Frequently Asked Questions

The Ultimate Life Summit (ULS) is a unique, life-changing program for students, young adults, and educators.  Over the course of seven days in beautiful Orlando, Florida, attendees learn essential life skills and success habits during morning and early afternoon seminars, and experience exciting world-class attractions in the afternoon and evening. ULS provides attendees with the awareness and success tools to become high achievers. Seminar topics include leadership, career exploration, personal accountability, and social responsibility.

The ULS is taught by leading experts in the field of youth empowerment and attracts participants from around the country and the world. The teaching style is extremely interactive and filled with hands-on activities, educational games, and real-world content that is relevant and age appropriate. ULS provides the framework for attendees to identify their unique strengths and talents, and to maximize their potential to live lives filled with achievement, passion, and purpose.

A major focus of the week is to guide each participant in the creation and customization of their own written Ultimate Life Plan. Attendees leave ULS with a heightened sense of optimism, a positive attitude, success habits, unique life skills, and a personalized Life Plan that enables them to immediately take action.

A primary purpose of the ULS is to facilitate each attendee’s generation of a personal Life Plan. The process of thinking and planning for one's future is rare at any level, and especially so for young people. While unusual, it is incredibly advantageous for young people to experience this life-planning process. Statistics show that people who think about and plan for their future ultimately achieve much higher levels of success.

With a clear vision of their Life Plan, individuals are more efficient in their activities, more effective in their choices, more determined to persevere and overcome obstacles, and less likely to make negative life choices. The process we take students through mirrors the habits of many high achievers. The first step is to take students through an introspective journey that will help them begin to uncover and leverage their talents and interests. Students also identify their dreams, aspirations and core values. Once explored, students begin to align these talents, dreams and values with synergistic paths for education, careers, relationships and social responsibility.

The final component of the process it to define the activities and action steps students need to execute today and how to review and adjust their plans in the future. All students take home their own Life Plan, along with a positive vision for their future. Additionally, they will have the awareness and motivation to take the appropriate action steps toward exploring and expanding their talents to achieve the lives of their dreams.

The Ultimate Life Summit is conducted by the team at 7 Mindsets,  a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) company that distills extensive research on the nature of happiness and success into tools that provide a new language and operating system for schools and classrooms. For more information, please visit www.7mindsets.com.

Lead instructor Scott Shickler is a visionary in the youth development field. Scott was an early pioneer with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship in the late 1980s, and has dedicated his life to the empowerment of youth. Over the last 20+ years, he has directly inspired hundreds of thousands of young people throughout the US and internationally.

All ULS instructors have been on tremendous life journeys with many successes and amazing experiences to draw from. As their careers have progressed, they have developed an awareness of the critical tools for success, and have applied those tools with great results in their own lives. Each instructor dedicates their time and resources to help young people maximize their potential and learn to live their Ultimate Life – one filled with happiness, passion and a true sense of purpose. For more information on our instructors, please click here.

The agenda was designed to create a unique experience that combines over thirty hours of amazing life-skill instruction with lots of incredible, insightful, and fun Disney World attractions. Students will remain engaged from morning till night.

The Ultimate Life Summit is for participants interested in learning the proven mindsets and skills to achieve success in a fun, interactive and engaging setting. Summit participants must be at least 14 years of age at time of the Summit, fluent in English, open-minded, eager to learn, interested in career exploration & personal achievement, excited to meet new friends, and ready to take action in order to live their dreams!

Rooms, meals, and all entertainment activities are included in the program fee. However, attendees will most likely need some additional money for incidentals such as snacks and souvenirs. If students desire to make these purchases, additional money would be required.

Students will be sharing a room with two other same-gender students in a Four Diamond Award Winning Resort. Each room has three beds and one bathroom. Chaperones will also be housed on the same floor as students. Educators will be housed in rooms with one other same-gender educator and have the option of paying extra for a single room.

One Summit Guide (chaperone) will be provided for every 10-12 students. Summit Guides will ensure students attend all morning seminars, as well as guiding them through the afternoon activities. Summit Guides will also verify that all students are in their rooms each night. Additionally, they will make sure each student checks out and leaves the hotel safely and on time.

Parents will receive contact information for their student's Summit Guide so contact can be made during the week in the event of an emergency.

Parents and other family members are welcome to stay at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort (in discounted rooms if available). Park attractions, meals and other special events are also available at a special discount. Students will be engaged in seminars and group activities including all meals with other ULS attendees. Students also must spend the night in their own hotel room. This is an important component of the program.

Airfare is not included in the tuition of the Ultimate Life Summit.

ULS begins on Sunday, July 30th, 2023 at 5pm and ends on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 at 11am.

The ULS Registration & Check-In Table is open from 11am to 5pm on Sunday July 30th at the Rosen Shingle Resort.

Attendees arriving by airplane should plan to arrive at the Orlando International Airport (MCO) on Sunday July 30th between the hours of 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM EDT.

Attendees arriving by car should plan to arrive at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort on Sunday, July 30th^th between the hours of 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM EDT.

Attendees traveling home by airplane should plan on departing from the Orlando International Airport (MCO) on Saturday August 5th between the hours of 1:00 PM and 4:00 PM EDT.

Attendees departing by car should plan on departing on Saturday August 5th^th from the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort between the hours of 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM EDT.

International students, or those traveling from the West Coast of the US, may want to consider arriving on Saturday July 29th to reduce jet lag for a nominal additional hotel fee. Please let us know if you have questions regarding travel plans. Email Matt Smith at matt@magicwandfoundation.org.