Team Orrin Woodward

EORO FOR LIFE

Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business are the recognized bench - mark for building leadership communities for over ten years.  The Team system is the most successful model teaching the art and science of building leadership communities.  The secret of building a large community lies within a system of information from CD’s, books, and association.  Anyone can learn the necessary how to skills to build a large community. 

The most unique aspect of community building is the association, the ability to bring a large body of people together in one common event and learn from each other.  All of the biggest leaders in the community building industry will say that they made “the decision” to move on to a higher level of leadership from attending a major leadership convention.  There, they not only receive the details on how to build a community but they become inspired as to why they want to be part of their team’s leadership. When someone attends these large events like the one’s coming at the end of January in Columbus, Ohio and Visalia, California, they will learn the two most important aspects of building a community, leadership and systems.

The most important reason to be part of a community building business system like the Team is the ability to achieve uncommon goals.  The majority of people today have their future goals limited by time and/or money.  It’s interesting that most people will use time or money  (the very obstacle that they want to overcome) as their excuse for not attending the next leadership event.  I’ve learned from working with Orrin Woodward and other big leaders in the community building industry that the obstacle standing in your way is actually the reason to go.  An example would be not having enough money to attend the event.  Finances won’t change by doing the same thing you've always done.  New knowledge applied = different results.  Make your motivation to achieve new results larger than the obstacles that are holding you back from attending this year’s winter leadership convention.

 The most strategic method for building big numbers at these events is to play a game called,  “Each One – Reach One” (EORO).  The game is played when you sell your event ticket to someone who has not attended a leadership convention before.  Some teams play a game of hot potato with their ticket and sell their ticket several times between the quarterly conventions.  Team 48, ‘Building Numbers’ is the best CD in the Team system on the what, how and why of how to EORO.  I encourage everyone to listen to this CD on a regular basis. It's found in the Power Player CD pack.   Teams that build large leadership communities play the EORO game the best.  Some teams have special promotions for those who do the EORO the most.  There is also a team recognition at the convention called the ‘Top Gun’.  The Top Gun award signifies the Team that builds the biggest community, which fits into the overall philosophy of building leaders. Teams that win this award are the most respected among their peers.  

 Why is it important to encourage someone to attend this up and coming event?  Those of us who have experience with building large communities know how attending one of these events has affected a person’s life.  The word most appropriate to describe what happens when someone attends these events is “transform”.  Making a difference is another way of describing why we place importance on attending the convention.  Just think of the possible difference to a persons finances, marriage, relationships, family, or freedoms it will make by going to an event like this.

There is no better investment in the 21^st century than investing in YOU!   Developing leadership qualities makes a difference in all aspects of a person’s life.  The single most concentrated way of getting the information necessary to make a difference in your life is attend the winter convention.  As you can tell I am already excited about what I feel will be the single most impactful event for us to attend in the year 2012.  Make sure you seek out Orrin Woodward or one of the LIFE PC (Policy Council) members and shake their hand and let them know how January’s event has affected you.  God Bless, George Guzzardo     

 

 

 

 

 

ORRIN WOODWARD RECEIVES TOP LEADERSHIP AWARD

Please join with me congratulating Orrin Woodward for his award as the number one leadership website from the Independent Association of Businesses. The 2011 Top Leadership Website Award goes to:

Orrin Woodward : http://www.orrinwoodward.com/  This organization represents a million plus member organization of small business owners. 

Check out the list of the other 9 nominees.

 Jim Collins

John Maxwell

Stephen Covey

Ken Blanchard

Robin Sharma

Marshall Goldsmith

Tom Peters

Anthony Robbins

Jack Welch

 This is a phenomenal recognition for Orrin.  It represents originality, practicality, presentation, and impact of ideas.  To be voted number one among this list of high profile leaders is a significant milestone for Orrin.  As one of the founders, I have witnessed a man with an incredible vision for the future.  He has pioneered the Team leadership development business system.  He has recently opened the leadership and self -development business called LIFE.  Both of these are having a significant impact on each person who learns and applies the information.  In addition to having a big vision, a leader needs to have an uncommon level of integrity.  I have personally witnessed Orrin in situations where it would have been in his best interest to make different decisions but he stood by principles that he was doing the right thing.  I have seen Orrin work behind closed doors, watching him and how he relates to the founders PC.  He inspires us to be our personal best.  He also has taken some of the strongest personalities and has forged a partnership among the founders where we work together interdependently for the good of our mission to go to a million.

 I would like to personally thank Orrin on the positive impact he has had on our lives.  I know he has impacted thousands of people but he has been an inspiration to me and my family by the way he leads by example as a Christian.  He has given many of us the most important ingredient from his Christian example, which is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.  With that comes a compelling purpose to be our very best and to make a difference in the world we live. 

 I feel this award will be the first of many.  Next time you see him, thank him for the difference that Orrin Woodward and the Life business has made in your life.  God Bless, George Guzzardo    

 

LEARNING FOR LIFE

“We will never transform the prevailing system of management without transforming our prevailing system of education.”  In that statement, Dr. Deming connected work with education.  “The relationship between the boss and subordinate is the same as the relationship between a teacher and student”, according the Dr. Edward Deming.  I will paraphrase educator and author, Peter Senge, “ The only competitive advantage for the company of the future is its speed of learning.”  The LIFE business powered by the Team leadership system has created just that… a learning organization.

Is your life a masterpiece in progress? Which areas have you targeted for growth in the New Year?  Yes, the world has created busy people but are we to busy to be better? Which of the 8 F’s categories are worthy of continued focused improvement in the future?   Does it make sense that someone would quit improving their own life?  Olympic gymnast Peter Vidmar said, “People who get into something for the money, the fame, or the medal can’t be effective.  When you discover your own desire, you’re not going to wait for other people to find solutions to your problems.  You’re going to find your own.”

According to the Washington County Literacy Council as many as 23% of the adult population (40 -44 million) is functionally illiterate.  Adult illiteracy costs society an estimated $240 billion each year in lost industrial productivity, unrealized tax revenues, welfare, crime, poverty, and related social ills. In George Leonard’s book ‘Mastery’, he states, “The typical school or college classroom, unhappily, is not a very good place to learn.  It’s sad that over the past hundred years almost every aspect of our national life – industry, transportation, communication, computation, entertainment – has changed almost beyond recognition, while our schools remain essentially the same.” Any historian will tell you that an illiterate culture is a culture in decline.  All thriving societies have literacy as a common denominator. Oliver DeMille sites Allan Bloom in his book, ‘Closing of the American Mind’ when he taught at the University of Chicago in the 1950’s and 60’s.  He could tell what the national books were by asking students what books formed the core of their lives, the basis of society.  The two answers he always got were the Bible and The Declaration of Independence.  Demille states, “There is no true national book in America today.  No national books means no culture: and this is ominous for the future.  Any society which loses its national book declines and collapses in ignorance, dwindles and perishes in unbelief.”  

 Reading the book of the month may be the single most important part of your LIFE subscription.  If your schedule was anything like mine, I just didn’t have time to read.  I had all my time filled before I started on my LIFE subscription.  My mentor Orrin Woodward told me that the Team leadership system has a program for busy people like me.  I could fit in fifteen minutes a day somehow.  This eventually became a habit.  I was then able to add another fifteen minutes of reading time for a total of thirty minutes.  I eventually finished a book a month. I have witnessed how this program has worked for thousands of people.  Check out the ‘Testimony’ link to hear how this reading program has impacted people’s lives.

