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Leadershift – A Call for Americans to Finally Stand up and Lead!

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

Hey everyone, here is a very important book that hits the bookstores on April the 16th.  This book to me will go down as one of the most popular book launches in history. What ever you do, get to one of these book signing and pick up a copy of Leadershift – A call for americans to finally stand up and lead. Even thou I live in Canada this book applies to all governments and I believe that with this information we will be able to reshape our countries and get ready for the next freedom shift.  Are You In?

This is an article by the author Orrin Woodward talking about the book and also I have put the dates and locations for the book signings and speaking engagements. Tell me your thoughts on what you think this book will change in our culture or feel free to share any of your thoughts on this book.

All the best in LIFE,

Alex Nickerson

We are six days away from the official launch of LeaderShift. The book signing tour has been announced, the book will be in all the bookstores across North America, and we have radio interviews scheduled across America. What exciting time to be alive with a dream. In this case, the dream is to restore hope and freedom for society at large.

An increase in government (beyond internal and external defense) leads to a decrease in society’s freedoms. Therefore, the only way to limit government is by limiting the funds fed to government and holding those responsible who are assigned to use funds wisely. Since no one is capable of watching over a government as large as Washington DC, we must break government down into bite-sized pieces where local leaders can lead and oversee its proper functioning.

My friend Oliver DeMille was a complete joy to work with in this project. He sees things from a different perspective on many issues; however, he also loves to think and reason. Consequently, even when he have disagreed, after reviewing the underlying principles, we hay typically improved the book and proposal beyond what it was to begin with. Oliver is a walking encyclopedia on the Founding generation, but isn’t dogmatic in his beliefs which makes him an amazing student of history and leadership. He has certainly made me better as a thinker, person, and leader. This is true synergy and what makes our LeaderShift partnership work so well.

In fact, we have already started the second LeaderShift book and it is coming together nicely. We are in earnest in our belief that a leadershift can and will be launched on April 16th. When Western Civilization was ailing and needed leaders who would speak truth with love and courage, never let is be said that there wasn’t enough courageous men and women to answer the call. Below is a preview of LeaderShift.

Sincerely,

Orrin Woodward

“A lot of people are starting to realize something really important,” said the New York Times bestselling leadership author, Orrin Woodward. “They’re figuring out that Washington isn’t going to fix its problems anytime soon, that things are probably going to get worse in our politics and the economy until real leadership is found outside of government.”

Orrin Woodward and Oliver DeMille have written a new book that literally takes on the project of fixing America. The book is LeaderShift: A Call for Americans to Finally Stand Up and Lead. “Politicians just aren’t going to fix our problems,” DeMille said, “not in Washington, Ottawa, London, Sacramento, Albany or anywhere else. If things are going to get fixed, the leadership will almost certainly come from business. And network businesses are among the most important source of building leaders in our current society.”

According to their book, a LeaderShift is coming. But just what is a LeaderShift? As Woodward and DeMille put it, “Every once in a while in history, a LeaderShift occurs. It usually comes unexpectedly, and it transforms the world for at least a generation.” Past LeaderShifts include:

  • The historical switch from kings and chiefs as the top leaders to community fathers such as doctors, lawyers and town merchants
  • The 1880-1920’s transition from city fathers as the main leaders to titans of industry, like Carnegie, Morgan and Rockefeller
  • The 1940-1970’s shift from business tycoons as the top leaders to managers, spurred by the work of Edward Deming and innovators from Jack Welch to Sam Walton
  • The 1980-1990’s transition from managers to leaders, influenced by sages like Buckminster Fuller, Earl Nightingale and Stephen Covey

The authors argue that today we are in the early stages of another great transition, this time from political leaders as the top leaders to successful business leaders standing up and making their influence and leadership talents felt in leading society.

But this isn’t a partisan book. Woodward and DeMille say that political parties are at the center of the problem, that what is needed to really get our nations back on track is for business leaders to start making a bigger difference. “There is so much wisdom in our business books and business leaders,” Woodward said, “but most of it is ignored in Washington.”

The book hinges on Five Laws of Decline, each of which is currently chipping away at the strength of many institutions, including business organizations. Executives and entrepreneurs who don’t understand these Five Laws, and how they cause government to hurt business profitability and growth, won’t know how to overcome them. And until the business community learns and responds to the Five Laws of Decline, the authors say, the economy will continue to face overregulation, over-taxation and growth-killing uncertainty.

