The MonaVie Momentum video rocks!!  Dallin Larsen and MonaVie are first class all the way.  The new video has the right mix of information, inspiration and making a difference to be the best introduction to the MonaVie business.  You can order the Success at Home magazine that include the Momentum DVD from the Team site.  Share this DVD with your prospects and team.  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

MonaVie announced their new corporate jet program!  I sure do love the MonaVie business!  What other company treats you like royalty and has reached one billion dollars in sales in just over 3 years?  Can you name any company that reached one billion dollars in sales in three years in any field?  Not many have achieved that level of success.  All Royal Black Diamonds and above qualify for jet credits based upon performance.  The bigger the pin that you achieve, the more credits you get.  Laurie and I plan on using the corporate jet to fly to the various sections of the US and Canada to do Super Opens.  We did the first Super Open in Ft. Atkins, Wisconsin and there were over 1000 people with 167 new prospects.  Business is good on the MonaVie Team!  I can't think of a better use for the jet credits than to fly in and see the super members of the Team.  Make your decision to go Black Diamond on your way to Royal Black Diamond!  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

I am listening to a phenomenal talk from Dr. Alex Schauss called The Science of Acai.   Dr. Schauss has spent years study the Acai berry and its health benefits.  I am very proud to represent the MonaVie products and heard Dr. Schauss live at the MonaVie International Convention.  MonaVie has announced the new heart health blend call Pulse!  A great product, great compensation plan and great leadership.  MonaVie has been around less than 4 years and yet they had 42 distributorships on their stage that MonaVie has paid over 1 million dollars in total compensation.  That is incredible and why MonaVie is the fastest growing company in the MLM industry.  Dallin Larsen announced that MonaVie was opening Mexico, India, Europe, Israel and other countries over the next several years.  I love being involved with a company with vision for the future!  Here is an article about Dr. Schauss and some of his studies on the Acai berries.  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

Results To Be Presented At Fruits and Vegetables Health 2007 Conference

PUYALLUP, WA, October 9, 2007 - The results of recent research surrounding MonaVie Active(TM), a juice containing acai berries and pulp, as well as other nutrient-rich fruits, will be presented in a session entitled "Antioxidants in Fruits and Vegetables and Improving Human Health" at the 2nd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables on Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 10:15 a.m. - noon, in the Grand Salon East at the Omni Hotel in Houston, TX. Alexander Schauss, PhD, FACN, will highlight findings of in vitro studies evaluating the antioxidant capacity of MonaVie, as well as in vivo studies to determine antioxidant absorption and bioactivity.

This three-part study examined whether the fruit antioxidants in MonaVie are in a form able to enter into and protect living cells in vitro and also examined the bioavailability of MonaVie and its effect on serum biomarkers of oxidative damage after ingestion. An initial in vitro study was performed to evaluate the antioxidant capacity of MonaVie in a cell-based antioxidant capacity (CAP) assay, as well as using the TEAC assay that found it to be 28,421 umolTE/L. MonaVie showed a clear dose-dependent antioxidant effect in the CAP assay, indicating that compounds in MonaVie are able to cross the plasma membrane of living cells and subsequently provide significant protection from oxidative damage within the cells.

In the second stage of the study, four ounces of MonaVie was administered to six participants on a single day to identify the time course for antioxidant absorption and bioactivity. Blood samples were collected immediately prior to ingestion and at 30, 60 and 120 minutes post consumption. Evidence of absorption, based on increased antioxidant bioactivity and antioxidant compounds in serum was found in all six subjects. A third randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study of 12 healthy adults was then conducted. Participants fasted overnight and a baseline blood sample was drawn. Immediately afterward, four ounces of MonaVie or a placebo was consumed. Blood samples were drawn at one and two hours after ingestion, and CAP and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assays were used to evaluate serum antioxidant capacity and serum lipid peroxidation, respectively. Consumption of MonaVie resulted in an increase in the serum antioxidant capacity in 11 of 12 participants within two hours of consumption. Results also found that ingestion of MonaVie resulted in a decrease in serum lipid peroxidation within two hours of consumption in 10 of the 12 study participants, most likely due to the increased serum antioxidant capacity.

Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN, senior director of natural and medicinal products research for AIBMR Life Sciences, has held faculty appointments at four institutions of higher learning, including that of associate professor of behavioral sciences, associate professor of research, clinical professor of natural products research and adjunct research clinical professor of botanical medicine. He now concentrates on research. In 2005, he was the recipient of the Linus Pauling Lecture Award from the American College for the Advancement of Medicine for "contributions to the medical sciences." The author of 12 books on health and nutrition, and the senior co-author of four others, Dr. Schauss lives in Tacoma, Wash.

Founded in January 2005 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, MonaVie develops and markets scientifically formulated, premium quality nutritional juices. The company's flagship product, MonaVie Active(TM), is a proprietary blend of the acai berry, which independent studies have shown has the highest antioxidant activity of any fruit or vegetable in vitro, and other nutrient-dense fruits including pomegranate, goji berry, camu camu, passion fruit, aronia, acerola, bilberry, blueberry, apricot, purple grape, white grape, nashi pear, lychee, banana, kiwi, pear, cranberry and prune, each selected for its unique, beneficial properties. Acai contains concentrated levels of anthocyanins, a powerful family of antioxidants that assist in neutralizing harmful free radicals. The acai berries used to make MonaVie are processed in a cGMP, ISO certified and U.S. FDA-inspected food manufacturing facility in Brazil.

The 2nd International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruit and Vegetables provides a forum for horticultural scientists, nutritionists, food scientists, biomedical scientists, chemists, biochemists, clinicians, medical professionals and social economists to exchange information and bridge the communication gap between the agricultural sciences, nutrition and health sciences. This symposium, sponsored by the 2nd International Society for Horticultural Sciences (ISHS) and Texas A&M's Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center (VFIC) and Center for Obesity Research and Program Evaluation (CORPE), will focus on cultural and genotypic factors affecting the content of bioactive compounds in fruits and vegetables, and will cover a wide range of topics related to the characterization, pharmacokinetics, nutrition and human health clinical aspects of fruits and vegetables.

Here is a phenomenal article by Stephen M. R. Covey.  His book Speed of Trust is a must read for any aspiring leader.  Trust allows organizations to decide and implement faster.  The Team is only as good as the Speed of Trust in the entire organization.  Are you building trust or creating mistrust in your team?  Read the book and implement the principles to build trust and leaders in your business.  Enjoy the article.  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

Extend a Little Trust

Have you ever been in a situation where someone believed in you and trusted you when no one else did? How did it make you feel? What kind of difference did it make in your life?

I was in a situation like that shortly after I graduated from college. I was hired to work for Trammell Crow Company-at the time, the nation's largest real-estate developer and one of the original "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America.

It was an unusual situation because typically a partner in a specific regional office would make the hire. However, in this case, I'd had a luncheon meeting with the managing partner of the company, and he had offered me a job as a leasing agent on the spot. He didn't know which office I'd work in, but was confident there would be a good fit somewhere.

I accepted the offer, and then visited some regional offices to interview with the partners there. But in office after office, none of the partners seemed very interested in me. While I had done well in school and had had some excellent work experience, I'd indicated on my resume that my intent was to work for a couple of years and then go get my MBA. But the position I'd been hired to fill was the same position being offered to MBA graduates from the top schools. And they were being placed on a three-to-five-year fast-track path toward partnership. No one wanted to invest in training me only to have me work for two years and then leave.

In addition, I had written on my resume that my career objective was to go into management consulting and leadership development, which didn't impress these Trammell Crow partners, who were into real-estate development. So my resume and career plans essentially created a huge disconnect with everyone. At the time, I was so naive that I could barely see the problem, but I didn't feel that I could be untruthful about my intentions and simply say what people wanted to hear.