 When you join the LIFE business you’re going to get more than what appears at first.  It’s not every day that you get to partner up with Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady, two of the top 15 world’s rated leadership gurus.  You’re joining a learning community, a network of relationships with a strategy that produces leadership.  You’re joining a learning culture with you as the end product.  The result is leadership in all areas of your life.  By understanding more, you get different results. Mortimer Adler calls this, “The art of discovery, keenness of observation, readily available memory, range of imagination, and of course, an intellect trained in analysis and reflection.”  You become the masterpiece, a learning machine.  This is the year that you become the goal! God Bless,  George Guzzardo 

 

TEAM COMMUNITY BUILDING BASICS

The Life business and Orrin Woodward have made available the basics for community building.   Building a community is different than Network Marketing.  Building a community goes beyond the goal of ‘signing people up’.  It’s not just about making a sale and moving a product.  Two dimensions are required to build a community.  Leadership and systems are the areas to be mastered.  When developing leadership, 'we' actually become the product, as personal development is tied with one's leadership influence. 

In their best selling book, ‘Launching a Leadership Revolution’, Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady go on to describe the concept of the ‘Tri – Lateral Leadership Ledger’.  It goes without saying that relationships and people skills are critical areas of leadership development.   Dale Carnegie’s best selling book ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’,  describes relating and being relatable.  When I first read the book I was determined to improve in these areas.  I would take each chapter and spend a week applying what I had learned in an attempt to be more relatable.  These chapters go beyond just technique.  Connecting with people starts with being likeable.  Carnegie describes six ways to accomplish this.

1. Be genuinely interested in others.

2. Smile

3. Remember their name.

4. Be a good listener.  Give exclusive attention.

5. Talk in terms of the other person’s interest.

6. Sincerely make people feel important.

 The Team leadership development system recommends the top five books as a foundation to learn and Carnegie’s book is one of them.  ‘How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Sales’ by Frank Bettger is another cornerstone of mastering relationships.  In his first chapter, he says that enthusiasm made the biggest difference with his success. Who wants to be with someone who doesn't put energy into the relationship?  He goes on to say the single most important area to master is to find out what is most important to other people.  Go figure.  Find a need and fill it.  Doesn’t  building a relationship come down to helping a friend get what they need?  Wouldn’t it be cool if all our friends helped us get what we wanted?  Boy, I bet we would like our friends a lot better. 

Unfortunately, people skills are not taught in the school system.  In fact, many of us would agree that our bad habits were learned in school. The LIFE business, however, is a business that supplements  the current school system and teaches what many feel are the most important qualities that a person should master. 

 It’s a great time to learn from the past and reset our goals for the future.  I’d guess that people skills and relationships are on top of the list of areas to improve on.  Give the gift of enhancing a persons relationships by letting them know about the LIFE business and The Team system.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

 

 

COMMUNITY BUILDING AND NETWORKING

The Team Community building system developed by co founders Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady is one of those intersectional innovations.  It differs and is similar to Networking in many ways.  Networking is defined as word of mouth marketing.  Most everyone would agree that a business expands the fastest from word of mouth referrals.  Although advertising is helpful, there is nothing like a personal recommendation.  Why did you choose your doctor or your mechanic?  Most would answer that it was word of mouth.  Building a community goes farther than word of mouth marketing in that it develops an association with a set of practices and beliefs.  That community can also expand its membership by attracting people who have similar values.

It takes leadership and systems to be an effective and sustainable community builder.  The Team has become known as the bench - mark for community building.  This should not surprise anyone since Orrin and Chris, two of the top 15 of the world’s rated leadership gurus have pioneered the Team Leadership development system.  Over a period of years, the method to build a community using the Team leadership system has been power player.  Power Player is a systematic way to build a community.  It allows for an apprenticeship which gives a student of community building time to learn,  develop competency and ultimately duplication.  Power Player breaks down each community you build into teams.  Those teams learn to work together for the development of that particular community.

A system is an orderly way of doing things.  It also allows for a process, which gives indicators on how to improve to develop “best practices”. 

 

1. Everyone does things the same way.
2. Each step is determined - the best way.
3. Objective is to perform with “0” variation.
4. Task becomes baseline for continued improvement.

Leadership is a more complex subject since it’s the personal attributes that give a leader influence.  In Orrin and Chris’s best selling ‘Launching a Leadership Revolution’, they talk abou the Tri – Lateral Leadership Ledger.  They describe three categories that the leader is always developing which include character, task, and relationships. Through personal development we increase our influence.  We become someone worth following.

Overall, a power player demonstrates mastering the basics of systems and leadership.  A big indicator of a master community builder is one who not only masters power player but develops multiple power players in each one of the their teams.

In essence, it’s not how many or how fast you can sign them up which has been associated with the concept of ‘Networking’.   It’s developing yourself and others using leadership skills in a systematic way to enhance a person via personal development.  This leads me to encourage you to join the LIFE leadership and personal development business powered by the Team community building system.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

 

FOLLOW THROUGH WITH LIFE

One of the many unique aspects of the LIFE business with Orrin Woodward is the ‘Follow Through’.  Follow through is part of the five - step pattern that includes:

 

1. Making a List
2. Contacting or Making an Appointment
3. Showing the Plan
4. Follow Through
5. Rotating the Pattern

Using a predictable pattern of activity is an example of a systematic process  which anyone can learn to follow. This process is important for all members in the Team community because it creates a predictable series of activities that anyone can do.  Another great dimension is that there is ‘no close to the sale’ as in the typical sales business.  In fact, the follow through is actually an opening to develop a business relationship.  This relationship has in many cases gone on to become a solid friendship.

 The success of the follow through can be traced back to how the person is contacted and how the plan is shown.  There are a number of factors that improve the result of the follow through such as posture, connection, and most importantly, know what the LIFE opportunity can bring to the people who see this plan.  Remember, the most important question that needs to be answered by the person looking at the information is, “What’s in it for me?” 

 The apprenticeship pack contains the ‘Follow Through’ CD by Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward.  In this CD, these top 25 leadership gurus produced the ultimate teaching on this subject.   In addition, the top five books are loaded with information that will aid you during the follow through.  It helps to read the top five books with specific intent on what you’re trying to learn.  Although the techniques found from these training materials help achieve results, connecting from the heart, that you really care about helping them get their goals, is the real feeling that must be transferred.  Remember to close with the most important rule for a follow up and that is “book a meeting from a meeting”.

 I think follow through is the glue to developing communities because it’s the foundation for developing a solid relationship.  I look at all of my closest business partners and find that’s where I have the strongest relationships.  The ‘Relationship Pack’ (found under the LIFE shopping icon) should be listened to regularly to help remind us that people are the most important part of community building.  The concept that the dream is the product is unique to the LIFE business.  The product of a better you is the means to the end.  Orrin recently wrote: The LIFE founders have resolved to learn from our previous networking experiences, vowing to creatively destroy any parts that we did not believe satisfied or exceeded the customers’ expectations. We plan on doing this through applying free enterprise principles in the marketplace, not feeling the need to resort to reputation assassinations of our former associates. Perhaps both sides would benefit from applying this highroad principle. Certainly, the consumers would benefit by enjoying the freedom to study the pros and cons of each potential business models on its merits. So, follow through with more information so you can make a difference with Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

 

LEARN RELATIONSHIPS FOR LIFE

One of the most enlightening experiences you’ll have working with Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business is a deeper knowledge about relationships.  We would all agree that improved relationships would make the world a better place.  Making personal development in the area of relationships should be a priority for all of us.  Improved understanding of relationships is the starting point.  Relationships are also the glue for building a leadership community like the – Team leadership system has been noted for. 

 Business thrives when creating a product that enhances a person’s life or when providing a solution to a person’s problem.  What if the product was information to help enhance relationships or solve conflict between people?  What value would we place on such a product?  Enter the LIFE business powered by the – Team leadership system. 

 In Orrin’s new book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions For LIFE, he describes eight essential principles for building and maintaining long - term friendships.  You’ll get your money’s worth from that book on chapter 7 alone.  He goes on to discuss constructive ways to handle conflict in chapter 10.  Is there anyone out there like me who wishes they would have handled a conflict with a person differently?  Orrin goes on to reference several books found in the LIFE leadership and self development business like ‘Courage’ by Gus Lee, ‘Speed of Trust’ by Steven Covey, and ‘Crucial Conversations’.  With all the watered down books on relationships out there, isn’t it great to have one of the world’s top 10 leadership gurus willing to give us his personal references?

