Orrin Woodward Awarded 2011 International Association of Business Top Leader
The leadership results are in. 2012 is starting off with a bang for Orrin Woodward and his community. Mr. Woodward was just awarded one of the top leadership awards in the world for 2011. The Top 10 finalist competing for the award is a veritable “Who’s Who” list in the field of leadership. The IAB, using numerous criteria to separate the contenders, awarded Orrin as its Top Leader for 2011! Here are the background details on this coveted award:
Who is the International Association of Business (IAB)?
The IAB is a million plus member nonprofit organization, helping American small businesses start, grow and effectively create jobs in the US. President Shane Madigan shares the vision of the IAB:
“This is the dawn of a new generation in America. It is a time of tremendous growth, innovation and communication of American entrepreneurs and the Association. For nearly three decades, IAB has created and navigated innovative solutions that provide basic protections for small business owners, the self employed and their families. The innovation, vision and leadership of our founder, Mr. James C. Wood, is unprecedented. Mr. Wood has redefined innovation in the Association industry. IAB remains a center of education and access to membership benefits that helps independent business owners and the self employed prosper with abundance in this new age of entrepreneurship.”
What is the IAB Leadership Award?
As part of this innovation, the IAB presents its Small Business Awards, recognizing and awarding businesses who achieve both qualitative and quantitative results in their organization. There are ten separate awards presented each year with the Leadership Award being the highest recognition given among the 10 categories.
What is the criteria for receiving the Leadership Award?
According to the IAB site, the Leadership Award, “. . . applies to ones own leadership principles and how they help develop and influence successful leaders throughout American businesses. The criteria for the IAB Awards winners includes:
- Originality of ideas
- Practicality of ideas
- Presentation style
- Testimonials
- Impact of ideas
- Quality of web content, publications and writings
- Ranking of website in America”
Who were the contenders for the 2011 Leadership Award?
www.jimcollins.com : Jim Collins
www.giantimpact.com : John Maxwell
www.stephencovey.com : Stephen Covey
www.kenblanchard.com : Ken Blanchard
www.robinsharma.com : Robin Sharma
www.marshallgoldsmith.com : Marshall Goldsmith
www.tompeters.com : Tom Peters
www.tonyrobbins.com : Anthony Robbins
www.straightfromthegut.com : Jack Welch
www.orrinwoodward.com : Orrin Woodward
Who is the 2011 Top Leadership Award Winner?
Although everyone of the Top 10 finalists is a winner, only one can receive the prize. The 2011 Top Leadership Award was presented to Orrin Woodward – Founder of two multi-million dollar leadership companies – LIFE and TEAM.
Orrin is a New York Times Best-Selling Co-Author of Launching a Leadership Revolution, Top Leadership Blogger, and recognized Leadership Guru. His first solo book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions For LIFE was released in 2011 and is achieving international acclaim for its character-centered leadership resolutons.
Congratulations to Orrin Woodward and his entire leadership team for raising the bar in the field of leadership!
One of the things that I enjoy about Orrin Woodward is the depth of his thinking. He reads and writes in so many diverse areas like Faith, Economics, Leadership, Personal Development, Political Theory, Biographies, History, and others. His depth of understanding is displayed in his new book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions For LIFE. The book makes a person think about life. It simply cannot be read at one sitting.
Orrin writes many articles on these subjects. I have read this particular article several times. I wonder how many other top leaders are willing to read hundreds of books per year to make a difference? Here are a couple of paragraphs from the article. Thank you Orrin Woodward for making your life count so we can all have LIFE!
William Lecky, an English historian, wrote a book called Democracy and Liberty just before the turn of the twentieth century. In it, he describes the malevolent effects against personal liberty of a full-blown democracy. Although Lecky was criticized for his stand, today, he looks like a prophet. America is displaying all the signs of decay and decline predicted in Lecky's great work. He shared his thoughts on the close alignment of democracy and despotism:
The American Constitution, indeed, was framed by men who had for the most part the strongest sense of the dangers of democracy. The school of American thought which was represented in a great degree by Washington and John Adams, and still more emphatically by Gouvemeur Morris and Alexander Hamilton ; which inspired the Federalist and was embodied in the Federalist party, was utterly opposed to the schools of Rousseau, of Paine, and even of Jefferson, and it has largely guided American policy to the present hour. It did not prevent America from becoming a democracy, but it framed a form of government under which the power of the democracy was broken and divided, restricted to a much smaller sphere, and attended with far less disastrous results than in most European countries. Hamilton, who was probably the greatest political thinker America has produced, was, in the essentials of his political thought, quite as conservative as Burke, and he never concealed his preference for monarchical institutions. Democratic government, he believed, must end in despotism, and be in the meantime destructive to public morality and to the security of private property. . .
The first month results are in for the LIFE TEAM business. It sounds like it was a record breaking month on many levels. So many people are achieving results merely by loaning others the leadership material. The product is its own best advertisement. Have you heard Orrin Woodward, Chris Brady, Tim Marks, or any of the other LIFE founders yet? They have built an army of leaders by sharing truth in the 8F's of LIFE. Don't take my word for it. Take the LIFE challenge and see if your life improves. Here is Orrin Woodward's article:
One of the points that I love about free enterprise is the ability to serve customers and produce results. Businesses thrive when the customers needs are satisfied. All the rhetoric for a business is worthless if the customers are not being served. Similarly, all the rhetoric against a business is worthless if the customers are being served.
