I know that a man’s (or woman’s) character is built upon many characteristics.  I believe it’s the foundation of what makes us who we are.  I recently blogged about “Trust” and some examples around that and how it relates to this business and in life.  Here are some great quotes that I’ve got up in my office from John Maxwell around character:

“There are really only three kinds of people. Those who don’t succeed, those who achieve success temporarily, and those who become and remain successful. Having character is the only way to sustain success. No matter how talented or rich or attractive people are, they will not be able to outrun their character.”

"People of poor character tend to blame their choices on circumstances. Ethical people make good choices regardless of circumstances. If they make enough good choices, they begin to create better conditions for themselves."

I think it matters what people think about your character, if fact if you want to become successful in any area in life then you better care.  Character is something that continually needs to be worked on and for me that’s why I love this business because that is one of the main focus’s.  As I continue to build this business and grow closer and closer to World Wide Dreambuilders, I’m getting to see the real character of this great support system.  There are quite a few differencing opinions of World Wide Dreambuilders and that’s fine, everyone has their own opinion.  However I’ve not once experienced anything ill willed towards me, my wife or our family, or felt taken advantage of from associating with this company.  This company has great integrity which is another aspect of what someone’s character includes.  Its this integrity that has someone like John Maxwell associating, endorsing and giving his time to this great leadership company.  Check out John’s quick minute on the word integrity.

While you cannot build this business without trust, you cannot build this business with a shady character or someone of poor integrity.  As I pointed out in the previous blog post on trust, you need to be selfless which just so happens to be another great characteristic of character.  I believe, and it’s backed up by our growth in this Alberta market, these are some of the reasons why we are exploding and why a lot of eyes are on what I’ll call “The Canadian Movement”. It’s pretty darn exciting to be part of something big, and big things are coming as we have some leaders who have shown good character going into their Diamond qualification this year.

I believe we are in the business of developing leaders, people being able to take charge of their own life and lead it however they want and in whatever direction they want.  The Amway opportunity definitely gives us that ability and we’ve seen it first hand with the year we’ve been building this.  We continually strive to improve our character because nobody can ever be perfect and we are far from it.  We’ve had set backs, we’ve had great successes, but best of all we have never sacrificed what makes up our character and we never will.  That’s why we will become successful in this and help many others do the same.

Have a great weekend!