 One of my favorite books about relationships is ‘Personality Plus’ by Florence Littauer, also found in the LIFE book list.  I’m sure this book saved my marriage, many of my friendships, and my business.  I knew people were different, but I never knew why.  This book explains it.  After I learned why I was drawn toward certain personality types and repelled by others, my understanding of people deepened.  Now, my knowledge of personality types has softened some of my rough edges and I hope has made me easier to get along with.  I also find myself being attracted to people who used to rub me the wrong way.  Learning about personality strengths and weaknesses has widened my scope of understanding of people of all backgrounds.  People, like books, have a lot to teach.

Peter Senge from MIT and author of ‘The Fifth Discipline’ describes learning organizations as the key to the business of the future. Relationships are the keys to friendships, leadership, and all of life.  Make personal development in the area of relationships your goal and you’ll love the information found from Orrin Woodward and LIFE leadership and personal development business.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

 

 

FITNESS FOR LIFE

Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business have opened up an opportunity for information to help us with the meaningful areas of our lives.  One of the 8 F categories to learn more information about is ‘Fitness ‘.  This one typically gets the least attention in most people’s lives because in a busy world it gets placed low on the priority list.  Although most people tend to prioritize everything else in their schedule over fitness, without fitness we would have trouble in all the other areas of our lives.  Becoming a member of the LIFE business is a commitment to learning how to enhance our mind, body and soul. Let’s take a look at the body.

Fitness is the quality and state of being fit.  It is directly related to our health and wellness.  The opposite of being healthy is illness and sickness.  Most of us don’t pay attention to our health until we lose it.  Learning about and becoming more fit will help us in all the other aspects of our lives.

 All of our tissues are living cells.  Exercise and diet are intricately related to our health.  Much of disease and illness is related to lack of exercise and poor diet.   Prevention of poor health starts with the right attention to exercise and diet.  Start by learning.  Follow by developing a routine that fits into your life. The LIFE business uses a variety of media sources to teach in areas of self - development.  An example of the information being taught can be found in the 8 F’s introductory pack which includes a great talk fromMark and Jen Paul on fitness.  Make fitness a ‘Big Rock’.  The key is to begin.  Be regular for over thirty days so the activity becomes a habit.

 Recommendations prior to starting an exercise program include getting a check up if you’ve had health problems or are over forty years of age.  Start with short and simple exercises that gradually progresses to a feeling of exertion.  Learn how to check vital signs like your pulse and blood pressure. 

 Exercise is simply a bodily exertion for the sake of developing and maintaining physical fitness.  It is performed or practiced in order to develop, improve, or display a specific capability or skill.  There are three general areas to work on when exercising.  Each of these is equally important so they should all be addressed when designing your program. 

 I put flexibility as the starting point since it’s important that you should be able to move to exercise.  When you move your arms or legs you should learn to understand what your normal range of motion of a joint is. Stretching into muscle tightness should be done slowly with a sustained stretch no less than ten seconds.

 Stability is the strength or the firmness of a muscle or joint.  Strength is related to the ability of a muscle to do work. This is where dumbbells, elastic, or weight machines come in.   Strengthening exercises requires resistance so start light with more repetitions before hitting the heavy weights. 

Aerobic exercises involve the heart or the cardiac system.  By working on this area you will affect your endurance or ability to sustain an effort or activity.  Begin gradually.  The goal is to increase an activity like walking between 15 and 30 minutes every day. Change your pace or the incline to make it more difficult.  

 Nutrition is critical to your health.  Diet is related to weight loss or gain.  Diet also effects your energy.  What you eat can even affect the way you think.  Nutrition is the value or worth of food to nourish your cells.  Energy that is consumed is measured in calories.  Learn to understand calories.  Calories may be empty which means the food is worthless because the food has no nutritious value.  By understanding the types of calories in food,  you can learn to ingest foods with essential vitamins and minerals.   

 Think about the content of the food you eat.  Nutrition will be divided up into:

1.  Water : 60% of our body weight so water intake is critical to say the least.   One of the simplest ways of improving fitness is by drinking water at convenient times and locations through out the day.
2. Carbohydrates: compounds such as sugars, starches, and cellulose, (plants).  Contrary to popular fad diets, carbohydrates are a necessary staple for our nurition. Learn what a complex carbohydrate is.
3. Minerals: substances formed from the earth such as salt, iron, and zinc, and occur naturally in certain foods.
4. Lipids:  get a bad rap because they are associated with fat.  Not all fats are bad and some fat is critical to our health.  Fats includes oils and butter but are found in beef and other meats too.
5. Proteins:  hold the key to biological activity and serve as structure for the cell.
6. Vitamins:  maintain normal metabolic (factory) functions of the cell.

 This is not an all inclusive article but designed to wet your appetite for more information. Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business are making this information available to enhance a person’s life.  Take the next step for better health.  God Bless, George Guzzardo 

 

LIFE SUCCESS

The success of Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business is being revealed again by showcasing the concept of intersectional innovation.  This is achieved by finding the gap between two previously established industries and combining them in a way that has never been done before.  The impact from this is not small and gradual, but huge and immediate.

 LIFE combines four major industries:

1. Personal Development:  (Includes Leadership and Self Help) est. $400 Billion industry
2. Life coaching:  est. $1.5 Billion
3. Networking:  est. $100 Billion
4. Community Building:   (Includes Church, Social Media, and other organizations)

 When evaluating the up side of this business model, keep in mind the foundation that it stands on.  LIFE is built on four pillars of support, which includes:

1.  Competence: Over 100 combined years in the networking industry.  Worldwide recognition and appearances.  College textbook references.
2. Credibility: NY Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today best selling authors.  Top ranked leadership gurus.  Sourced by consultants.  International training companies using video content.
3. Compensation: Outrageously competitive.  Quick potential for new participants.  Lucrative for the long term.       
4. Cost Competitiveness: Industry – leading value.

 This industry will not be without its critics however.  Developing a business that uses the concept of intersectional innovation also puts pressure on models that are resistant to changing with the times.  Those older models may be reluctant to change, since early members have already developed their ‘nest egg’ and haven’t reexamined their priorities.  Changing with the times often pushes people out of their comfort zones.  People can be anxious and resistant to change and this is typically how companies decline.  Older business models that once grew because they adopted innovative ideas many times fall into a bureaucratic management style.  This limits growth and outdates the company.  These companies can become zealous to stay the course no matter what happens.  Instead of growing from innovation and ideas they resort to slinging negative, often from assembling a social media group to try character assassination of their competitors.  This is very similar to the political games being played on the media today.  Unfortunately for them, slanting information toward the negative is ineffective as it reflects right back on them.  The public quickly discerns the need to stay away from those who resort to throwing negative darts.   

 Some of the success principles that the Team Leadership system utilizes are:

1.  Teamwork and interdependency
2. Life – long learning commitment and a learning culture
3. Creative visioneering
4. Empowerment
5. Adaptive behavior
6. Minimal bureaucracy.

 The foundation of success is more than ideas.  It’s doing the right thing because it’s right.  Long- term success depends on character.  Developing a leadership community over the last eleven years is in direct proportion to standing on principles, learning from mistakes, and turning disadvantages into greater advantages.  The leaders have learned, studied, and prayed.  All this has lead to an opportunity that will be just in time to help people financially and relationally.  And remember that the success from the launch of the LIFE business with Orrin Woodward has just begun.  God Bless, George Guzzardo                                                

 

FRIENDS FOR LIFE

Orrin Woodward and the LIFE leadership business should be commended for making ‘Friends’ as one of the 8F’s categories.  The 8F’s are the categories of information that LIFE subscribers can receive to help them enhance their lives.  Chris Brady remarked recently that while walking through book stores, he noticed that books about friendship are extremely rare.  In an attempt to solve the friendship issue,  social networking has made ‘friends’ the central focus.  But what really are the important ingredients to making true friends?