The LIFE TEAM is passing the customer’s test. In fact, based upon the first month’s data, LIFE has received a huge validation of its business plan. From the customer’s perspective, there is finally a company that provides world-class monthly leadership materials at a price that anyone can afford, especially with its three for free program.
The TEAM community has been serving leadership communities in network marketing since 1999. As part of our training, we created a CD of the week program, which quickly established us as the top community building organization in the US market. By 2000, we were routinely hosting major functions with thousands of people in attendance. Indeed, many of the top leaders within network marketing have benchmarked our processes and systems to improve the leadership culture within their own communities.
However, even with this solid foundation, nothing could have prepared me for LIFE’s launch. In its first 30 days, LIFE added over 4,000 new leadership subscribers! I’m not talking about sign-ups here, I am referring to people who signed up for our monthly subscription program. Let me explain the magnitude of these numbers. The LIFE business, in other words, has added more new CD and book subscribers in its first month than the TEAM community has ever added in its best year!
Remember the saying, “In God we trust, all others must have data?” The above data confirms something the LIFE founders believed in their hearts – that high-quality, low priced, monthly leadership information is a huge customer need in this intensely competitive marketplace.
However, don’t take my word for it. Try the products for yourself. Over 800 customers, people not involved in building the LIFE business, are enjoying the leadership information. Most of these customers sold themselves by listening to the leadership materials, enjoying the product and eventually requested a monthly subscription. That is the beauty of the model, members do not have to convince customers against their wills. Instead, members only have to provide the customers an opportunity to hear the life-changing information for themselves.
I want to congratulate all of the new pin winners for the month. There are so many amazing stories of growth and depth happening across the LIFE TEAM communities. With so much growth, there are more people receiving checks and progressing towards their dreams this month than ever before in the history of the TEAM’s community building endeavors. This can only happen when opportunity and preparedness meet.
One success story that I have witnessed first hand is my yacht captain, Bill Howard. He has been part of the TEAM community since 2005. In that time, he read and listened, changing himself from the inside out. Many laughed at him, thinking he was crazy to believe that he could develop into a leader of a community. However, Bill understood that private achievements precede public ones and even though he wasn’t making big money, he was making big changes. In other words, Bill got himself right; the LIFE TEAM business got the opportunity right; and success was the result. Bill powered over the 50% level in his first month of LIFE, which means his bonus check will be nearly ten times higher than any check he has received in his network marketing career. Oh, and by the way, he did this completely without my day to day involvement. In fact, I didn’t show a single plan for him, as he was fully capable of building his own business thanks to the leadership training. All I can say is congratulations to a job well done!
In life, people are either part of the solution or part of the problem. The LIFE Founders have vowed to be part of the solution. Although governments think they can solve people’s problems by offering handouts, God utilizes a different method. God allows us to get in over our heads, so that He can teach us how to swim by faith. Unfortunately, many times this process is interrupted by well-intentioned people who throw life-jackets in the middle of God’s swimming lessons. I refused to throw Captain Bill Howard a life-jacket, for I knew that God was in the process of developing another champion swimmer. Captain Bill’s leadership community never threw him a lifejacket, for he was capable of swimming, but they did provide him with the encouragement, CDs, and books that changed his thinking, and subsequently, his life.
Don’t misread me, I am all for saving a drowning person. However, more often than not, we save a person who is fully capable of swimming with the right training. When we do this, we not only do not help, but are actually taking away a person’s dignity and respect, communicating to them that they are not capable of swimming without us. How can a person become a producer in society when he hasn’t developed the ability to swim on his own? LIFE is teaching the leadership skills needed to let go of the life-jackets and start to swim. Western Civilization needs men and women who will swim against the currents of despair currently sinking our society. LIFE is our opportunity to restore our great countries, offering a hand-up, not a handout.
The LIFE business has a goal to change the world one person at a time. We understand that no change is possible until a person is ready. Our goal then, is to have all the life-changing information ready when he or she is ready. Are you ready to confront the issues in your life and grow into the leader you deserve to be? If so, then perhaps the LIFE TEAM is worth checking out. Listen to the CDs and read the books for yourself. This may be the opportunity you have been praying for. Sincerely, Orrin Woodward
I just finished reading an article about Orrin Woodward Scams. Orrin has been in community building for 18 years so it's hard to believe someone would suggest he runs a scam. However, since he is a whistleblower against Amway and is radically changing the face of networking, he should expect to be criticized by bigger non-competitive companies. Dan Hawkins identifies why the Amway drones continue to smear Orrin Woodward because he has designed and developed a leadership model and compensation plan that is the lower price and yet pays out twice as much as competitor models do.
Seriously, in my opinion and today's internet age, if a company cannot compete against its more nimble and aggressive competitors, it resorts to investing millions of dollars for lawsuits and propaganda smear campaigns against the better leaders and ideas. Both of these tactics have failed to stop Orrin Woodward and his LIFE TEAM. Here's the full article:
Orrin Woodward-Scam Artist or…Real Leader?
