Goals or Wishes?

This is an awesome short video from my friend and mentor, Tim Marks!

Hope it helps you live the LIFE that you always wanted.

God Bless,

Joe D.

Mental Fitness Challenge…Have you taken yours?

WOW!!!  The Mental Fitness Challenge (MFC) has taken the U.S. and Canada by storm!!!  THIS IS LIKE P90X FOR YOUR BRAIN!!

The Challenge is on!! This great information is changing so many people’s lives……

Have you taken yours?

www.live-the-life.net

Many show up for MFC in Milford, Mi!!

The Mental Fitness Challenge is here!!!  In 3 days, LIFE has added almost 1,500 new customers because of the MFC.

Laura and I hosted a MFC meeting at our home and had over 80 people show up!!  This is crazy!!  People want to improve personally and GO ON FREE TRIPS!!

Get with your friend at LIFE and TAKE THE MENTAL FITNESS CHALLENGE!!

Mental Fitness Challenge Video

This is part of what LIFE is launching 4/27/2012!!!

The 90 Day Mental Fitness Challenge:

Article from Orrin Woodward:

I have read hundreds of examples recently where people have taken a 90 day challenge to improve the physical fitness and I love it! What better way to get in physical shape than partner with a community of like-minded individuals? However, with all the focus on a physical challenge, aren’t people missing out on two other key aspects of fitness – the mental and spiritual sides?

If people are going to challenge themselves anyway, why not launch a 90 day total mental fitness challenge? Work on all three areas of life by improving one’s physical, mental, and spiritual sides. For example, just as flabby muscles must be worked out in order to tone and strengthen, so too does flabby thinking. In fact, if anything, flabby thinking can have more disastrous effects in a person’s life than flabby muscles. Therefore, if a person is investing energy for 90 days anyway, then make it a total transformation, not just a physical one.

A person’s thought life changes when he begins to feed on a steady diet of positive books, audios, and association with others who do the same. Indeed, I know of no other activity than can change a person’s life as fast as changing his associations. Birds of a feather, in other words, do flock together. My good friend, the late Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, used to say, “Five years from now you will be pretty much the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to” It was eighteen years when I first heard Charlie’s words and took his advice. It changed everything.

Fitness experts say that 85% of physical fitness is in proper dieting. I believe the same principle holds true for mental and spiritual dieting as well. Tell me the thought diet a person routinely feeds his mental and spiritual sides and I can fairly accurately predict his five year future. Success is that predictable; however, it isn’t that easy.

Why not? Because the right habits, although easy to do, are also easy not to do. Left to themselves, most people will choose the path of least resistance, which means continuing in their bad habits rather than changing. The good news, however, is that through associating with others in a 90 day challenge, a person can leverage the community to help drive his personal change. In essence, community is the difference between good intentions and good results. Many will give up on themselves, but fewer are willing to give up on others who are counting on them.

Fortunately, it only takes three steps for a person to change everything:

1. Develop a proper diet for the food and thoughts entering his body and mind.

2. Make commitments to himself and others to follow the new diet for 90 days.

3. Maintain association with others who have committed to do the same thing.

There it is. A recipe for success in any area of life. It’s been said that a person changes when the pain of staying the same or the joy of changing becomes big enough. Eighteen years ago, I took Charlie “Tremendous” Jones up on his mental fitness challenge and it has made all the difference for me. I share this with the readers to encourage them in the three step process for real change. Are you ready to take the mental fitness challenge?

Keep Your Dreams Big and Your Worries Small. Great video

This is a video of Jace, the grandson of my dear friend and business partner Rick.

This touched my heart because I remember dreaming like this when I was younger.  I challenge everyone that views this video to dream like we use to, and your dreams will come true.

God Bless,
Joe D.

LIFE Wins Two Gold ADDY Awards!

LIFE Wins Two Gold ADDY® Awards!On February 10, 2012, at the Flint Institute of Arts, the American Advertising Federation of Greater Flint (AAF-GF) presented its 2011 ADDY^® Awards recognizing excellence in creativity.  There were 128 entries in all vying for these coveted awards. Thirty-three total ADDY Awards were presented, including five Gold and twenty-eight Silver.  LIFE brought home two of the five Gold ADDY Trophies! The LIFE book, written by best-selling authors Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward, received a Gold ADDY Award in the Collateral Material category, andThe LIFE Business Starter Kit received a Gold ADDY Award in the Sales Promotion category. Now that is a testament to cutting-edge creativity from top-notch people!

The reception of these two ADDY Awards is a strong testimony of the world-class products that the LIFE Business produces. The LIFE Corporation embodies the spirit of ingenuity, hard work, and dedication and is always ready to tackle the next project with vision, precision, and accuracy.Congratulations to LIFE and all of the wonderful people who played a part in this inspiring achievement!

Here is a link to the official announcement of winners from the AAF-GF website:

http://aafgreaterflint.com/ADDY/2012_winners_press_release.pdf

Must see video….What a blessing!!

Great book just released….

All LIFE subscribers will be the first to get their hands on the latest book from Obstacles Press, written by none other than the Viking himself: Tim Marks. In a style all his own, Tim takes the reader through a heartfelt journey of living and learning, growing and changing, and mostly, overcoming. When I read this book I literally laughed AND cried right out loud! It is a life-changer.
God Bless,
Joe

Below is the announcement on the LIFE website:

April 05, 2012 – Voyage of a Viking by Tim Marks
The world today is filled with people who are enslaved by debt and riddled with fear that their situations will never improve because of the failing economy. More marriages seem to fail these days than the ones that last. Children all over are growing up in broken homes with absentee parents, wondering who will love them and take the time to play with them and be involved in their lives. The tragedies and struggles that we humans face can sometimes seem overwhelming and diminish our confidence so far that we feel unloved and doubt whether we are smart enough, talented enough, or good enough to be successful and enjoy peace and happiness in our lives. Many harden their hearts and try to shut down their emotions to avoid the pain, or they turn to drugs and alcohol to try to find some kind of relief. But these kinds of self-preservation methods do not bring peace, joy, or freedom. The pain is only compounded as relationships, finances, health, and self-respect suffer from the addictions and the lack of heart-felt emotion.
How does one overcome and get to a place of joy, hope, and success? Tim Marks, nationally acclaimed speaker, activist, mentor, and co-founder of LIFE, knows. In his new book Voyage of a Viking, Marks details his dramatic personal achievement in the face of adversity with a little dose of humor. He candidly shares his personal tragedies and triumphs in the hope that others can learn from his mistakes and gain wisdom from the lessons he has learned in life as he has worked to sand off the rough edges of his Viking personality in order to become a man of grace. Laugh with him, cry with him, and get inspired by his personal success to reach for your own dreams and goals.
You can live the life you have always wanted! Let Tim Marks help you start the journey with Voyage of a Viking. He started out as a poor, dyslexic child from a broken family who was failing in school and engrossed in habits such as drinking and smoking in order to avoid the pain and fit in with the cool kids. Now he is a happily married man of faith and a dedicated father of four with a highly successful leadership business that has helped thousands of families rekindle the dreams, hope, and joy in their lives. Now that is a success story worthy of emulation!

Reproducing Leaders

The 5 Steps of Leadership Development

1) I do.  You watch.  We talk

2) I do.  You help.  We talk.

3) You do. I help.  We talk.

4) You do. I watch.  We talk.

5) You do.  Someone else watches.