People from around the country who come from a wide variety of social backgrounds are scratching their heads in wonder asking, “Just how the Team leadership community has stayed together for twelve years”?  The infrastructure to develop friends and keep communities together is rooted in loyalty that comes from trust.  But just how has this culture been created?  I believe this environment was developed from 4 components:

1. Integrity
2. Servant leadership
3. Vision
4. Competency

These four components form the friendship that holds it all together.  Friends start with having the right heart toward each other.  They have joy in each other’s successes.  This eliminates envy.  Friends lend a hand when others are in need and distress.  Acts of kindness builds trust.  Friends say, “Thank you” because they appreciate you.  Friends are genuinely interested in each other and they ask questions and listen intently.  Friends demonstrate humility by honoring one another.  Friends don’t just show the actions of love, they have the desire to love.  Out of the desire to love comes forgiveness.  Yes, even forgiveness of ones enemies who attempt harm.  We must be the change in the world that we want to see.

Thousands attended the Sunday service at the Columbus Ohio leadership convention last week to see Pastor Davey.  It easily could have been the largest Sunday service in the country.  There, the secret of how the LIFE culture of friendship was revealed.  Influence from the Team leadership community and theLIFE business comes from the top down.  I have had a front row seat with Orrin Woodward and the Policy Counsel leaders and can testify that it is because they are committed to pursuing a relationship with Jesus Christ.  Orrin Woodward and the leaders of LIFE have gone all the way to the top.  That’s how friendship happens.  God Bless, George Guzzardo 

 

 

LIFE FREEDOM SHIFT

Orrin Woodward and the LIFE leadership business exploded on the scene this weekend in Columbus Ohio.  A packed stadium was in attendance at Nationwide Arena to see an impactful first night featuring the Founders Policy Counsel, Dallin Larsen and tons of recognition showcasing people who are achieving results with the Team Leadership development system.  Outside of the numerous Round Table recognition today, Oliver Demille had a huge impact on the audiance.  Oliver is past founder of George Wythe University and currently director of www.thesocialleader.com .  

A summary of his talk includes a thorough discussion of freedom and power shifts in history. Every 80 to 100 years there are a few who influence the direction of cultures.  The west is undergoing a shift right now and freedom is in a precarious position.  He noted that the decisions to pass the 16th and 17th amendment in 1913 are having a profound effect on the current western culture. Those amendments were influenced by a small percentage of the population and yet had massive remifications on increased taxation, government spending, and debt.

Noting that a small percentage of the poplulation influences a big portion of our future,  there are things that can be done to secure our freedom.  

1. Become a successful entrepreneur.  Free nations are made of business owners.
2.  Voracious readers become independent thinkers.
3. Become community builders.

These three solutions represent exactly what the LIFE leadership and self development business is doing.  The LIFE business represents a low cost entry with a potential high yield upside.  People who join start with subscriptions to media that includes CD's and books in areas of self development.  As people use the Team leadership system to build their communities,  they receive a percentage of the subscriptions in a monthly bonus.  Their bonus  percentage increases by how many people are helped to learn in what are called the 8 F's, categories that include: faith, family, finance, fitness, fun, following, freedom, and friends.  

People know something is happening to their freedoms today.  They feel financial pressures. They can see how more and more people have become isolated socially.  People are looking for solutions and education is the answer.  This type of education is in the areas of LIFE skills that matter to people.  

More to come from this weekend at Columbus as Orrin Woodward and the LIFE leadership business explodes on the scene.  God Bless, George Guzzardo 

 

LIFE...YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS!!!

You can’t touch this…This weekend represents the launch of the-life-business.com. The book ‘Launching a Leadership Revolution’ by Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady became a best seller because of how these two author’s systematized leadership development.  These same great thinkers open the door to the LIFE business that will identify itself as a state of the art information age business.  Those who are looking for a viable solution to their finances will have the luxury of using the proven Team leadership development system that has become the bench mark for community builders who will have access to LIFE products in the 8 F’s categories.   When people begin to understand the wide ranging ramifications of how this information will effect their lives, they begin to lose sleep at night because of excitement.

 You can’t touch this…Originally, Orrin and Chris had found themselves on the fast track at general motors back in the nineties.  These two systems genius’s were quickly moving up the corporate ladder at GM when they collaborated to develop the Team leadership development system.  Destiny called them to be part of something with a higher purpose so they began to systematize the networking industry.  The way they systematized the industry became a tool for other business owners wishing to develop a stream of income.  These two put  ‘community building ‘ on the map as the business for the 21^st century.  Their success as community builders and authors gained them the recognition as two of the top 15 worlds leadership gurus.  Along with other proven community builders (Policy Counsel ) who have successfully used this system,  they now unveil the LIFE business in Columbus.

 You can’t touch this… Record numbers will be in attendance in Columbus this weekend.  Record numbers successfully building communities using the Team system will be recognized.  Ten, possibly fifteen business owners will be recognized at the elite Round Table level this weekend. 

You can’t touch this… Speaking at the Columbus event will be the leadership and community builder’s elite.  In addition to the top leadership gurus, the Policy Counsel represents over 100 years of industry experience.  Co founder of Monavie and recent entrepreneur of the year Dallin Larsen and author and educator Oliver DeMille will be just some of the highlights from stage this weekend.

 You can’t touch this… Just what made the Team so successful as the bench mark for community building?  There has never been a group of servant leaders coming together in a common unified vision like this. Even though each member could be successful in any endeavor they choose, they understand that great businesses are the result of great leaders coming together to work interdependently.  Vince Lombardi said it best, “Build your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another, and of strength to be derived from unity.” 

 You can’t touch this… The economy is in terrible shape today.  People are hurting and are at the mercy of a dysfunctional political system.  People want the truth and are willing to become responsible to make things better.  The principles taught in the LIFE media subscriptions will give people answers they have been looking for.  This information is time tested.  Winston Churchill said, “ Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.”  People follow those with integrity, competence, and vision.  Without those three qualities you wont bring people with you anywhere.   People like it when they apply principles of truth to an area in their life like relationships or finance.  People feel better when they enhance an area of their life.  Gib Akin, professor at McIntire school of commerce said, “ Learning is experienced as a personal transformation.”  Columbus Ohio will represent those undergoing a transformation.

 You can’t touch this… People in the LIFE business are in business for themselves but not by themselves.  People will get compensated by how many people they serve.  Henry Ford said there are 3 keys to making a successful team:

       1.Coming together is the beginning.

       2.Working together is progress.

       3.Staying together is success.

 Leaders know that great minds work together. The beginning of the-life-business.com by Orrin Woodward represents the first step on the journey.  You can’t touch this…  God Bless,  George Guzzardo

 

LIFE OPPORTUNITY

Orrin Woodward and the LIFE business is all about opportunity. This is a business that uses a proven leadership system that builds communities of people who want to make a difference in specific areas in their lives. The LIFE business will use teaching media in what is being called the 8 F’s (Faith, Family, Finance, Fitness, Fun, Following, Friends, and Freedom) categories. Here are a few features that will make the LIFE business an attractive opportunity.

More people are looking for an opportunity today than ever before. The unemployment lines are full. It appears that there are more people who have lost hope in a better future. It’s never been more cost effective to start your own information age business than now. Investing in information doesn’t require the high cost of a rental property or inventory that is usually associated with traditional business. Good examples of an information age businesses are Steve Jobs starting Apple in his parent’s garage and Mark Zuckerberg’s starting Facebook in his college dorm room. They were all about thinking and implementing new ideas.