My experiences with Orrin Woodward and Team
Orrin Woodward’s critics say that he’s at worst a scam artist or, least an ineffective leader…What’s the real truth?
In my opinion, the answers provided in Orrin’s blog post combined with my own personal experiences with Orrin and TEAM effectively put the record straight once and for all.
Currently, America is passing through very difficult times. Many struggle with mounting debt, layoffs and the unraveling of the very fabric of our society.
Fear Mongers, critics, cynics and naysayers run rampant. Modern technology has proven to be both a blessing and curse as anyone with an agenda and 15 minutes can hammer out a blog post to subtly mislead or pervert the truth.
Never before in history has information been so easily obtainable yet, so overwhelming. What’s right, what’s wrong and who should you believe?
As evidence, a simple Google search for Orrin Woodward’s name (or any other topic on the internet) yields both positive and negative information thus raising the question, how does anyone wade through the lies, half-truths and deliberate deception in all the information to get to the truth?
The Orrin Woodward Scam…debunking the lies
Accused by his critics as a scam artist and charlatan, Orrin has been maligned by cowards and others with hidden agendas. But what of the allegations and purported ‘evidence’ one finds online? How does someone filter through the barrage of information all claiming to be ‘true?’
As a people, Americans have moved away from starting logically with a question to answer via sound research to the illogical end of a pre-determined answer verified with faulty evidence.
Beginning at the end and working backwards is dangerous place from which to make a decision about a business, race or a person. Choosing the easy answer grants an easy victory however; on the wrong hill.
Orrin Woodward's Critics: Wolves In Sheep's Clothing
Orrin’s critics are like deskbound generals whom have never actually shouldered a rifle and stepped onto a battlefield to gain real battlefield experience. Instead, they deflect the moral responsibility to gather hard won evidence and choose to confirm their cowardly positions with half-baked facts.
The real truth lies not in what the various pundits and charlatans are babbling on about; rather, it lies in researching all sources, weighing things out in our minds and then making a decision based on the preponderance evidence coupled with a personal gut check.
Sadly, in today’s world of instant information, anyone can ‘sound’ authoritative however; simply spewing out a statement as the truth without a solid base of evidence is, well…only opinion.
Unfortunately, people blindly accept something as the truth without stopping to look at evidence and especially RESULTS.
Orrin and Team: A Kingdom Divided Against Itself?
Over the years I’ve too often seen people join an organization such the LIFE TEAM then paradoxically, they become both scared and excited at the same time.
Seeking to either confirm their decision or, justify it to others they’ll Google Orrin Woodward, TEAM, or Living Intentionally For Excellence, and BOOM...they find both negative and positive information.
Are there any solid methods to divide out a scam from the truth? Yes, there are many, battle-tested keys.
However, first and foremost, the best way to exposing scams is to really do your homework. Dig into the topic, talk to people, and form your own opinion.
Keys to Exposing Scams
Key # 1—Logic+Reason+Emotion=The Answer
Orrin Woodward’s article about exposing scams is spot on. In his post, Orrin teaches is that you need to approach any question using logic and reason and find out for yourself whether someone is telling truth about the topic; for example...whether the ‘Orrin Woodward Scam’ allegations are true. (This parenthetically, is evidence that Orrin’s not a scam artist for if he were scamming people, he wouldn’t give them the tools to expose him.)
Key # 2—Go To Primary Source, NOT Secondary Ones
The next key to exposing a scam is going directly to the source in question, not secondary information.
For example, does God exist?
This single question has been debated for millennia with countless volumes written answering both pro and con. The answer is simple…go to the source and ask. Ask God if He exists…then sit still, listen with your heart.
I guarantee that you’ll get better answers going directly to the primary source faster than you will from the half-baked opinions found in secondary sources.
Is Orrin Woodward or TEAM a fraud? Simply ask Orrin or someone in Team…not some weak sauce website.
Key # 2—The Law Of Witnesses
Orrin shares the personal testimonies of others to help the honest seeker think and decide based on the experiences of others. Below I’ve added my own personal experience with Orrin Woodward to the growing mound of solid evidence that Orrin’s not a scam artist.
Key # 3—The Source’s Personal Results
As you read anything, ask yourself, ‘does the person whose offering me advice or making a statement have any direct, personal experience with the subject or person?’
Whether it’s about Orrin Woodward, the LIFE TEAM, or anything else, you must critically ask, ‘has this source actually had any measurable and documented experience with the subject?’ If not, then it’s just someone’s possibly biased opinion…nothing else.
Key # 4—What’s Their Motive?
Everyone has an agenda, that’s human nature. However, as you seek answers, continually ask yourself, ‘what’s the person’s agenda? Is it to informed or deceive?’
We’ve all made decisions based on emotions and then attempt to justify with logic; that too is human nature.
Everyone’s experienced the euphoric rush after an emotional purchase or a decision (like joining TEAM) and we’ve all felt the pangs of the ‘second guess.’ Someone who means well or, ‘is looking out for our best interests’ challenges our decision and we rush to find logical validation for our actions.