LeaderShift is written as a business fable, where the lead character is a successful business leader who realizes that politicians aren’t likely to fix our economy any time soon and sets out to find a solution to America’s decline. In the process, he applies the wisdom learned from years in business and from many of the greatest business books, puts together a team of business people to deal with our national problems, and creates a plan of how to really fix America.

When the team gets help from a surprising source, what happens next is a story you’ll want tell and retell. And the solutions in the book are a unique approach that really might work. Most importantly, every business leader—large or small—will want to understand the Five Laws of Decline and take action to deal with them effectively in your own business.

This book is a fun read, an enjoyable story, and it just might be the wake-up call our generation needs to finally stand up and lead. In short, if our politics and politicians aren’t going to lead, it might just be up to business leaders to turn things around.

This book will make you think, and you’ll want to pass it on to everyone you do business with. No business leader right now can afford to be without the knowledge of the Five Laws of Decline, and the book teaches a number of other important ideas that will help business people of all stripes be better leaders.

leadershift-200x200LeaderShift Speaking Engagements – $10 for general attendee, $5 with receipt of purchased LeaderShift book except on Tuesday’s Open Meeting night.

Tuesday, April 16th Los Angeles, CA – Oliver DeMille Book Signing: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Barnes & Noble, 901 B South Coast Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Free for LIFE Library Subscribers Speaking Engagement: Right after Open around 9 pm, Howard Johnson, Grand Ballroom, 22 W. Houston Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832

Madison, WI – Orrin Woodward Book Signing: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Barnes and Noble, 7433 Mineral Point, Madison, WI 53717 Free for LIFE Library Subscribers Speaking Engagement:  8:00pm, On Stage 9:00pm – 10 pm Alliant Energy Center, Mendota 1-4, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713

Wednesday, April 17th Sacramento, CA – Oliver DeMille Book Signing:  5:30pm – 7:30pm Barnes & Noble, 1725 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815 Speaking Engagement:  8:00pm, On Stage 8:30pm – 9:30pm, DoubleTree by Hilton Sacramento, Salon A, B, & C, 2001 Point West Way, Sacramento, CA 95815

Lansing,  MI – Orrin Woodward (This location is too big for any bookstore) Book Signing at Lansing Center:  6:30pm – 7:30pm Speaking Engagement: 8:00pm, On Stage 8:30pm – 9:30pm, Book Signing 9:30pm – 11:00pm Lansing Center, Halls A & B, 333 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933

Thursday, April 18th London, ON – Orrin Woodward Book Signing: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Chapters, 1037 Wellington Road, London, Ontario N6E 1W4 Speaking Engagement:  8:00pm, On Stage 8:30pm – 9:30pm Best Western Lamplighter Inn & Conference Center, Crystal Ballroom, 591 Wellington Road South, London, ON N6C 4R3

Friday, April 19th Salt Lake City, UT – Oliver DeMille Book Signing: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Barnes & Noble, 1104 East 2100 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 Speaking Engagement: 8:00pm, On Stage 8:30pm – 9:30pm South Towne Expo Center, 300CD, 9575 S. State Street, Sandy, Utah 84070

Columbus, OH – Orrin Woodward Book Signing: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Book Loft, 631 South Third Street, Columbus, Ohio  43206 Speaking Engagement:  8:00pm, On Stage 8:30pm – 9:30pm Columbus Convention Center, Ballroom 4 & 5, 400 N High St, Columbus, OH  43215

Monday, April 22nd Camp Hill, PA  – Orrin Woodward Book Signing: 5:30pm – 7:30pm Barnes & Noble, 58 South 32nd Street, Camp Hill, PA 17011 Speaking Engagement:  8:00pm, On Stage 8:30pm – 9:30pm Christ Community Church, 1201 Slate Hill Rd, Camp Hill, PA 17011

Be sure to check out the LeaderShift promotional video at http://www.tenpercentleadershift.com.

Oliver DeMille and Mark MacDonald will be in Springfield!!!!

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

Orrin Woodward and LIFE Founders announce that Oliver DeMille and Mark MacDonald will be two of the keynote speakers at the July Leadership Conference in Springfield, MA.

Every quarter the-team.biz puts on a life changing weekend, however, you are the one who needs to decide to make it life changing. What the founders promise is a full weekend of teaching, inspiration, motivation and education. Bring an empty notebook and a hungry heart, this is going to be good!

