As a word Yo has a limited usage, but as a state of being Yo is as powerful as you want it to be.
The word Yo: a greeting, commonly used instead of ‘Hey’ or to answer ‘here’ in a role call.
Yo the state of being: Being at a state where you are not happy with the amount of attention that you have, not necessarily in a negative context. On the positive scale Yo means ‘I am here, I have things to share’, on a negative scale Yo means ‘I am here, why won’t anyone listen to me.’
In a way Yo is an essential piece in daily communication. People in a state if Yo, need to share. May it be words, talents or frames of mind. Yo means that you are ready to openly share or help others, through regular conversation. The conversation could be blog, regular back and forth, point specific or one person asking while the other listens/answers. Yoists speak and non-yoists listen or learn from. Normally a non-yoists do not like attention, conversation is more of a set tool for a non-yoist. A yoist uses conversation as a work of art, constantly trying to adapt to the audience to allow for the best outcome.
Do to the fact that there is a positive and a negative form of yoism, there are good and bad outcomes to yoism. The common example of a negative yoist is Hitler. Common examples of positive yoist include Gandhiand Martin Luther King Jr. Each of these men where skilled with words, to the point their words rallied people toward a common goal.
So I ask ‘Yo, is it in you?’
-NK