Perhaps you’ve done this yourself. You’ve joined Team and did a quick, Google search to find vindication. Now before you is both direct, personal testimonials from both Orrin Woodward and Team member mixed with half-baked disinformation.
Before determining that you’ve made a bad decision, about Orrin and his organization, ask yourself, ‘What is the motive behind this website and the content herein?’
Is the purpose to inform, or do they have an agenda? (Hint, most people have an agenda).
Here’s a rule that always works, ‘the spirit of contention and negativity is of the devil.’
Therefore, if something is negative, not uplifting or designed to malign then you have your true source.
Instead, read or listen using both reason and logic, and confirm your conclusion by checking your gut; if the information doesn’t make you feel good inside then it’s not good information.
Key #5—Guiding Hand or, Sleight Of Hand?
Is the information you’re reading providing solid references where you can educate yourself, or is it trying to trick with misinformation, invalidated claims and secondhand stories? If so, then that should also tell you more about the source and the underlying motive of the author.
Key # 6—Illogical Syllogisms, the Fool’s Template of Evidence
Follow this example:
“God is Love. Love is blind. Ray Charles is blind; therefore, Ray Charles is God.”
One can imagine Socrates rolling over in his grave from this example of what’s called an ‘illogical syllogism.’
‘Logically’ it makes sense; however, it’s obvious that Ray Charles is not in fact…God (though he’s one mighty good singer of soul!).
The various spin doctors, critics and charlatans who attack Orrin Woodward all make liberal use illogical syllogisms to deflect and deter people away from the truth.
Here’s a typical example: Joe and Nancy Public joined TEAM with dreams of financial success. However, life got in the way and they just never quite found time to work the business, attend meetings, or become leaders themselves.
Now, it’s been six months and they’re not millionaires. Seeking to justify their ineptness, they don’t shoulder the blame; instead they take the easy path and conclude that Orrin is a scam artist, TEAM is a fraud and they were duped.
See the pattern of deceit?
The final and grand key to exposing anything false. Not only is it simple but easily discernable…results.
The Grand Key: RESULTS
Orrin Woodward’s Organization—Real LIFE Results
Fortunately, I’ve been blessed to associate with the Team and Orrin Woodward for a number of years now and have found in both Orrin and Team men and women of strong religious devotion coupled with a burning desire to integrity.
I’ve personally seen Orrin, as Team’s leader; along with the others in the Team organization, serve with full distinction and character.
Several months ago, I had the chance to catch up with Orrin about our lives and businesses. Orrin wanted me to work with TEAM on several projects however; prior to going into business together he wanted me to decide for myself if this was the best for me and my family by flying out to a Team Major first.
To aid my research, Orrin suggested that meet with not only him, but the entire Policy Council and spend several days talking and questioning whomever I wished in the Team organization and then draw my own conclusions.
I arrived with the goal of getting a solid feel for the man Orrin Woodward and learning more about him both as a person and as a leader. As a businessman I’ve both worked for and with scam artists and dishonest people.
Over the years my scam alert has become very finely tuned and I knew that given time and experience working with someone always reveals their true nature as a zebra can’t outrun its stripes. If Orrin was indeed a scam artist or, if Team is a fraud I’d know.
My Experience with Orrin Woodward and TEAM
My trip was one of the most impactful experiences of my business life. Orrin ensured that I was to be treated like a visiting dignitary. He asked someone to take time out of their busy day to pick me up at the airport when I arrived.
Following Orrin’s example of being a leader and a servant my host even offered to carry and load my suitcases in the car so I could rest and relax; this was only the beginning.
Arriving at the hotel, I was welcomed with smiles, handshakes and hugs from Orrin, his family and many TEAM LIFE members. What astounded me about being greeted in this manner was that except for Orrin, none of these people knew who I was.
Why was I given such a heart-felt welcome? One word…trust. Time had testified to these people that based on previous decisions Orrin had made always bore good fruit therefore, if Orrin liked and trusted me, then I was someone that they too could like and trust.
I immediately felt at ease and part of the loving, extended Team family.
Orrin astounded me again by personally calling two couples and asking them to be my guides and docents for the weekend. He asked if they’d mind not only attending to my needs, but also drive me wherever I needed to go, and most importantly, answer any questions I had…any questions.
During the weekend, Orrin, the Policy Council and everyone I talked to were completely open, frank and honest in answering any questions I had.
This celebrity-like status I was afforded equally matched by the humble service shown to me was nearly overwhelming.
As a seasoned businessman I’ve traveled the world visiting over 26 countries in my life. In my career, I’ve been shown kindness and attention. I once served as a senior visiting government dignitary who was hosted by the People’s Republic of China however; nothing compared to the way I was treated by Orrin and Team.
My Conclusions: Orrin Woodward, Scam Artist or Real Leader?
Finally on Sunday morning, Orrin pulled me aside, put his arm around my shoulder and walked with me down a hallway so we could talk privately. Orrin confided to me that he felt good about his decision to ask me to work with TEAM however; he wanted me make the best decision for both me and my family.
I looked Orrin in the eyes, and told him that after nearly two days of listening, talking to people, taking notes and seeking counsel from my Heavenly Father about what I had saw, heard and most importantly, I felt, I knew that I wanted to align myself with both he and his organization.
