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Spring Leadership 2012 Recap

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It’s been a long time coming but Spring Leadership has finally come and gone at the BMO Centre in Calgary, Alberta.  It started with a room of about five couples roughly six years ago who had a dream to have a major function within Alberta and spoke it repeatedly over and over.  Here we are with Alberta’s first World Wide Dreambuilders Spring Leadership.  Around 2,500 people were in attendance which blew away World Wide Group which while prepared, was probably not expecting such an amazing appearance.

With the growth in Alberta soaring, as confirmed by Amway Canada’s Jeff Johnson, there is no doubt that we will double the numbers next year if not more and be in the Coral Centre.  While this is the first Major Function, outside of Dream Night, that we’ve been able to attract, we will attract our very own Free Enterprise Day event in 2013.  Some people who read this blog may rebuke the growth but it’s very apparent that World Wide Dreambuilders is growing, Direct Selling in Canada is growing, and Amway it’s self is growing month over month and year over year.

We’ve got a new spark and are looking at continuing our own growth and contributing towards what is an amazing Canadian movement.

Go and Grow!

 

Spring Leadership 2012

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It’s that time of year again, Spring Leadership is upon us however this time its a bit different for us in Canada.  Because of the continued growth in this area we’ve secured our very own Spring Leadership in Calgary, Alberta.  That’s pretty phenomenal as travel costs will be drastically reduced and travel to the US for this function at least, won’t be necessary. 

Spring Leadership is just that, a conference/seminar on Leadership.  And If your going to talk about Leadership then why not invite the world’s foremost speaker and writer on the subject, John Maxwell.  I have to say that’s the best part of the whole weekend, two keynote talks by John and for those who want to attend, a non-denominational service on Sunday led by him.  I don’t think a guy like John Maxwell would want to hurt his reputation by endorsing an organization that wasn’t full of integrity. 

I always find the biggest growth in our business happens coming out of Spring Leadership, it helps to draw a line in the sand and move forward from whatever was going on before.  While I will miss the road trips down to Spokane, I’m excited to continue to build up this Canadian market so that we can earn having our own Free Enterprise Day’s, which typically happens around October.  I have no doubt with hearing some of the growth numbers from Amway’s latest visit out this way, and that’s pretty exciting to hear.

The only way to really understand what Spring Leadership is like is to actually go to one.  Reading it from me or anywhere else on the internet just won’t do it justice, make up your own mind and come to your own conclusions.

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Debt Free Sooner?

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DebtFreeI came across this article as a re-tweet from someone on my twitter feed and thought it was a little ray of sunshine this weekend since my last blog post on people living paycheque to paycheque as it wasn’t very positive news.

The article from the Edmonton Journal states that “Albertans expect to be among the youngest to be debt free”.  That’s good news and maybe that means some people are starting to get it?  There has been some question as to what “debt free” means however this article somewhat says it to the point where people have successfully paid down all of their debt, which we’ve done. “Being debt-free is a long-term financial goal for many Canadians, and this poll suggests Albertans are optimistically looking ahead to the stage of life they will be in when they successfully paid down all of their debt,” said Christina Kramer, executive vice-president of retail distribution and channel strategy for the CIBC”

So in those terms I’ll agree that we are debt free despite those who say we are not.  Really it doesn’t matter what others think to be honest.  Outside of us renting we don’t owe any bank or credit organization any money.  That’s a very freeing feeling to be consumer debt free. 

I’m glad to see others are starting to think they will be debt free younger, that’s very positive news. Have a great Sunday.

Amway Helping Slave Lake Alberta

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slave-lake-fireIt’s old news now but the impact of the recent Slave Lake fire is still felt today as many people have lost their homes and many belongings to this massive fire that destroyed 40% of the town.  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/05/16/slave-lake-fire-evacuation.html

Yesterday I heard someone from our upline, I’m guessing our upline Emeralds who used to live close to Slave Lake, contacted Amway to let them know about this disaster. I’m sure most of you know Amway is very giving when it comes to disasters and relief efforts and this was no exception.  They work closely with The Red Cross and now that they’ve been aware of the Slave Lake fire they’ve added it to their list to help out.  Just like that it was added. That’s pretty darn awesome to have a company that will help out that quickly in a time of need and I’ll support that big time.  Lindsay and I are big in helping those in need and contributing where we can and to be part of a company that has those same values is awesome.

A big thank you goes out to all those men and women who served to save the majority of the city, without those efforts the whole town would have been lost and many more people displaced from their homes. Also a big thank you to Amway and The Red Cross for making sure those affected are taken care of and some semblance of normalcy is returned.

If you want to help out you can donate through the Red Cross here – http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=39285&tid=001

 Update: Will and Kate visited Slave Lake with the Royal Tour today July 6th. Very nice gesture of them to visit what is being called Canada’s second worst insurance claim disaster

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/07/06/royal-visit-slavelake.html

 

 

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Happy Family Day!

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For Alberta residents (unsure who else in Canada gets this), Happy Family Day.  Enjoy the day with whatever you are doing.  We are cleaning the house and getting the babies room cleaned up so that we can be prepared for the big day.  So in some part we are spending it getting ready for family!

It’s sad that the government only recognizes one day for the family, just goes to show how much they really do care about the family. If you want more time with your family then you need to make changes in your life to do that.  It can be done a number of different ways.  I know for us, what we are doing with our business is working for us and is actually going to allow us to have that freedom down the road to spend more time with our family. After all that is one of the main reasons why we started our own business and asked for coaching and mentorship from people who’ve done exactly what we want out of life.

Enjoy the day and cherish these moments with your family.

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