On the weekend of July 20th-22nd leaders from across North America will walk, drive, fly and swim into Springfield for this event. This will be the second time that the Team will rent the MassMutual Center to hold the event due to the large amount of people looking to learn how to live the LIFE they have always wanted.

We have quite the line up of speakers for this event which include: Orrin & Laurie Woodward,  Claude & Lana Hamilton, Bill & Jackie Lewis and some of the Top moving on Round Tables. We are also pleased to announce special guest speakers for this event, Oliver DeMille and Mark MacDonald.  Oliver will have his new book 1913 at the conference.   Here is a small description of who this Oliver Demille is from best-selling author Orrin Woodward.

My good friend and scholar Oliver DeMille, author of the bestseller Thomas Jefferson Education, is finishing up a fascinating book on the force shifts of 1913. Few people understand and explain the movements toward and away from freedom like DeMille. Simply put, he is humble enough to continue learning and intelligent enough to be a veritable genius. This is a potent combination for simplifying the concepts of freedom. Here is a portion of the introduction I wrote for DeMille’s instant classic.

Oliver DeMille’s soon to be released book gives the background story of the founders intentions and the fatal force shifts that hinder our freedoms. In truth, the four force shifts described in DeMille’s new book are painful enough on their own, but disastrous when combined:

1. The general welfare clause 2. The Federal Reserve bill 3. The income tax amendment 4. The democratic election of senators

America must turn back from the precipice and return to the path of freedom. DeMille’s book is a torch to carry on freedom’s path. Western Civilization needs more leaders like DeMille who are willing to learn, live, and share their stories of freedom. This book is essential reading, a primer of freedom or anyone desiring to live free. Let me close with one final thought from President Woodrow  in his 1913 book The New Freedom:

Who have been consulted when important measures of government, like tariff acts, and currency acts, and railroad acts, were under consideration? The people whom the tariff chiefly affects, the people for whom the currency is supposed to exist, the people who pay the duties and ride on the railroads? Oh, no! What do they know about such matters! The gentlemen whose ideas have been sought are the big manufacturers, the bankers, and the heads of the great railroad combinations. The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States. . . The government of the United States at present is a foster-child of the special interests. It is not allowed to have a will of its own.

Is this as disconcerting to you as it is to me? Is it really safe for our government to be an orphan in the hands of Big Business and Big Banks? DeMille’s new book will share a path out of the maze. Sincerely, Orrin Woodward

Also we will feature Mark MacDonald at the venue. Here is a video on some of Marks background.

Make sure you grab your ticket and come learn how to expand your LIFE Community. We have an incredible lineup of topics and speakers you do not want to miss a moment of this event.

The Policy Council and Round Tables of the Team are going to explain in detail how you can take this well oiled Team system and explode your business and get the LIFE you have always wanted!

All  the Best in LIFE,

Alex Nickerson

Life Business Compensation Plan

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

Orrin Woodward, Claude Hamilton and the LIFE founders have got to be the best leadership team on the planet to come up with the LIFE business compensation plan. I can’t get over how exciting this compensation plan really is. The first thing is the average person and family out there is given a chance to be able to earn a pipeline income. This story  illustrates what I mean by pipeline income.

How many places out there allow you the opportunity to build an asset, where once you build it, it continues to pay you month after month, all while still having a job? That would be like working at a job for 4 years then changing careers only to still get paid for the work you did on the first job. Which, let’s be honest, that will never happen.

The second thing you have to love about the LIFE business is how it is all based on helping others better their lives. A great example of this is the people who are featured throughout this blog. They take some of their time and dedicate it to helping others truly make a difference. By them helping others, they get compensated with a little thing I like to call CASH. They also throw in one-time cash bonuses for continuing to help people month-in and month-out, 30 minutes here and 30 minutes there. Before, I couldn’t imagine getting bonuses of $3,000, $4,000 and $8,000 in one year, but in LIFE it’s a regular occurrence.

The third thing I love is they supply people with free trips. This allows any family the chance to go on an all-expense paid free trip to places like Disney World, Costa Rica, Alaska, etc. Where else can you get involved in a business for $160, lower your taxable income, develop an ongoing pipeline income, better your live in faith, family, finance, fitness, following, freedom, friends and fun, get thousands of dollars in bonuses a year, earn free trips, and leave a legacy for generations to come.