He smiled, and said he too felt good about the decision. He thanked me for coming; we shook hands and closed the deal.
Prior to heading back to the airport and my family, I again shook hands and thanked Orrin, each of the Policy Council members and my amazing hosts for a life-changing experience.
Is Orrin Woodward or Team a scam? The answer is an emphatic NO!
In both life and business, I’ve met a lot of scammers, liars and evil men; Orrin is none of these.
As I originally stated, you can only take my word at face value; it’s my experience, not yours. However, each time you read or talk to anyone about Orrin Woodward and TEAM, keep in mind the keys to revealing a scam. Do your research, talk to people, weigh out the evidence and then, check with your gut.
During your first few months and years in TEAM, you’ll have both unsuccessful people and outright liars warn to be careful and not fall prey to the ‘Orrin Woodward Scam.’
However, kindly ask the person, ‘how could a kingdom be divided against itself and be successful?’ Or make it more personal and more pointed, ask the critic to honestly answer: ‘you ever built a multimillion dollar, multinational business? If not, do you honestly feel you've any solid footing to make your unfounded statements?’
Finally, always remember what the Bible teaches about fraud and deception, 'Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.' (Matthew 7:20) Ask the critic to produce the fruits of their own results.
If they can’t then there’s your evidence.
To truth!
Hannibal
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This is part one of the series of revealing scams. Next, we will discuss in detail each of the keys to exposing scams and how to avoid them
Orrin Woodward, in his latest post describes the three step process that all change goes through. I guess leaders are leaders because they can handle the flack thrown at them in the change process. This is a good one!
Leadership requires seeing things before others see them, believing in the future before others believe it, and moving in that direction before others will move. This is the path that new truths follow to enter the marketplace. This, however, isn't a new concept. In fact, it has been around as long as human beings have populated the earth.
German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer stated that all truth goes through three steps.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident.
Entrepreneurs, by definition, work within the first two steps, since by the third step the real opportunities are gone. So don't expect raving fans when you get started. Don't expect everyone to celebrate you as a hero when ridicule or violent opposition is the beginning environmental conditions for all revolutionary change.
Leaders create the future through better ideas and implementation. It takes courage, fortitude, and high adversity quotient in order to change the world. These qualities, and more, the founders of LIFE have in abundance! Chris Brady, Tim Marks, George Guzzardo, Bill Lewis, Claude Hamilton, and Dan Hawkins are leaders of leaders.
Remember:
The Christians went to the colosseum to be burned and eaten before Christianity became the established religion of the empire
That Ghandi was imprisoned repeatedly before India was allowed her freedom.
That America had to do more than just write a Declaration of Independence, it had to fight for years to make it a reality.
What does this mean for you? If you desire to make real change in the world, you will be opposed. The better your ideas, the more violently you will be resisted by the old order. Instead of being upset at this, take it as confirmation that you are on the right track. The establishment ignores you until it is threatened by your better ideas and execution. :)
Winston Churchill once said, "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." In the same way, LIFE intends to be remembered in history for we intend to make it! Sincerely, Orrin Woodward
Here is an update from Orrin Woodward's blog on Tim Mark's new book. It sounds like an instant classic. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
Tim Mark’s new book The Voyage of a Viking, is to be released early next year. I had the honor to read a galley copy and write the foreword. Although expecting excellence, since Tim accepts nothing less from himself, this book surpassed my highest standards. I found myself laughing then crying, inspired emotionally, and finally, thankful that I know such a man and leader. Chris Brady and I routinely remark at Tim’s ability to constantly improve himself and he has done it again! Here is the foreword that I wrote for his upcoming book. Sincerely, Orrin Woodward
In today’s age, many people blame others for their non-productive lives, proclaiming themselves victims of society’s mistreatment. Tim Mark’s early life had all the signs of qualifying for victimhood, with one extremely important difference, he refused to go along with society’s labels. Tim’s near legendary success today – tens of thousands of people within his leadership community; keynote speaker in front of tens of thousands of people, loving husband to his beautiful wife Amy and father of four wonderful children – can easily overshadow his humble beginnings; which is why Tim’s new book, The Voyage of a Viking, is part autobiography, personal development, and leadership, all married into one.
In the book, Tim first shared his life story. I found myself pulling for young Tim as he explained some of his struggles with schooling, parent’s divorce, and latch-key childhood. Tim’s inspiring stories of dreams, struggles and victories will move millions of others to action who started out on the “wrong-side of the tracks.” It’s so easy to see the finished product, but not realize the arduous journey taken in order to achieve it. Few people have overcome as many obstacles in so short a time. So many lessons are taught through his stories that I found myself in awe of Tim’s overcoming spirit and God’s redeeming grace.
Second, Tim shares the key principles of personal development which helped him in his journey from viking to victory. I have had the honor of mentoring hundreds of leaders over the last eighteen years, working with Tim for the last twelve years. No one that I personally mentored moves from problem identified to problem solved as quickly as Tim Marks! In fact, Tim’s ability to confront issues and change is directly related to his humility. Instead of defending his ego and sacrificing excellence, Tim chooses to defend excellence through sacrificing his ego. The lessons he teaches on his viking journey will enhance everyone’s life.
