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What Success Isn’t

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A recent blog entry from John Maxwell really struck a cord today.  He talks about what success isn’t, and what people often mistake for success.  The very first point around wealth is so very true.  A lot of people have said I know millionaires, I know people with tons of money, blah blah.  That may be fine and dandy but that does not make them successful. 

To counter that and in my own opinion, do they have wealth in ALL area’s of their life?  Do they have the time to spend with their families? Do they have their faith on track? Do they do the things they want to do and have the ultimate freedom to do that?  Success is not measured by wealth no matter how you try and twist it.

There is more around this concept, so check out John’s blog.

http://johnmaxwellonleadership.com/2012/05/29/success-what-it-isnt/

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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Online Reputation

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online-reputation-Online reputation is if not already, becoming a big deal.  So a lot of organizations are looking to protect their image from bad press or even untrue information portrayed about them.  With some of the IT associations I belong to this is starting to become a bigger and bigger concern and more and more talked about.  Social Media is playing a huge role in the creation or destruction of reputations and managing these reputations is vital for many organizations. 

Todd Woodward recently joined Amway as Vice President, Global Amway Brand and Public Relations and has some pretty high credentials from past employers.  University of Notre Dame, Weber Shandwick Worldwide, Harley Davidson and the National Milk Processor Board.  I’m glad to see someone like Todd take over this position as I’m sure he will take Amway’s reputation and only increase it as it already is. 

Just doing some searching on Amway or even World Wide Dreambuilders has changed since I first started.  There are many companies that help repair reputations and remove old or negative publicity and it seems like Amway is making strides there.  I don’t blame them as people that hide behind anonymous or alias’s really don’t lend much credibility to be honest.  Why hide?  If you believe 100% in what you talk about then you should be able to use a real name, at least that’s my opinion.

Today’s blog post on the Amway Insider was a good one that talked about online reputation management and some thoughts from Todd about Direct Selling Companies and Amway.  This comment really resonated with me because I really do believe this to be true at least with our business. “Direct selling is the most human of businesses. . . we believe that helping humans – not companies – to be successful is a world-changing approach. Translating that online is critical to improving our reputation”. While some may think it’s crazy to think a business like ours helps “humans”, it’s the people who are crazy enough to think that that actually make it happen.  We help others become successful before we become successful and that’s very fulfilling.  If you can serve others before you serve yourself you will become successful. Don’t believe me? Ask people like Warren Buffet, John Maxwell, or anyone that is very successful, they got there because they served others first and that’s exactly what we do.

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Just today I had two different counsel sessions with different members of our team.  They had various questions, some business related some non-business related and I didn’t get paid for those two hours.  I could have used that time to do something else however  I served on them because they needed me, they needed to talk to me about whatever was on their mind or heart.  That’s just one way of how you serve others and do exactly what Todd was talking about, “helping humans”.  I love that quote.

Click the link above to read the blog entry to see some other quotes from Todd on what is going to be hugely impactful for Amway in the coming future.