Right now there is close to one billion people on Facebook. That means there are more people on Facebook then have clean drinking water in the world. We have helped make Facebook worth close to $100 billion. Most of us have helped build Facebook’s community and received no compensation for it. Why don’t you go out there and help build your own community and get all these benefits from it? You can do it!!!

All the Best in LIFE,

Alex Nickerson

Mental Fitness Challenge Is Here!!

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

Its been 16 days since Orrin Woodward, Claude Hamilton and the LIFE founders have launched the mental fitness challenge and the results have been amazing so far.  I have been getting tons of feedback about how great the self assessment, accountability partners, CD’s and the book Resolved have been. It is pretty exciting to watch the results people are having with their thinking.

It’s amazing to me personally, I use to get all my information from the TV, radio, newspaper and they are telling the world to live for today, put everything on credit and your richer then you think.  I watched a commercial on TV the other day for Klondike bars. It showed a man sitting on a couch watching sports and his wife was talking to him and he wasn’t listening at all. Then a song came on and said “what would you do for a Klondike bar” Then the man listened to his wife for 5 Seconds like it was the hardest thing to do and got a Klondike. If your young son saw this on TV would he think it’s alright to not pay attention to his future wife? Is this the way things are these days in Society? I am worried about the next generation growing up in the world today, but I am seeing a organiztion that is going against the gain and truly putting information out their to make a huge difference in people’s lives. Here is a video of what the mental fitness challenge is all about. Watch the video and take the Challenge!! ;-)

If you have had the LIFE materials or the mental fitness challenge make an impact on your life in anyways I would love to hear your testimony, just leave a comment at the bottom.

Here is some awesome content on the Mental Fitness Challenge from my friends Claude Hamilton, Orrin Woodward , Wayne MacNamara and Joce Dionne. Check out all the feedback, this thing is exploding. Take the Challenge, You Won’t Regret it. Click Here to start your journey to the Life You Have Always Wanted.

All the Best in LIFE,

Alex Nickerson

The Life You Have Always Wanted!!!!

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

We just got back from an amazing and inspiring weekend in Columbus, Ohio.  Here is an introductory video that my wife Leighann is in.  This video explains a little about what we do on a daily basis to improve the lives of people in North America.

I would love to hear your feedback on this video. Also if you atteneded the weekend in Columbus, what was your favorite part? Who were your favorite speakers?  What were the highlights for you?

All The Best in LIFE!

Alex Nickerson

The Family Unit – Purserving the Future for our Grandchildren

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

Orrin Woodward – Leadership Expert

The information I have been learning through Orrin Woodward, Claude Hamilton and the LIFE materials is creating a huge call to action and a sense of duty is being instilled within me. This is a post I felt compelled to write after an amazing conversation I had with my dad and his wife a few nights ago. Feel free to comment on my thoughts.

Today we are living in a society where the badge on most people’s shoulders is “I’m too busy.”  In contrast, the television ratings seem to be higher than ever. Today I was listening to a CD and reviewing some research done on, “How much time the average father in North America spends with their children on a daily basis.” What they mean by this is quality time; looking into the eyes of their child and communicating effectively. How much of this quality time would you guess is spent? Two hours, one hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes? The sad truth is that in today’s age, the average father will spend 37 seconds of quality time with their children a day. I was shocked beyond belief when I heard this. After looking at all the surveys and intense research done in this field, the speaker on the CD went on to talk about how today’s culture is preparing for a future where we will eventually lose all of our freedoms. Men today are seen in the media as being over weight couch potatoes that watch football and drink beer. That needs to change. I saw the movie “Courageous” a few weeks ago and it simulates a real life story about the family unit in today’s society. I believe this movie should be seen by every family and will cause a ripple effect to make people see how important the family unit really is. It’s one of those movies that you buy for yourself and watch over and over again. It’s about a call to action for all men to change their families for the better. Here is the movie trailer. 

The majority of parents today have the thought in their mind that they want to provide a better life for their kids. I can understand this for sure; however, the word “better” is actually replaced by the word “easier.” Back in “old school days,” as my dad would say, he was raised in a society where the family unit was the main thing.  Families ate dinner at the dinner table; they prayed together and were thankful for all that they had, no matter how little. Back then, you knew everyone in your community. If a project came up like building a barn, house or church, the whole community chipped in to help. Everyone valued each other and lived by the golden rule, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Parents would instil their world views, principles, morals and ethics onto their children.  