Lastly, Tim captures the essence of leadership – example. Tim lives the 13 principles that I share in my book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions for LIFE. Remember, example is everything in leadership, it’s the only thing. Tim leads by example in everything that he does, whether it’s through encouraging the downhearted, loving the unloveable, courageously confronting, or celebrating others victories. Tim started out as a student of leadership but has now graduated as one of the best teachers and examples of leadership in America today. Moreover, I find I learn just as much from Tim as I teach because of the man of grace he has become. Not to mention that he has become one of my best friends and a person whom I trust unconditionally.
Tim and Amy Marks story should be shared around the world. At a time when heroes are nearly an extinct species, their story displays that with courage and the right principles, heroic lives are still possible. Don’t just read this book. Devour it. Choose to live and lead with the principles in this book, becoming another example of what God’s grace can do in a person’s life. What are you waiting for? Isn’t it time to start you start your learning voyage through the Viking’s life and leadership?
I have studied this plan over and over and I am blown away by the rewards offered for the work performed. Orrin Woodward, Chris Brady, Tim Marks, and the rest of the PC have outdone themselves here. This is the fairest compensation plan ever developed for independent members. I believe it's because these leaders know that independent members are what drives the business through customers and community building. With world-class leadership training offered by nationally recognized leadership gurus, the LIFE business is the rising star in community building. Thank you to the TEAM leaders for never giving up their vision for a brighter tomorrow! Here is the LIFE Team Compensation.
It's time for me to go share this plan with my friends. Like Orrin said, "LIFE is happening; is yours?"
It is here. The launch of LIFE and the compensation plan for building communities of leaders is finally here! Imagine a compensation plan that doesn’t top out at 25%, 35% or even 45%, but rewards through volume discounts up to 50%. This isn’t even touching upon the seven depth bonuses paid out for building secure long-term businesses. LIFE isn’t a plan to get a couple of people wealthy with everyone else trying really hard. Instead, it’s a plan where 70% of the revenue is paid out to 95% of the people, meaning everyone who is moving LIFE Leadership materials will receive a bonus if they have at least 150 points worth of total business and have personal volume/customers. Never before has a plan shared so much with so many, but that is how LIFE TEAM is going to reach 1 million people – by rewarding everyone who does the work based upon results. The LIFE compensation plan is a game changer and one of the key planks in helping the TEAM reach 1 million people. The rewards for building communities and hitting new brackets is second to none with all subscription dollars to points being 1:1. In other words, 100 dollars of subscription volume equals 100 points. The LIFE business is designed to help people make money through customers, volume discounts, and depth bonuses. LIFE is happening; is yours? Sincerely, Orrin Woodward
Here is an article from Orrin Woodward LIFE TEAM. Orrin has been one of the keynote speakers for the last three events.
MasterMind #7 is wrapping up and I am back home in Florida reminiscing about the great talks and great times had. The event was SOLD OUT and on FIRE! Networking is going mainstream as people realize the power of tribes to improve their lives. What tribes do you belong to?
Art Jonak hosted the best MasterMind event to date, having the best speakers sharing their best material on the topics chosen. No where in the profession is there a better group of students and leaders gathered together to take the profession to the next level.
Randy Gage, Jordan Adler, Donna Johnson, Orjan and Hilde Saele, Chris Brady, Richard Brooke, Tom “Big Al” Schreiter, and many more were on hand to share their wisdom! These people are legends in Network Marketing, and I am blessed to call them my friends. If you attended the event, what nuggets and magic moments did you take away from the event? Sincerely, Orrin Woodward
The LIFE Business is officially launching November 1! The growth leading up to this launch has smashed every record in the TEAM's book. Tens of thousands of people are enjoying the benefits of LIFE and Leadership information while growing personally and professionally. Companies and individuals are applying the principles of success into their companies and families, focusing on making a difference. Which of the 8F's would you like to improve? Here is an article from Orrin Woodward's blog.
The LIFE TEAM just capped it best week in its history of community building. We have had massive growth over the years to reach tens of thousands, but this week was number one in total numbers growth! So many people are taking the leadership challenge themselves, listening and applying the principles being taught on our LIFE CD’s and changing their lives. LIFE teaches virtuous wisdom – applying the right principle at the right time in the right area for the right reason. What makes the LIFE opportunity so exciting to so many is the five points discussed below. This is the first time that a leadership company is focused on bringing the best in leadership at a price that is affordable to everyone. Currently, the LIFE TEAM is working on a site for customers and members to share testimonies of how the LIFE materials helped them improve in the 8F’s – Faith, Family, Fitness, Finances, Friends, Freedom, Fun, and Following. Don’t just exist in life, instead, thrive in LIFE. Here are the Five principles from an earlier post. Sincerely, Orrin Woodward
First, Chris Brady and I wrote the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best seller Launching a Leadership Revolution. The book is used extensively by top corporate leaders. (I would gladly list their names and companies, however to protect them from being internet flamed, I won’t) I receive emails monthly from leaders who are teaching the book’s materials into corporate America. We realized that our leadership materials were world-class, not surprising, since we had to to build communities, despite the anchor of high-priced products. Since this book, both Chris and I have received numerous awards for our leadership blogs, twitter accounts, and online presence, recently commended as two of the Top 30 leadership gurus in the world. Indeed, LIFE is the only company with two Top 30 Leadership Gurus. For the first time in our Networking careers, we had products already in demand in the marketplace, since our leadership materials were selling briskly to customers already.