So for six weeks, I was in limbo, just working out of the corporate office but really doing nothing. After I had met with a dozen or so different partners, it became apparent that no one wanted to hire me, and I'm sure the managing director was wondering why he had. I was getting very discouraged. In fact, my confidence was at an all-time low.

Then I met with a new partner-John Walsh-who seemed excited to take a chance on me. He said, "I like this man. I believe in him. I want him on my team." He took me under his wing, and from the very first, he treated me exactly like he treated the MBAs and law school graduates he had also hired. I felt enormously grateful, motivated, and inspired. I did not want to let him down.

It was six months before I had any results. During that time, I often doubted myself. But John Walsh kept believing in me. Then, all of a sudden, things took off, and before my two years were up, I had become the top-producing leasing agent in the office and one of the top producers in the country.

John Walsh's faith in me paid off-not only for him in terms of company profits, but also for me in the way in which it shaped my leadership and my life. When I think of this man today, it is with great love and gratitude. Aside from my father, John Walsh has been the single biggest influence in my professional life (and also a profound influence in my personal life) because he believed in me and took a chance on me when no one else did. His extension of trust brought out the best in me.

I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.

—Blaise Pascal, French physicist and mathematician

The Canadian Team is exploding as we speak.  I mentioned in an earlier post the explosive growth of Claude and Lana Hamilton.  Today I would like to congratulate Mark and Tami Crawford for reaching the prestigious Black Diamond level in MonaVie.  These two are veterans of the MLM industry and have hit all time record highs in income and influence over the last few months.   The average Black Diamond income is over 1.5 million per year.  The Crawford’s are some of the best teachers on the Team as they share from their years of experience on how to build and nurture growing communities.  It has been said that genius is taking the complex and making it simple and based upon that definition, I believe that Mark and Tami are geniuses in the field of network marketing.  They have the biggest Canadian organization on the Team in and perhaps the biggest community of any MLM in Canada.  The sky is the limit for this couple as their dreams far outweigh their current reality.  When your dreams are bigger than your reality, you are in a growth cycle.  The Team is excited about reaching 1 million people and the Canadians are committed to play a big part in that million.  Maybe the Canadians will reach a million by themselves and propel the Team into multi-millions!   The sky is the limit when you have leadership.  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

How do you separate a legitimate Network Marketing company from the various scams that develop from time to time?  The discussion today is centered on the difference between legitimate network marketing companies and the illegitimate companies that attempt to fly under the network marketing banner.  It is possible to have a legitimate company where distributors are building in an illegitimate way.  I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but merely my opinions from spending 15 plus years in the industry.  Let me share the 5 key principles that make up a legitimate company in my opinion.

1. A legitimate product that has true end users, not just consumption from people interested in making money from the compensation plan. - The FTC clearly ruled that the product should have true customer demand whether there was a pay plan or not.  A simple test would be to determine if you love the product enough to use whether you were compensated or not.  This ensures the value proposition of the product is right so that the networking company does not mark the price up outside of the value range.  This protects the distributors and customers against a company interested in enhancing their own profits to the detriment of their distributors.  If the product has no demand outside of the network, then you are probably entering the danger zone.

2. Protection against inventory loadings. – No one should be hitting new levels in the networking field by buying products and loading them into your garage or basement.  If the networking company or field leaders are encouraging massive product loading – they are entering into the illegitimate zone.  A good product ought to have real demand that allows distributors to hit new level through the normal building of the business.  If all of the pin winners have loads of product sitting in inventory, then you are probably entering the danger zone.

3. No heavy pay to play requirements.  – The entrance fee should not be exorbitant where the main incomes are being made from “headhunting fees”.  If it cost thousands of dollars to get started, you are probably entering into the danger zone.

4. Keep the main business the main business. – Training and sales aids are critical and necessary to the building of a stable and profitable community.  Without proper training and leadership, a community will not hold together in the long run.  There may be profits created through the proper use of training materials.  A legitimate enterprise will share those profits with the field leaders in a fair and equitable way.  If the profits from the training become higher than the profits from the business, then you are probably entering the danger zone.  A good rule of thumb would be that profits from training ought to be around half of what you make from the network marketing company. 

