I remember what a man once said to all of us not too long ago. He said "The best way to fight your enemies is show them you still love them" Orrin Woodward, Fall Leadership 2007. I have been around the block for awhile and now with the MonaVie and Team system, I am able to contact some of the people I have been in with Dexter Yager's group from the past. Sometimes they bring up certian things and it just amazes me that most of the time it is negative and they try and compare now with then. I have to remind them that Orrin and Laurie started their leadership venture thru Ron & Toby Hale which learned what they learned from Dexter Yager who learned from Joe Victor, who learned from Rich DeVos, who learned from Nutralife, and only God knows more. My point is this and I address every situation that comes up in my groups this. I thank all the men and women in the past, who forged thru all this with only with what they knew and how they did it. When Timmy thinks he is better than Orrin , he is right. Timmy had Dex, Rich, Orrin, George, Larry, Dan and numouris others who have learned from each other to give me a system which I can improve and follow to help new people to become better than Timmy. I alway promote to the men & women I am around that if someone has something to say about the old days, make sure you and them only say good things because you never know when you may say something in Wisconsin and someone in Canada or Texas or Florida etc. may hear or be told what you said and then because of the transformation of our business and where we are going, I will have to grace a Team stage in Dallas or Grand Rapids, and I certianly don't want to be remembered by someone in the audience , or worse, by a couple who might be hosting me in their city for something I said bad about Orrin or Dexter or anyone from the past. I am so grateful for the experiences and knowledge I learned from Amway, Quixtar, MonaVie, My Mom & Dad, & Team. I know that soon I will be exposed to many of the people I was involved with long before Orrin & Laurie ventured in. I believe the one and biggest difference between Orrin and myself is that I quit Amway and Orrin started and helped develop a system that ass virtually fail proof. The only thing I believe that can make this fail and I can' t stop that, is you. But it will only fail for you because I picked myself back up, dusted myself off, and I thank God I had the wisdom and courage to forge forward with Orrin and all the Team to go to a million. I want to end with this. I thank God for Dexter & Birdie Yager for having the Dream and helping so many people. I thank Orrin & Laurie for getting the vision of a million and not letting any one stop them, I thank Dan & Larry for not judging me and having the patience with me., I thank Melody for grabbing onto Team and then becoming my wife so we can make a difference for so many, I thank my Mom & Dad for givng me the burn to be in business for myself at 12 years old, I thank the 20 year old marine who gave his life so we could stay free, and most of all, I thank God for the faith and wisdom he gave me, to take the chances I did and for keeping me safe and in good health. God bless Dex, Orrin and all you leaders who work so had to give me what I have in Team. Believe me, it is a lot more than just money.