providing the tools and conduit to help us get ever closer to reaching the stars.”

“Thank you, Barry, for a deep inspirational and even spiritual journey. You brought us closer, and will help us become better. Thanks again,”

“The retreat was awesome. You found the magic blend of engaging us, challenging us to think and share while still offering time to have fun and relax. The entire forum gave high remarks. We have had a lot of great forum experiences together and went into this retreat with high expectations. Shift180 did a great job delivering an experience that we will continue to grow from. The facility “Outa Space” was fantastic.”

“Thanks for leading a transformational retreat. All the guys expressed great satisfaction with the personal and group learning. Nice work!”

“Barry, I want to take a moment to express my deep gratitude for the help you have given me this year. Your work with me provided many insights and I believe that I am on a path to becoming a better person for it. I am more aware and more optimistic about my potential. I also appreciate the generous way you give of yourself and the gentleness with which you give it. Again, I am truly grateful for the changes you have helped me make…”

“We loved your work. Though life has no road maps, it’s sure nice to ask directions and get pointed on the right path. You guys leave nothing on the table. Your work is your passion, and it shows. You will forever be part of my life.”

“Shift180 was exactly what our forum needed. We wanted to get off on the “right foot” so we had Shift180 facilitate our first meeting. They did an outstanding job and trained our forum on YPO forum best practices that we now use at every forum meeting. We were so impressed with Shift180 that we hired them to facilitate our first retreat. Shift180 again knocked the ball out of the park and made “game changing” shifts for our forum. I highly recommend Shift180.”

“We chose Shift180 to facilitate our forum's first retreat. To a man, we are glad we did. The preparation, facilitation, and post-retreat follow-up far exceeded our expectations. We were pushed intellectually, emotionally and even spiritually, and returned home both stronger individually and as a group. Our forum now considers John and Barry "ex-officio" members, and will continue to work with Shift180 going forward.”

“SHIFT180 was a significant force behind the success of our chapter's first ever members only off-site retreat. You contributed to its overwhelming success in several critical ways, including: -shaping an appropriate and realistic schedule of events -developing program content meaningful to 70 Presidents and Chief Executives -facilitating the sessions with professionalism, subject matter expertise, and confidence I consider selecting SHIFT 180 as one of the factors most positively impacting the outcome of our retreat.”

“It was during my Annual Physical Exam done in September 2009, over six months after I participated in the February 2009 Shift/180 Seminar, that I fully confirmed how Shift/180 has significantly changed my life. This confirmation happened when my long term physician looked at me with a surprised look and said "Barry, your blood pressure has never been this low, what's changed in your life?" I smiled and simply said "about half a year ago, I attended an extraordinary 3-day personal development seminar. It gave me wonderful new insights into myself, and this new understanding has enabled me to stop worrying about things I can not change, and actually do not need to change." There was no way I could tell my Physician all that happen to me at this Shift/180 session -- like the dozen of different exercises that helped me, and virtually all the other participants, get more in touch with our innermost feelings, both the good ones and some of the not so good ones. I could go on, but I'll simply say "Thank you Shift/180 for lowering my high blood pressure, much more effectively than all the many meds I've been taking, and for helping become a happier, more content and better functioning person.”

“I gave our most recent retreat with you the highest rating that I have ever given. You really pressed us and that was exactly what we needed. I believe that the message hit home too and that we will continue pushing forward rather than falling back. Thanks.”

“It was an extremely powerful week for me. I just want to thank you for your time listening to me and your awesome feedback. You are truly very talented. I was so amazed at how quickly you were able to assess an individuals situation and address deep conscious and unconscious issues. It was like you had telepathic powers!!! I've never witnessed anything like it in person. People like you are normally on television. I'm not kidding!! Continue to follow your passion and be a blessing to others! I am thankful that our paths crossed.”

“Every father should have the experience I had with my son - witnessing the love, the honesty, the crying and laughter was something I will never forget. I can't wait to do another retreat!”

“Thanks for your work. I think everyone benefited from the experience and I know, collectively, that we are in a better place.”

“It was great being with you. Everyone agreed that this retreat exceeded everyone's expectation solely around what we accomplished in our work with you.”

“The father and son retreat was an experience I will cherish forever. I have heard about your forum for the past fourteen years and enjoyed the opportunity to share the special bond you all enjoy. You should package the formula and share it with every YPO forum. I look forward to attending again.”

“I really enjoyed the retreat. You guys did a great job putting it all together and orchestrating it from beginning to end. You took some risks with the agenda but they paid off handsomely.”

“Thank you. It was a real pleasure to be part of a retreat facilitated by you. As I mentioned as we were leaving, I thought you did an excellent job drawing out things in the members that would never have emerged without your thoughtful intervention”

“Thanks so much for allowing me to participate in the event. Looking over the great photos encouraged me to take out the retreat book and notes, and review them. I now think this retreat was even more powerful than I did at our final session.”

“I want to thank you for spending a very long day with us. I believe you successfully framed how a Forum should work and what needs to occur to make it work. Every one of us feel it was incredibly worthwhile and would like you to come back again! Many thanks!”

“Best retreat we've done in my 6 years. Thanks!!”