What is really missing in today’s slumping economy is innovation, creativity, and idea power. A government subsidy is short lived and lulls people into a false sense of security. Charles Bandy, a Fellow at the London Business School said, “The new source of wealth in our societies is the intelligence quotient.” The LIFE business will help people win by making it possible for them to invest in themselves. People will actually set up a business that uses selected media like books and CD’s that help them learn in areas they target for growth like relationship, finances, fitness, and faith. The Team leadership system has become the bench mark in community building because it is a proven model. When someone enters a Team event they notice a learning culture. People want to learn information that will help them economically. People want proof that this system is working. Anytime you attend a Team event the proof will be in the recognition of a variety of people who are applying the information systematically and are making progress financially. Well known educator and author Peter Senge says, “ A learning organization is the single element that will determine a successful company in the future.” Learning how to lead communities is the business of the future. The best selling book by Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady, ‘Launching a Leadership Revolution’ is what many feel the best book to describe how to grow in leadership using a systematic approach. Woodward and Brady, two of the top 25 world’s leadership gurus, have created a wide variety of resources available to apply in the building of communities. The Power Player CD pack, (which includes Team 48 Building Numbers) and the Depth building CD pack teach concepts on ‘Team Approach’, that systems genius Orrin Woodward has developed. Don’t forget the ‘Team Builders Textbook’. This book written by Orrin and Chris is a step by step manual on how to build communities systematically.                                                        

America has been called the land of opportunity.The opportunities of the past will not resemble the opportunities of the future. It only appears that opportunities in today’s economy are few and far between. The LIFE Team community is entering into a hyper growth phase. Those who want an opportunity in the business of the future will make the single most important investment by buying a ticket to the Columbus major convention. You will see the opportunity of a lifetime. Look no further than Orrin Woodward’s LIFE Team leadership system in Columbus Ohio. God Bless, George Guzzardo

LIFE LEADERSHIP PRODUCTS AND THE DREAM

 

 

Orrin Woodward and the new LIFE Leadership business are fulfilling dreams.  You might ask, “How can a leadership business fulfill a dream?’  This will be the first business in which the product is designed to build the dream.  Simply revolutionary!  In the past, products were always the vehicle to the dream.  For example, a person could sell pots and pans to get money to achieve their dream.  Perhaps the product was rubber eye lashes or a special soap.  In the end, the product was a medium to achieve the dream.  For the very first time, the product  ( 8 F’s ) is connected with the dream.  A business is the means to obtain a goal.  Now, the business is the goal. Just ask someone,  “Which two or three of the 8 F’s would you choose to improve?”  

 Finances for example seem to be effecting everyone.  It’s not hard to see or even feel the effects of an economy that is squeezing everyone today.  The statistics rush in from all around us about the state of people’s finances.  The stress is felt.  Foreclosures, late mortgages, difficulty balancing the check book, making ends meet,  school loans,  medical bills , failing investments ,  and the dropping value of the dollar are stressors  just to name a few.  If the ultra wealthy bankers ( FED ) that manipulate the financial system and  the Ivy league politicians helped us achieve our goals,  wouldn’t there be progress?  The ‘Finance packs’ and information on money and the economy will simplify a confusing subject   

 Can you think of any family member or friend that you would like a better relationship with?   People seem more distant and without proper communication skills, conflict is at an all time high.  LIFE products like the CD ‘Conflict Resolution’ provides information to build a bridge that’s broken. 

 Just about everyone wonders about how the world began and how they were created.  It seems like there are more world views about spiritual issues than ever before.  With all the theories out there who can believe what.?  The LIFE business has the ‘AGO’ series that provides answers to complex questions. 

 Our national nutrition is a mess. We lead industrial societies with obesity and heart disease. Childhood illness from poor diet is rampant.  Just look at the increase in frequency of adolescent diabetes, obesity, and attention deficit disorder.  The ‘Fitness’ category will be available to bring information in an area most people are looking for.

 Conflict, difficulty, or problems in any area of life is an indicator of a population that was poorly educated.   What if the product was a business that informed people? There are people today that want a better life.  People know there is something wrong out there.  When people don’t know what to do they lose hope.  Even people who are doing” good” are looking outside traditional ways to make money.   People also want to be part of something big.  People know deep inside that they were created for a purpose.

 The business of the future will be information.  But with all the information saturating the air waves, paper industries, educational system, and the internet,  just where does one start?  It starts with a proven system of information.  What do we mean by proven?  A system that has a track record of results is the answer.  The Team, for example, is now the bench mark of a leadership system that builds communities.  They are the only group that can claim two of the top twenty five leadership gurus in the world and there more on the way.  The secret to building communities is leadership and the Team has the best system to develop leaders in the world.  The LIFE business will be information from the top community builders.  The advantage of having top community builders do the teaching is that they have worked with a myriad of people in the area of finances,  relationships,  conflict resolution,  faith,  and leadership development  just to name a few.  The Team leadership system is arguably the best in the world where anyone can learn regardless of  financial status, education, or age.  That leadership system has produced a learning culture.  Once people get exposed to information from reading, listening to audios or speakers, and mentorship, they start to make progress and can’t deny the truth. 

 The LIFE business will be a dream.  People will have a business plan to create a stream of income.  People will have products that will help them enhance targeted areas of the their lives.   As the new LIFE brochure states, “LIFE is dedicated to serving people by creating products that focus on truth in the 8 major areas of peoples’ lives, and does so through a business model that rewards you for adding value to others.”  

 If the recent growth from the pre launch is any indication, the LIFE business will provide the answers people have been praying for. You were meant for something great!  Get ready because Orrin Woodward and LIFE starts 11-1-11.  God Bless, George Guzzardo               

 

LIFE LEADERSHIP AND IDEA POWER

There is an excitement about the LIFE leadership business,  Orrin Woodward, and the Team Community building system.  There are many reasons this will be the business model of the information age.  One big reason is that the LIFE business products ARE information.  Information will be available through subscriptions that teach ideas on how to help people under the 8 F’s ( Faith, Family, Finance, Fitness, Fun, Following, Freedom, and Friends ) categories.

 Everyone in today’s world is detecting something wrong in important areas of their lives.  People are feeling a financial squeeze.  The social media craze is an indication that people are reaching out for ‘friends’. Anyone can relate with people who are dealing with conflict in a relationship.  Spouses struggle, children can’t relate to their parents, co workers back bite and on and on.  These are examples of where people are not equipped by society and it’s educational system.  People have not been given the means to have a thriving LIFE in the areas that really matter.  There is a need.

 The products provided in the LIFE business will be information that gives knowledge to equip people with the skills necessary to improve finances and relationships.  This information will not be based on theory like the typical educational system but will be taught by those who have developed the leadership skills necessary to build large communities.  For example, in the process of building communities of people, leader’s develop the ability to help people in the areas of conflict resolution, game planning (Plan, Do, Check, and Adjust), and financial management through a proven system of books, mentoring and the use of audios.  Building a community is what the Team leadership system is known for.  Here are a few key areas in which the leaders of a community develop their credibility: 

1.  Character / Integrity
2. Work ethic
3. Commitment
4. Leadership
5. Long Term Vision
6. Delayed Gratification
7. The Power of Compounding from Systems 

This quote from Keven Kelly out of his book ‘New Rules for the New Economy’ sounds exactly like what the Team leadership system is all about,  “The new economy will favor ideas, information and relationships.”   Clifford Pinchot trumpets what it will take to get the information age thriving again with this quote, “The organization of the future will be a community of entrepreneur’s.”  You can expect a variety of innovative ideas from a LIFE subscription that will contribute to helping people in areas they target for growth. 

 This new industry will not be without critics however and rightfully so.  Critics test the resolve of leaders who innovate ideas.  Time will prove who is right.  If there is any indication from the past success’s of the leadership of the LIFE Team business this venture will be a huge success.  Qualities that the Team’s leadership has demonstrated time and time again include trust that comes from a foundation of service and character.   These are the qualities that have been tested and have not been found wanting.  The leadership from Orrin Woodward and LIFE will be the foundation to generate the ideas necessary to carry business into the 21^st century.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

 

LIFE LEADERSHIP AND HISTORICAL MOVEMENTS

The new LIFE Leadership business headed by Orrin Woodward will awaken many people to the availability of answers that will help them in all areas of life.  The 8 F's ( Faith, Finance, Family, Friends, Fun, Fitness, Following and Freedom ) are the common areas that people feel could use improvement as most of us are struggling in some or all of them.  Many of the problems in the western world can actually be linked to our not learning lessons from history. History, aside from a few dates in text books, has been significantly deminished.  What is the ramification of severing our historical roots?  Has there ever been evidence of a historical movement to restore a people's culture?