What is it like today? These principles are slowly going by the wayside.  Many parents are ‘too busy’ to instil their beliefs onto their children. They expect our education system or day care providers to do this for them. In today’s age, our children are getting their morals and beliefs from the media and are learning how bad the world is way too early in life. This, in turn, causes a negative world view in their lives. When is the last time you saw a young person help someone they didn’t know, whether it be an elder in their community or a peer?

Today we are taught or educated in a field where the person or business (university or college) doing the teaching has no personal investment in making sure you succeed. I was reminded of this about six months ago when I was in Antigonish going through the drive-thru at a fast food establishment. I noticed the guy that handed me my food had a St. Francis Xavier University ring on; he had graduated from the local university and as a result, he gets to work for minimum wage. A very high percentage of graduates don’t even work in their field of study. Education today is way more about socializing than learning. Back in the “old school days,” you had a mentor that would teach you in your chosen field and this person had an invested interest in making sure you were successful. What happened to the days where people always seemed to have mentors in their life that truly cared for your well-being and wanted to make a difference in this world? They really are few and far between. I really feel blessed that Claude Hamilton and Orrin Woodward have come into my life and challenged me in all the 8F’sand taught me “how to think” instead of “what to think.” 

Oliver DeMille

I had the amazing privilege of listening to one of the top 10 freedom fighters in the world, Oliver DeMille. He gave a talk on what it will take to restore the freedoms in our countries. I was in a crowd of about 18,000 people who were on the edge of their seats the whole time he spoke. He asked for volunteers in the fight for freedom; he knows he can’t do it alone. He finished up by saying that if only 3% - 5% of the people in our countries would stand for freedom, then we would go into a Freedom Shift that will preserve a better future for our grandchildren then what their fate is now.

Will you be part of the 3% – 5 %? Your grandchildren are counting on you!

All the Best in LIFE, Alex Nickerson

You Can’t Change What You Can Tolerate

Posted on by Alex Nickerson on Life and Leadership

I had the amazing privilege to listen to Claude Hamilton give a talk in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia the other night and was blown away by all the principles he shared on successful thinking.

 

He started off by explaining why successful people always seem to get ahead in life and average people seem to have a difficult time getting ahead. It all comes down to your thinking. He said, “Average people make decisions based on their current situations in the present, where successful people make decisions for their future.”

He then gave an amazing talk about thinking short-term verses long-term. Most people have a hard time thinking further ahead then two weeks because they are focused on pay day, but if I can get you to think long-term and make decisions based on things that will help you in two to three years, then that is where things begin to change. This reminds me of a saying Claude used to always tell me, “If you take the easy way out in life, life will get harder, but if you take the hard way out now, then life will get easier.” 

Claude and Lana and our incredible LIFE material were able to teach us to start living a life of priorities instead of a life of obligations. My priorities in the past have been as follows: playing hockey, drinking beer with my friends, playing Xbox, going out on the weekend to the bar, watching hockey, Facebook, finances, family. It was a really non-structured life, with no real priorities. Since then everything has changed; I have learned tons about prioritizing your life with the things that matter most. By doing that, you can set goals for things that can move you ahead in life, in whatever areas of the 8Fs that may be. Now whenever something is added to my plate, I ask myself, is this going to get us closer to our goal or farther from it? If the answer is farther from it, the majority of the time it is not added to the plate. Have you ever heard someone say, “I want to clear my plate.”? What they are really saying is they want to make their life easier by giving away responsibility. What happens when people ‘clear their plate’? They give away opportunity and settle for average.

I want to go to battle against this thing called “average.” Claude always says, “You can’t change what you can tolerate.” There are too many people in this world that are settling in life instead of thriving in it. I believe if we give people the right information and they apply it in their lives, everything can change in a positive direction. We are less than 2 days away from what I believe will be the biggest business launch in history for the people who are willing to change. The Business called LIFE is a company that has been under development for 12 years in the minds of Top 30 Leadership Guru’s and best-selling authors Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady. Here is an article Orrin wrote commenting on how this company is going to change the networking industry forever.

Orrin Woodwards Five Principles

IT’S TIME TO THRIVE! Will you play your part to one million people?

All the Best in LIFE, Alex Nickerson