About Y.E.S.

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Nick Ugoalah’s Youth Empowerment Seminar, UGO YES gives young people the hope they need to imagine a happy, successful future and tools to make it happen.

He understands how much energy a troubled youth expends just surviving. As a youngster, Nick lived in fear, helplessness and despair, a victim of an abusive father. In his dark and narrow world, there was no place for dreams or ambition. Later, when he escaped his home and was placed with a loving foster family, lights came on for him. With the family’s support and guidance, he surprised himself – transforming from an angry, directionless young man to Ugo, an ace student and wrestling superstar.

>> Real-world help from someone who’s been there

Young people, who are often suspicious and cynical, connect with Ugo. His powerful physique and dynamic presentation intrigue them, and they recognize themselves in his story. He proves that even in the worst of circumstances, they can get unstuck. Ugo gives kids a sense of purpose and direction, a way to heal and get past obstacles to achieve their own greatness.

As he visits schools, youth conferences and jails, Ugo’s positive example of excellence, discipline and persistence changes children’s lives. He is a professional level member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers, and is especially committed to helping disadvantaged youth get back on track. He also helps individuals find their focus and achieve their goals, teaches organization members to succeed through teamwork and trains corporate groups to handle challenges creatively.

Some alarming trends such as growing teenage violence, increasing numbers of youth in the juvenile system, drug abuse and an increasing student dropout rate demonstrate the attitudes of youth towards themselves, their future and themselves.

Our young people have developed inappropriate and ineffective behavior patterns which create barriers to discovering and fulfilling their potential. These unsuitable behavior patterns can be identified and redirected through the UGO YES training process.

The UGO YES program addresses the problems facing our youth. The seminar focuses on the self development processes that reshape our behaviors. Our approach is designed to get to the core of the individual’s self esteem and limiting beliefs, then we rebuild from there. Here are some of the core elements of the UGO

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• Explore their dreams and plan a course of action to achieve them.

• Inspire self-belief that they are capable of doing and achieving great things. That they have something to give, their potential is not fully tapped.

• Implement strategies that help youth own and understand their value and importance to society, allowing them to choose an alternative path to self destructive behaviors.

• Introduce goal setting and planning as basic tools for taking control of your life and achieving greatness.

• Take 100% responsibility for their life and the results they are producing. Create a sense of duty for achieving greatness in life.

• Regardless of past or present you can overcome challenges and take your life to where you want to be.