5. No hidden non-competes or other anti-competitive practices in the contract – A legitimate company understands that people should be free to join or leave depending on whether the network marketing company satisfies the distributors and customers.  If they do not satisfy the customers, why would people stay with their failing enterprise?  To force people to stay in a business where they are not getting the results they desire in their life is not free enterprise and is not good for an industry that claims distributors are “independent” and “owners” of their own business.  Why would a legitimate company require fences to ensure the community stays in their business?   If there are legal fences in place to force people to stay in the network marketing company’s business then they probably are entering the danger zone.

I love the MonaVie Team because the way we build the MonaVie business is in line with the proper use of all five principles!  The MonaVie Team’s goal is to build a million people community through serving our distributors and customers.  Anyone is free to come or go based upon our ability to serve them.  We are building a TEAM where Together Everyone Achieves More.  How many true teams have you been part of in your life?  The MonaVie Team has some of the best leaders in the country and is Having Fun, Making Money and Making a Difference!  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

One of the most enjoyable things to do when showing the MonaVie plan is to share the MonaVie Income Disclosure Statement (IDS).   The fairness of Dallin Larsen and MonaVie is why a data sheet like this is possible.  MonaVie pays out 50% of the revenue, period.  This eliminates all the breakage that other MLM companies use to give less money to the distributors who are doing the work.  By guaranteeing a 50% payout, the performers in the MonaVie business are the best compensated in the industry.

Let’s compare the MonaVie IDS from 2007 with the MonaVie IDS from the first half on 2008.  Nothing will prove the velocity of the MonaVie business as much as studying the amount of new levels being hit in just 6 months.  Remember, MonaVie did not ship its first product until January of 2005.  The amount of people making bonuses and the amount of the bonuses is revolutionary in the MLM industry.  No company has ever built as fast or as profitable.  Dallin Larsen is lining up new products and an aggressive international expansion.  Since the marketing plan is the same in each country, the international expansion will reward the leaders who build communities across the world.  Starting someone in Japan is rewarded just like you started your neighbor down the street.  MonaVie is the first company who treats distributors like full partners in their business plans and I am proud to be working with Dallin Larsen.  

Pin Level                 2007                        2008                        Increase           Average Income

Bronze                     691                          1042                        351                          $18,989

Silver                       366                          563                          197                          $29,630

Gold                        225                          332                          107                          $52,969

Ruby                       79                            117                          38                            $103,891

Emerald                   41                            60                            19                            $159,281

Diamond                  23                            32                            9                              $201,161

Blue Diam.               65                            84                            19                            $424,430

Hawaiian                  0                              25                            25                            $667,352

Black Diam.             12                            19                            7                              $1,547,510

Royal                       3                              4                              1                              $2,687,819

Presidential              2                              1                              -1                             $3,242,026

Imperial                   1                              1                              0                              $4,888,674

Crown                     0                              1                              1                              $6,880,937             

You can study these numbers all day.  To be a leader in the MLM industry, it takes a big dream, servant’s heart, and a willingness to grow.  MonaVie ensures that you get paid for going through the development process.  MonaVie is a company that in less than 4 years is paying 51 people at least $667,352.  26 of those people are receiving $1,547,510 or more every year.  All of this in less than 4 years!?!  With a world class product, a world class compensation plan, a world class corporate leadership team, a world class training organization, and a world class international strategy – I am seeing something really big in the future! 