Second, by thoroughly reviewing the leadership field, we identified the pricing strategies of every major leadership supplier. Leadership CD’s ranged from a low of $12 to over $50 per CD on the high end. Because the TEAM is building and serving communities everyday, we are constantly learning and growing in the field of leadership, ensuring our information never becomes dated or out of touch. Simply stated, LIFE will be the lowest cost provider of the highest quality leadership material in the marketplace, period. No ifs, ands, or buts, about it. New members of LIFE can get started own their own business for under $150 which includes the first leadership materials. Through purchasing as little as $50 per month for personal development, he is fully qualified for bonuses. Instead of the $200, $300, sometimes as high as $600 a month in purchases, we are bringing Network Marketing to the people, at a price that they can afford. On top of this, if a member or even a customer, refers three other people as customers, his personal leadership subscription will be FREE! After LIFE launches, Network Marketing will be affordable for everyone. Where in the history of networking has a company launched with the proven top quality products, from recognized leaders in the field, all at the lowest price? Has this ever happened before? It will on November 1, 2011.
Third, by taking the best quality, lowest price, and adding the most lucrative compensation plan in the history of network marketing, one can quickly see why LIFE will be world-changing. With the benchmark compensation plans currently running around 50% of revenues, what would happen if a company, which was less concerned about it’s bottom line, and more concerned about helping people get financially free, were to release a marketing plan that started at 70% of every revenue dollar paid back to field leaders in bonuses. How is this possible? Simply put, each of the owners of LIFE has committed to make his money through leading communities, not by riding on his ownership shares. This is revolutionary because it brings field leadership to networking ownership with the goal to change people lives, not become billionaires. We studied leadership, because we experienced first hand the effects that leadership delivers into a person’s life, we intend to pay this blessing forward. In fact, a 70% payout is over twice as much money flowing to the community leaders as many of the top compensation plans in networking today. Don’t forget this is on top of MonaVie’s top notch compensation plan. As the LIFE business grows, I intend to go even higher. Can you imagine, receiving an un-promised and unexpected LIFE profit-sharing check for tens of thousand of dollars, all because LIFE is thriving financially? I can, and intend to make this vision a reality.
Fourth, the TEAM, with nearly 15,000 plus people attending seminars monthly, either live or through streaming video, is expanding its reach and scope monthly. LIFE Founders and leaders of the caliber of Chris Brady, Tim Marks, Claude Hamilton, George Guzzardo, Bill Lewis, and Dan Hawkins, each personally lead communities of thousands of people. If someone desires to learn leadership, I do not believe there is a better community to learn from anywhere in North America. Since 1999, we have been perfecting our craft, building numbers and building leaders. Because the Team is a performance-based culture, 100% of the profits remaining after expenses are flowed back to the field leaders who qualify as directors. Unlike most training companies, where a few keep all profits, we designed a fair system to reward the leadership team that builds the TEAM. No special deals period, everything is based upon numerical performance. What other training company can say that? Indeed, to my knowledge, TEAM is the only zero profit training company in the marketplace. Anyone who builds a community through serving others can become a Director, helping to train new leaders and be rewarded for doing so. In addition, thanks to the lucrative compensation plan associated with LIFE, the majority of a person’s income will come from the MLM, not the training system. The bigger the community the bigger the leader must be. Building large numbers requires grace, to love people where they are at, long enough for them to want to get better. However, no community is perfect. When issues arise, we have a culture that teaches conflict resolution, gaining “teachable moments,” from every issue, making each leader grow and improve. This is a TEAM difference.
Lastly, I want to thank everyone in Network Marketing. I have met some of my best friends in network marketing, as they are some of the hardest working, best attitude people on the planet. In the West’s current leadership crisis, who knows but that some of the top networking leaders will stand up and do something about this mess. Many Americans and Canadians citizens are are wary of more Big Governments solutions to the problems facing us. Maybe it’s time for communities to grow large enough to solve these issues through social power, not State power. LIFE is a plan for citizens to join together, improving ourselves so we can improve our communities, ultimately improving the world. By combining world-class credibility, compensation, and community together, all at the lowest cost/price, we have designed the 4C’s for your success. If a person chooses to believe rumor, hearsay, and popular opinion, then all I can say is good luck and God bless you. But if a person is truly looking for an opportunity, an opportunity that the LIFE leaders invested millions to gain the freedom to offer, then your journey has ended. Welcome to the LIFE TEAM, and your destiny. It’s time to move on to 1 million people, what part will you play?
Here is a thought provoking on leadership and envy from Orrin Woodward.