The importance of history as a learning tool has been well documented.  The Roman historian Tacitus said, "The principle office of history I take to be this, to prevent virtues from being forgotten." Cicero said, "History is the witness of the times, the torch  of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity."   Could it be that today contemporary man is suffering from amnesia?  Are we seeing signs that western man has begun to doubt it's own credentials?  The loss of history means the loss of identity.

We look at todays western culture and the people seem to be living entirely in the present without regard to failures of past societies.  We have phased out history from our educational systems.  Universities have become high priced occupational training centers. Ironically, the jobs students have been trained for will soon not exist. Could there be lessons hidden in the past that we are not finding?  The word idiot comes from the Greek word 'idiotes'; one who puts private pleasures before public affairs and who was hence ignorant of what really mattered in life. Could the financial and emotional pain our society is feeling today be a result of past lessons not applied? The great historian Thomas Carlyle said, "What is all knowledge too but recorded experience and a product of history."  Think about that... "All knowledge."

Peoples who have forgotten lessons in the past have recuperated before.  When studying history, some of the greatest restorations have taken place when things looked the darkest. For example, let's look at the times leading up to the Renaissance.  The vast majority of people lived as peasants under a manoral economy and feudal political system. The 'Black Death' struck in 1348 killing 1/3 of Europe's population. The 100 years war dominated from 1337 to 1453.  The Government burdened the population with massive war debt. The Government indulged in monetary manipulation.  What currencies people had became devalued.  Prices rose.  Does anyone today relate with these scenarios?  What did the people do to recover and create one of the biggest cultural restorations in documented history called the renaissance? They began to search for truth. They began to take an interest in lessons learned from former ages. The peasant revolt came about because they wanted a better future.  The printing press made information available to the common man and woman. A literary revival followed.  People began to be educated in Greek and Latin classics. From this information people gained instruction and became inspired. School curriculums began to change to include : grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, moral philosophy, and art.  An exciting development of thinkers followed and economic prosperity ensued. Commerce developed through merchant capitalism. Manufacturing of textiles increased and commerce developed along the sea coast. Economic prosperity created more demand for literature and the arts.

The LIFE business will be a springboard of new ideas for a new wave of thinkers. Once the mind opens, new possibilities will exist. People know there is something wrong with our current times. They feel the pain of finances or strained relationships.  Motivation comes from wanting to learn how to improve in certain areas of life like 'family' or 'fitness'. Books and audios will be available at prices way under market value so the information will be readily available for the common man and woman. We don't need another peasants revolt.  We need an information revolution.  LIFE Team Leadership and Orrin Woodward have finally made the information available starting November 1st.  God Bless,  George Guzzardo           

 

LIFE LEADERSHIP FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE

 

The reason the LIFE Leadership Team is growing so fast is because of the answers it provides in the midst of these trying economic times.  Orrin Woodward's systematic background and the soon to be launched LIFE Team business will showcase many successful men and women. I have first-hand experience learning these financial lessons. Well before the Team released its Financial Pack, we made our first million dollars, and like most Americans, we didn't see the real estate bubble collapse coming. Originally, the banks told us that we qualified to buy a luxury land development property and build a house at the same time.  However, through mentoring with my friend Orrin Woodward, he counseled me to buy the land only and pay it off in five years. I am thankful I followed this plan, because shortly afterwards I ended my association with my former networking company. I made that decision based upon my principles, even though I knew it would affect my finances dramatically. It was simply the right thing for me to do. Resigning from my business, combined with the popping real estate bubble, changed my finances dramatically. Most people would have been devastated from this set of circumstances but my wife and I dug into a new plan. It also helps to position yourself with the right association and I believed in Orrin Woodward and the Team training system.

To give an example of just how bad the Arizona real estate bubble was, the company who started the luxury land development of over one thousand acre Saguaro property went into bankruptcy, vanishing forty million dollars like a puff of smoke. Seeking legal counsel, I held my payments until the smoke cleared.  Working with my bank, we agreed on a foreclosure plan helping to cut my losses. In the meantime , a number of factors changed in my financial picture. I began a new business venture and kept up a solid relationships with my mentor.  After discussing my options, I restarted payments to the bank and I am contemplating  accelerating the payments. The bank reinstated my good credit and the property is no longer in foreclosure. I am currently undecided whether I will build on the property or eventually sell it. Jill and I are considering buying an 8 acre ranch on an air strip that we both love.  The dream is alive on the LIFE Leadership Team.  

Why do I tell you all this?  Because I want you to learn from my financial mistakes, not your own. I am an example of how this financial training and personal mentorship works. It's rare to hear about any financial success in today's economy but not so in the Life Team. Through this situation, I've learned that true failure only occurs when a person quits.  I am not a quitter and have learned my lesson. Where else but in the LIFE Team, can a person afford a million dollar learning lesson? The LIFE Team community has helped numerous people survive the economic downturn, including Jill and me. I live by the old saying, "People of integrity expect to be believed, and when they're not, they let time prove them right."   The LIFE business and the Team system teaches financial knowledge.  This wisdom will help millions of people save millions of dollars by learning from the wisdom of others. Thanks to Orrin Woodward and the LIFE Team, there is help. God Bless, George Guzzardo 

 

COMMUNITY AND HEALTHY COMMUNICATION

Shakespeare said, "Nothing in the world is good or bad but Thinking makes it so." How we think can actually impact our overall health status.  The Life business developed by the Team leadership headed by Orrin Woodward, has the ability to help people do just that.

Any time spent working in the medical world will reveal that there are multiple conditions that are effected by emotional stress and in today's society, effects of stress are being felt more than ever.   People are stressed out.  Many medical problems are impacted by stress such as:

• High blood presure
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Pain
• Headaches
• Muscle disorders
• Stomach disorders

You could go on and on.  Basically, it would appear that half the stuff we get is caused by stress and the other half is aggravated by it.

An interesting study on the effects of stress on relationships  and health status studied married couples who had been married over 40 years and were constant arguers in comparison to couples who were able to resolve issues through conversation.  The arguing couples had weaker immune systems and therefore worse overall health - from arguing!  Interestingly, how they thought  and how they communicated impacted their stress and their health. 

Another interesting study was described as "Breakthrough Research." A group of people all diagnosed with malignant melanoma and having had the same traditional treatment were divided into two groups.  The first group met once a week for six weeks and were taught basic communication skills.  The second group didn't.  After five years, only 9% of the first group had succumbed to the disease as opposed  to almost 30% of the untrained group.

Think about it.  Communication skills!  Skills that would include or impact verbalizing symptoms to report, coping, sharing, overcoming fears, neutralizing stress, developing support systems,  and almost certainly discussions on faith and beliefs.  Think about the implications of this study.  Just a modest improvement in ability to talk and connect with others corresponded to a 2/3 decrease in death rate.  

A modest improvement in communication and ability to connect?  The implications are HUGE!

Substitute a modest improvement in communication with a Dramatic improvement in communication and relational skills using a proven system.  A system proven to be effective in helping marriage, communication between parents and children , and with a community at large.  Even with yourself.  Changing people's thinking.

Compare a "Modest improvement" using the Team system , the 8 F's ( Faith, Family, Finance , Fitness, Fun, Following, Freedom, and Friends ) and the LIFE business that without a doubt can change lives in every way.  

Compare "Groundbreaking Research" with a ground breaking business destined to make a huge difference in millions of lives.

That's what Orrin Woodward and the Team leadership has committed to.