I have pledged my life to building leaders and teaching them how to build communities of leaders for long term results.  When I get a no, I convert them into customers of MonaVie.  But my number one objective is to teach people the principles of residual income.  I do this by teaching them the difference between Barge working and Bridge building.  You control your own destiny.  Are you Barge working or Bridge Building in your life?  The choice you make will make all the difference.  God Bless, Orrin Woodward

Claude and Lana Hamilton dropped by in their beautiful new Monaco Signature series motor coach over Labor Day weekend.  We toured through their incredibly plush coach and then sat down to talk business.  Claude and Lana have increased their numbers attending seminars by over 20% by focusing on the Each One Reach One program in the last 30 days.  As numbers increase, so does the volume in an organization.  The average Blue Diamond Income is $466,571.  The Hamilton’s have hit a new level in the MonaVie pay plan – Hawaiian Blue Diamond, which is an even higher income figure $667,352 than the Blue Diamonds!   The next IDS will have the averages for the new MonaVie level, but I can tell you it is a nice pay increase from the Blue Diamond level.  I believe Claude and Lana are two of the best students of the Team system and on their way to a significant impact in the entire MLM industry.  Today’s readers will get a front row seat in the discussion that Laurie and I had with Claude and Lana.  Laurie and I asked the questions and Claude and Lana discussed freely to help the entire Team.

O&L Question: What would you account for your massive success on the MonaVie Team?

C&L Answer:  There is no magic pill for success.  Many times success is just a willingness to dream bigger, sacrifice longer and work harder than the other groups.  Our team has committed to pay the price to get the long-term results that we desire.

O&L Question:  Have you two always been this willing to make sacrifices for your dreams?

C&L Answer:  (Laughing) Not really.  For the first several years in community building, Lana and I did not go to a major function.  This really hurt our growth as we did not see the big picture.  Finally, I decided I had to go to a major on the other side of Canada.  Lana was out at sea in the Canadian Navy and I had no money to get to Edmonton.  This was a real gut-check for me to see how badly I wanted my dream.

O&L Question: Wait a minute.  No money, no tickets – How did you get to Edmonton from Halifax? 

C&L Answer:  I dressed up in my warmest military clothing (it was October in Canada) and hitchhiked.   When I left my house and started walking, I thought I must be crazy.  I am not recommending others to do this, but I really wanted to be at that function and it was my only option.  For nearly 5 days I didn’t sleep as I walked and caught rides from truckers to the other side of Canada.  That weekend was life changing for me as I realized that I could be a top leader in the community building business. 

O&L Question: That type of sacrifice for your dreams is pretty rare in today’s society isn’t it?

C&L Answer:  So many people criticize a winner’s commitment, but no lasting success is achieved without a price.  The sad thing is that everyone pays a price whether they achieve their long-term results or not.  We decided to pay the price up front so that we could enjoy the benefits over our lifetime.  Many people will not pay the price up front and suffer the consequences over their lifetime.  There is nothing special about us, but our willingness to dream learn, grow and change.  I believe everyone can do that and that is why we build the MonaVie Team.

O&L Question:  Any words of advice for our reader audience as they strive to achieve their dreams?

C&L Answer:  Stop negotiating the price for success.  Orrin said on one of his CD’s that success never goes on sale.  If it isn’t going on sale, then earn the price for success.  Before you will ever have a million bucks in the bank – you will deposit a million guts in the bank.  No guts, no bucks.  Don’t sacrifice the admiration of the many for the criticisms of the few.  Lana and I are willing to do whatever it takes legally, morally and ethically to accomplish our dreams and leave a legacy in this world.

O&L Question:  You are certainly on your way to leaving a legacy.  What would you account for your depth and numbers explosion?

C&L Answer:  There is no substitute for getting in front of your people to lead and teach.  We are focused on driving depth in our PET’s and teaching people to build in both binary legs.  Superstar to Power Player is our mantra as we travel from open location to other open locations.  We are committed to be the team to beat on the Team when it comes to numbers, attitude and volume. 

O&L: Thank you for stopping by today and may God Bless you on your journey to the top!

Laurie and I are so impressed with the hunger that Claude and Lana display to be their personal best.  What I love about the Team is the humility of all the top leaders to continue to grow and learn.  No one has arrived and we all have much to learn to reach our million people.  I pray for your success on the MonaVie Team and maybe you will be sitting in the black leather chairs for a future interview on success principles.  God Bless, Orrin Woodward