Sunrider Regional Meetings held in Newark, NJ, and Minneapolis, MN, June 2009

For audiences in Newark, NJ, and Minneapolis, MN, who came expecting to learn more about Sunrider® products, Dr. Chen “fire-hosed” them with non-stop product information for 90 minutes—to the point that some in the company for less than 10 years were probably looking to their left and right to make sure they were really at a Sunrider meeting! In other words, Dr. Chen delivered product information in a very big way. He started by explaining the strategy of conventional medicinal wisdom to cure diseases and the resulting implications of potentially creating harmful side effects and imbalances.

The audience was then prepared for Dr. Chen to explain his revolutionary Philosophy of Regeneration™, wherein he made it clear that he personally has no interest in curing high blood pressure or high blood sugar, but rather he wants to provide the highest quality foods so that your body can find its own harmonious balance and take care of itself. That’s powerful! Backed with an hour long Product Fair in each city, each audience was hit with a convincing one-two punch combination, clearly showing why Sunrider is “Simply the Best™!"

Newark, NJ

We had to start the meeting late because our flight was delayed due to weather and heavy air traffic. By the time I arrived at the ballroom to help prepare the final setup details, half the room was already filled with excited Sunriders and their guests. Once we were full speed, the room filled to capacity with 400 people! Dr. Chen delivered a spectacular 90-minute message about his Philosophy of Regeneration™ and even conducted some convincing on-stage product demonstrations to the audience’s delight. It had been almost a decade since Dr. and Mrs. Chen last held a meeting on the East Coast, so everyone was extremely grateful they found time in their very busy schedules to remind East Coast Sunriders how much they love them!

Once Dr. Chen finished his remarks, the audience raced to the back of the room where local leaders conducted a 60-minute Product Fair of tasting and testing many of Sunrider’s most popular products. One of the more unusual experiences from this Product Fair was when Mrs. Chen turned her back to a large table of display-only products on the stage. Someone then came up from behind her and swept one arm across the entire demonstration table and walked away with everything! Skin care, herbs, and new arrivals, all gone in the blink of an eye! The funniest part about this heist was that the person walked off with a demo tube of Sunsmile® Herbal Toothpaste, and left behind the store bought toothpastes we used to convince the audience of the Sunrider difference. Ah…now there is a thief with impeccable taste! A person who understands the high value of Sunrider® foods in comparison to all of the paltry alternatives available on the market. I am impressed…but I still want my foods back. If you have any news about the “sticky fingers” that walked away with the entire Newark Product Fair, please give me a holler!

Minneapolis, MN

Okay, so then we were on our way to Minneapolis “empty handed.” A couple of phone calls to Sunrider Headquarters and to Minneapolis and we were back in business. Our wonderful Minnesota Sunriders came through and provided their own personal stocks to supply the demonstration items needed for the next Product Fair. For that, I want to publicly give all of them my personal thanks for reminding me that we are all in this together, to help each other as a family—a Sunrider family. Thank you! The more times I visit the wonderful city of Minneapolis the more I like it!

The Sunrider meeting was held in a beautiful conference room on the 50th floor of a skyscraper in the downtown area. Even with moderate visibility through the clouds I stood beside, the view still was breathtaking. Dr. Chen let them have it for another 90-minutes, and he shared product information that even I had never heard. One of the neatest things I learned about Dr. Chen during this meeting was that in the beginning, he made the foods with the intention that he was going to be the only person eating them. But people started asking him to share his food, and he just gave it away. The problem was that it got to the point where so many people wanted to “eat his lunch” that he would have nothing left for himself. That’s when someone suggested he could make money selling the products, and the rest is history. Dr. Chen still makes the foods for himself with the intention that his children and grandchildren eat them, and that gives Sunriders the highest level of confidence in knowing that if Dr. Chen’s own family uses the foods then they have to be the best.

Would you be surprised if I told you Mrs. Chen showed up an hour early to the Minneapolis meeting to vigilantly watch over the large table of display-only products like a hawk? I feared for anyone during this Product Fair who may have thought to try and pull the wool over her eyes again. And did you know that Mrs. Chen first met Dr. Chen in a Judo class in college?

One IBO excitedly pulled me aside after the meeting and said something to the effect of, “Wow, this was just amazing! When are we going to do this again?” After which I replied, “Next week, and it’s going to be at your house.” I am reminded of the oft-quoted parable of the fish. Dr. and Mrs. Chen race from city to city and country to country like most people drive down the street to work. Still to this day, I have never met anyone who works as hard as these two do. Sunrider® foods make it possible to live such a rigorous lifestyle, but there is a physical limit to how many places they can be at the same time. I hope you understand that Dr. Chen is trying to teach you how to fish so you can be filled—and not just for a day, but for a lifetime. If you felt like you learned a lot in those 90-minutes, then imagine what you will take home with you when you spend a week with Sunrider at the Grand Convention July 20-25 in Anaheim, CA! The deadline is July 1, so you still have time to register. The best advice I can give those planning on being there is to come with a reliable writing pen, a whole lot of paper, and get ready to learn from a genius on how you can simply and easily share the Philosophy of Regeneration™ with the 99% of North America still waiting for someone to tell them about Sunrider for the very first time. See you at convention!

John Teng

Sales Manager North America