That's LIFE!  God Bless, Jill Guzzardo 

COMMUNITY AND NEGATIVITY

The first thing that pops into my mind as I read the title of this article is that the words are polar opposites.  Early in my Team business I remember returning from a meeting with my friend and mentor,  top 25 leadership guru Orrin Woodward.  I felt uplifted and encouraged from his words.  I wasn't sure exactly what was happening to me but every time I got around the Team association I felt good.  People began to notice the good qualities in me.  I began to notice an increase in my self worth. I also heard the same kind of comments from others who associated with the Team community.  I then began to ask why it took this type of association to effect my attitudes.  Prior to this community, I was a product of the constant negative news propaganda machine.  I was always finding something negative about a person, place, or thing.  If you listen to what is said around you, I'm sure you will hear similar type comments from an environment that the negative propagnadist's have created.  

We are surrounded by a world of negative messaging.  Just look at the news or the weather. In one typical news segment I heard about the bad traits of a presidential candidate,  the rise in the unemployment rate, and the deficit of the economy.  Following a commercial break that featured an advertisement to consume more products through personal financing with low interest rates, the news commenced.  The next segment included fighting overseas.  Then someone got kidnapped on the other side of the world.  Violence here. Violence there.  The news anchor states, "But wait, there's more!" This typically goes on for twenty four hours only to be interrupted by the weather.  This same pattern has not only permeated the T.V. but saturates the bulk of the newspaper industry and internet as well.  Don't forget. The justification of all this is that "they" are only helping by pointing out all this important negative news. There is an entire industry that has been created.  Simply put, negative sells.

One of the many lessons learned from the association with a leadership community is that it doesn't take any intelligence to become a trained watch dog.  You just have to get good at finding faults in everything and reporting them.  Just think.  At the end of the day, the writers epitaph is that they had no original ideas of their own.  They only reported things as they saw them.  

People in the upcoming LIFE business will make an intentional decision to change negative inputs in their life.  I made this decision a while ago.  While I am not cured of negative thoughts, I am healing.  Through the Team community training system, I have been able to utilize books about the power of attitude and appreciating personality differences. Books in the Team training system like,  'Attitude Is Everything',  'What To Say When You Talk To Yourself',  and 'Whale Done' have had an impact on people's positive thoughts.  I have heard many testimonies from parents, spouses,  co-workers, and neighbors about how people's lives have developed positive perspectives.  Those testimonies will be available on the new LIFE web site.

Through the power of the Team community I have heard,  "Small minds talk about people, medium minds talk about events, and great minds talk about vision." Try something different. Each day find at least five people that you can praise or encourage.  A positive ripple effect starts with one person.  Avoid the negative minds who are filled with negative thoughts about everything.  Negativity spews lack of trust.  It's a great feeling knowing you can trust in people again.  Someone might say, "This is pie in the sky thinking."  I say, "History is made by great men and women who walked here."  These great men and women are at work in the world right now.  Come witness what great leaders like Orrin Woodward are doing in LIFE.  God Bless,  George Guzzardo      

COMMUNITY AND LIVING INTENTIONALLY FOR EXCELLENCE

LIFE (Living IntentionallyFor Excellence) is a community of friends, family, neighbors, and co - workers who share a common interest to live intentionally for excellence.  The Team leadership community behind top 25 leadership gurus Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady have accumulated 100 plus years of experience in Leadership development found within the Team organization.  The Team has become the bench mark in community building by using a leadership system.  

We look out into the world today and recognize that not all is well in the western world. Warnings about the state of the economy blanket the news channels.  National debt and family insecurity are at an all time high.  Social networking is growing and yet people are feeling more isolated and alone.  The institution of marriage is on unstable ground.  No one would argue that there could be improvements in at least one relationship.  The problems we face within life are nothing more than indicators of a lack of knowledge to solve those problems.  Living Intentionally For Excellence defines the 8 F's ( Family, Friends, Faith, Finance, Fitness, Fun, Freedom, and Following) as catagories that people within a community want to improve.  For example, someone wishing to improve a relationship would have access to a proven system of learning and personal mentorship.  I first read the book 'Personality Plus' after starting in the Team leadership community.  I was enlightened to find that not everyone shared the same personality characteristics.  Some are reserved. Some are outgoing. Some look at details and others just want to have fun.  I remember being mentored to read the book 'The Five Love Languages'.  Another insightful moment occurred when I discovered that some people feel that you love them when you vacuum the house whereas others feel you love them when you pat them on the back.  There is a progression of books and CD's from the LIFE subscriptions. This media will give continuous insight on how to improve a relationship.  This is only a sampling of how people will use the LIFE business to increase wisdom in an area they wish improve.

Many are calling LIFE the creation of a whole new industry converging Leadership / Self improvement,  Life Coaching,  Network compensation, and Community building.  Over the next several weeks,  stay tuned as specific areas within the LIFE business will be described. This information will show how this concept will set itself apart from any other business model.  There is a buzz in the air.  The anticipation of the new LIFE ( Living Intentionally For Excellence ) business is creating excitement all across North America.  Whether you join as a member or a customer you too can pick a category in your life that you would like to grow.  We only get one life and many of us feel that we haven't been equipped to get the knowledge necessary for excellence.  Check out LIFE ( Living Intentionally For Excellence ).   God Bless, George Guzzardo         

 

COMMUNITY AND FRESNO CONVENTION

What a weekend it was in Fresno California.  The pre - launch of LIFE business is official. The facilities were jammed with people who anticipated learning about the details of how four distinct industries will merge to become a hybrid.  The Team will blend four distinct industries of community building, leadership and self development,  networking, and life coaching into LIFE (Living Intentionally For Excellence) November 1st.  

Those in attendance learned about the LIFE products,  web site design,  LIFE Levels, Mona Vie's exclusive partnership as the fitness F, and much more.  Leaders were recognized and all speakers were at their very best.  Some of the high lights include: Team Chairman Orrin Woodward,  the Ladies panel, the Vanbuskirk's recollection of funny stories, and Tim Mark's Sunday message. You just had to be there.

Everyone left the convention with a commitment to move their business forward.  Hope to make progress in each one of the 8 F's ( Finance, Fitness, Fun, Friends, Faiths, Family Freedom. Following) was high.  People left with a greater purpose to share this information with others to make a difference in peoples lives. 

This is only part of the story as this coming weekend marks the Columbus Ohio summer convention.  If what happened in Fresno is any indicator of the type of information and excitement that followed, then Columbus will be a history making event. Columbus will showcase additional speakers from Fresno with the Bradys, Hamiltons, Lewis's and Dallin Larsen along with the Woodwards, Marks's, and Guzzardos.  Major recognition will take place with Dan and Lisa Hawkins being introduced as new PC's.   It's still not to late to get a ticket. I look forward to seeing you there.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

COMMUNITY AND FITNESS

In many ways the LIFE pre-launch held in Fresno and Columbus will be revolutionary. This will mark the extension of a leadership style community building group called Team and the fitness giant Mona Vie. The Life business uses 8 F's to describe them. One key F that people are passionate about is their health. Mona Vie is the leader in the field of products that use state of the art science in their nutrition beverages and supplements. In other words, for a community of people in a leadership group, 'the best for the best'. Each F will hold a special place for people to choose what's important for them. This weekends pre launch will be historic in many ways. God Bless, George Guzzardo

COMMUNITY AND LIFE PRE LAUNCH

When you attend the pre launch of the new LIFE business at the summer leadership conventions, remember, you will be witnessing history in the making.  For example, when a person sets a goal to be a doctor , they set off on a life changing journey.  The outcome doesn't just change the doctor but will have a lasting ripple effect on those the doctor touches.  The journey begins with intense classroom study, various clinical trials, residency, and then the pressure of final testing.  This goal takes up to eleven years to complete in some cases. A physician doesn't begin the first day in class by announcing when they will take appointments.  After years of preparation they receive a diploma and begin to make decisions about where they will practice.  The doctor begins to look for a clinic to practice in and equipment to purchase.  Finally, they initiate a pre launch by taking out advertisements announcing when they will begin taking appointments.  The patients responding to the pre launch will have the biggest advantage in scheduling times and meeting the new doctor first.