Read an informational article on envy from Ayn Rand.Ayn Rand was a gifted economist/philosopher who wrote several best selling books.She has hit the nail on the head for managers who desire the attributes, respect or possessions of leaders—without the hunger to develop the corresponding skills necessary to lead.Envy is like taking poison and expecting someone else to die.Envy kills the host organism and ruins their ability to think, lead and function properly. I have attached Ayn Rand’s original article and placed my thoughts on leaders vs. envious managers after each paragraph.If you plan on excelling in leadership—plan on dealing with envy.You can either learn from leaders or envy leaders.The choice is yours. Have you dealt with envy on your leadership journey? Keep growing as a leader and on your way to the top, you will. God Bless, Orrin Woodward
Superficially, the motive of those who hate the good is taken to be envy. A dictionary definition of envy is: “1. a sense of discontent or jealousy with regard to another’s advantages, success, possessions, etc. 2. desire for an advantaged position possessed by another.” (The Random House Dictionary, 1968.) The same dictionary adds the following elucidation: “To envy is to feel resentful because someone else possesses or has achieved what one wishes oneself to possess or to have achieved.”
A leader is someone who has a following.The hungry student desires to learn from the leader to develop their own following.This is natural and why mentor-mentee relationships are so important. If someone desired to have a following, but was not willing to develop into a leader—they have a major problem.Groups will only willingly follow leaders—not managers.If the manager desires the following of a leader, but the group follows the leader—the envious person will attack the leader (object of envy) through slander, libel, legal system, etc.The envious manager would attack the leader and attempt to bribe, cajole, threaten and intimidate the followers to convince them to stop following the object of their envy and to start following them instead.
This covers a great many emotional responses, which come from different motives. In a certain sense, the second definition is the opposite of the first, and the more innocent of the two. For example, if a poor man experiences a moment’s envy of another man’s wealth, the feeling may mean nothing more than a momentary concretization of his desire for wealth; the feeling is not directed against that particular rich person and is concerned with the wealth, not the person. The feeling, in effect, may amount to: “I wish I had an income or a house, or a car, or an overcoat) like his.” The result of this feeling may be an added incentive for the man to improve his financial condition.
If a manager desired to be the leader of a group of people—they may experience a twinge of envy against the real leader.This desire is natural and if used to seek counsel from the object of envy—they would learn to lead and perhaps develop their own following. Recognizing the vast gap between the leader’s influence and the manager’s influence is called confronting reality.All the manager would have to do is ask the leader how they developed their influence.Successful leaders are always willing to help managers develop into influential leaders because they do not envy others success.
The feeling is less innocent, if it amounts to: “I want this man’s car (or overcoat, or diamond shirt studs, or industrial establishment).” The result is a criminal.
This is where envy can eat at the manager doing the envying and destroy their ability to influence.The manager no longer desires to develop the skills necessary to lead their own group of people—instead, the manager’s envy drives him to take the followers from the leader against their will.People will not willingly follow the manager which creates an environment of threats and intimidation to force people to do the envious manager’s will.The result is criminal as Ayn Rand states.
But these are still human beings, in various stages of immorality, compared to the inhuman object whose feeling is: “I hate this man because he is wealthy and I am not.”
The manager states, “I hate this leader because he has influence and I do not.”
Envy is part of this creature’s feeling, but only the superficial, semi-respectable part; it is the tip of an iceberg showing nothing worse than ice, but with the submerged part consisting of a compost of rotting living matter. The envy, in this case, is semi-respectable because it seems to imply a desire for material possessions, which is a human being’s desire. But, deep down, the creature has no such desire: it does not want to be rich, it wants the human being to be poor.
When the manager is consumed with envy—they no longer desire to develop influence.Their only desire is to destroy the influence of the leader they envy.The followers see the manager for what he is: a small person that is not capable or willing to learn leadership.
This is particularly clear in the much more virulent cases of hatred, masked as envy, for those who possess personal values or virtues: hatred of a man (or a woman) because he (or she) is beautiful or intelligent or successful or honest or happy. In these cases, the creature has no desire and makes no effort to improve its appearance, to develop or to use its intelligence, to struggle for success, to practice honesty, to be happy (nothing can make it happy). It knows that the disfigurement or the mental collapse or the failure or the immorality or the misery of its victim would not endow it with his or her value. It does not desire the value: it desires the value’s destruction.
The managers continued envy eventually develops into hatred of the leader’s character and virtues.The manager drops all pretence of attempting to help the followers.The manager only seeks to destroy as many people following the leader as possible.The manager realizes the leader’s followers will never be his followers, but this is no longer the goal.The goal is not to maintain the value of the community: the goal is only to destroy the value of the community.
“They do not want to own your fortune, they want you to lose it; they do not want to succeed, they want you to fail; they do not want to live, they want you to die; they desire nothing, they hate existence …”(Atlas Shrugged. – Ayn Rand)
The manager does not want to own your community of people, they want the leader to lose it; they do not want to succeed as a leader, they want you to fail as a leader; they do not want to survive, they want you to die; they desire no leadership, they hate leadership.
What do you do when a manager envies your leadership and influence?I believe you must answer personal attacks with a restorer’s heart.The envious manager seeks to destroy, but the principle centered leader seeks to restore.As a leader, you are responsible to follow God’s law—let Him be responsible for the consequences of your obedience.
