Team Orrin Woodward

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