After years of preparation in the area of leadership development and community building, the Team will hold the official pre launch of the new LIFE business at the summer conventions in Fresno California and Columbus Ohio.  Top 25 leadership gurus Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady will be there to kick of the pre - launch. This is an unprecedented  moment in business as "A Whole New Industry" will be unveiled. After years of study, testing and preparation, details of the LIFE business will be described. The official pre launch has arrived.  The doctor will be taking patients starting on November 1st.  Here are just a few details that will be disclosed:

1. New Terminology 
2. Graphics and Website design
3. The Compensation Plan
4. Products that LIFE will sell
5. The Uniqueness of the credibility and competence
6. How to get started

Recognition of leadership at the highest level will also take place when Dan and Lisa Hawkins will be announced as NEW POLICY COUNSEL members.  This achievement couldn't have come at a better time than with the launch of LIFE.

Do not miss this!  If you thought that 'Apple' or "Face Book' has made an impact, you haven't seen anything yet. Research has pointed to leadership time and time again as the answer to an ailing economy, family values, health, and the overall quality of life. Finally, after over a decade of preparation the state of the art leadership business called LIFE ( Living Intentionally For Excellence ) will be unrolled,  bringing hope back to people who didn't have answers to their problems and now will.  Meet people from all walks of social economic backgrounds as they become passionate about purpose again.

It's not too late to attend.  If you have doubts, money challenges for the investment of the ticket, or time constraints from other obligations please talk to someone on your team about a solution to these obstacles that would keep you from a life changing event.  You only get an opportunity to be part of something like this once in a lifetime.  Actually, something like this occurs once in history.  The ripple effect on business, your own life, and generations to come hangs in the balance.  Make sure you see me and tell me how you made the decision to attend and let's make a difference together.  God Bless, George Guzzardo

 

COMMUNITY AND POLITICS

Would the word 'shock' describe the reaction of the many who take a double look at the title of this blog?  After all, haven't we all been taught to keep politics and religion out of business? What does politics have to do with the Team leadership development community?  Most of the people joining the Team leadership development community do so because they want additional or residual income to solve their monetary situation.  Learning how to develop communities has been connected to leadership but it's not surprising to find many who also learn about politics as part of building a community.

A politician is responsible for the needs of their constituents.  By far, the majority of the those needs are economic but  individual rights of people are a close second.  I never learned about the history of our countries political structure through the school system.  I grew up in Chicago where politics were black and white.  You were either Democrat or Republican.  The Democrats were for the poor.  The Republicans were for the rich.  I came from the 'Democratic machine' of Chicago.  We voted a straight Democratic ticket regardless of what the candidate thought.  

One of the benefits of building communities is the ability to learn politics. If politics involves economics, then one needs to master the basics first.  When starting your leadership business you will set up an account.  You will learn to budget your expenses, manage your assets, and invest in your business.  You will learn about taxes and tax deductions. Learning about peoples interest also ties into politics. When building a community you meet just about everyone from all walks of life.  All social, economic, political, and religious groups are encountered.  You will hear many world views.  Building a leadership development community is a low financial risk, unlike the traditional business world where there are building expenses and large overhead from inventory.  Low risk makes it easier to try your entrepreneurial spirit.  In many ways, the lessons of politics are similar to building a community.  Community building experiences do not teach from theory as in the higher educational model.  Since much of politics is about economics and peoples rights, building a community is a perfect training ground.

A wide variety of knowledge is learned from building communities.  There is a reading program called book of the month.  There is a mentoring program where people learn from those with experience.  As with any educational program, one can diversify to more specific subjects.  I've had a great opportunity to learn from one of the  top 25 leadership gurus, Orrin Woodward.  Orrin has gained his success from building large communities with a proven system and is an accomplished author.   I've met many who have expanded their reading to include Ludwig von Mises, Henry Hazlitt, F.A. Hayak and Warren T. Brookes to name a few.  Many a leadership group has learned political history by studying the Judeo - Christian roots, Greek democracies, the Roman republic, age of the enlightenment, and the founding of America.  

Practical experience, economics, and history combine to give lessons in politics that perhaps are hidden under the surface of modern education and media.  Here are some questions about politics that can come from building a community through a leadership development group like the Team:

1. Should anyone be placed in a position of political power without a strong understanding of the historical foundations of our revolutionary fathers?
2. Should the media dictate what we should think about every day?
3. Should show business celebrities who have been elevated to God like figures with no knowledge of economic principles influence our thinking from the cover of a magazine found in a grocery line?
4. Is politics as black and white as Democrat and Republican or is this the best way to keep the population polarized?
5. Have duties and responsibilities been lost to benefits and securities?
6. Has propaganda become a substitute for ideas and ideologies? 

I am very encouraged  to learn that Orrin Woodward's and Chris Brady's blog has been selected for inclusion in the online Masters degree program for business.  It's also encouraging to see the Team leadership development system guide people to the classics, Judeo - Christian heritage,  Greco - Roman government models, and the lost histories our country.  Without those roots, the reality of the world becomes whatever the latest cable news shows determine for our daily agenda.  The end result is that acting, politics, and sports have become what they were under Emperor Nero's reign.  Can you smell something burning?  God Bless,   George Guzzardo

COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT

The Team community is unique compared to any other association in the world on how members provide a fulfilling support in times of need.  As the society we live in seems more isolated, this community provides dimensions to a person's life that society no longer fulfills.  

The Team community recently identified the 8 F's ( Faith, Family, Finance, Fitness, Fun, Friendship, Following, and Freedom ) as areas that people were wanting to either enhance or that represented a void.  The leadership of the Team headed by Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady went to work to assemble the most in depth information available to those who want to pursue knowledge in targeted areas of growth.  In addition to the EBC ( Electronic Business Center ),  CD's ( Direct fulfillment program ), books, seminars, and mentorship, the Team will be adding a link on the website to offer real life testimonies about how all this has made a difference to people.  Under this link one may comment about how associating with the Team leadership development system has made a difference in their lives.  

The Team leadership system provides three critical areas in need of focus by most of us.  They are: Friendship ( one of the F's ) , Relationships, and Mentorship ( one who qualifies as a guide ).

The Team is now identified as the premier Leadership development community   as the only  organization with two of the top 25 leadership gurus ( Orrin Woodward / Chris Brady ).  Inside this leadership system lies a myriad of media sources for personal development.  This media is unlike any other information system in that it is not taught from theory.  Individuals qualify to teach by demonstrating leadership ability by developing large communities within the Team. It's been found that individuals who build a large size community must achieve competence in the use of the leadership system, develop bonds of trust and loyalty within it's constituents, create a foundation of relationships, and guide growing leaders with personal mentorship.  Throughout the time it takes to develop these communities, solid friendships are formed.  

Support, encouragement, and fellowship are found to be some of the biggest missing links in the society today.  Mountains of examples of how this leadership community supports each other abound.  Several years ago Orrin Woodward's father went to be with the Lord after an extended illness.  During that time Orrin was surrounded by friends from the Team who comforted and supported him.  Terry Brady experienced a major health challenge a few years ago.  The Brady family was supported by friends from the Team providing all types of assistance to promote a smooth recovery.  Just yesterday my wife's Dad went to be with the Lord.  It's overwhelming the contacts we've had from friends on the Team reaching out.  Perhaps you've experienced this outpouring of kindness, warmth, and support from your Team community.

Most of all are the incredible number of people coming together in prayer asking for peace through life's trials.  By far, the power of prayer throughout an organization asking a loving God to minister to those in need has an impact. Don't think it doesn't.  Just ask those who have been on the receiving end of those prayers.  Anyone wishing to learn more about the power of prayer should read the works of E.M. Bounds.

Finally, an organization exists that is available to support those in need.  We need to be reminded that we are not alone in the world.  An example of caring is significantly noticeable  inside a community called Team.  This concept gives a whole new meaning to the word LIFE.   God Bless,  George Guzzardo