Guinness World Record holder for largest book signing ever with the release of And Justice For All, Orrin Woodward is an Inc Magazine Top 20 Leader. Further, he is a NY Times bestselling author of LeaderShift and Launching a Leadership Revolution. His first solo book RESOLVED: 13 Resolutions for LIFE made the Top 100 All-Time Best Leadership Books List and the resolutions are the framework for the bestselling Mental Fitness Challenge personal development program.
Orrin has co-founded two multi-million dollar leadership companies and serves as the Chairman of the Board of the LIFE Business. He has a B.S. degree from GMI-EMI (now Kettering University) in manufacturing systems engineering. He holds four U.S. patents, and won an exclusive National Technical Benchmarking Award.
He follows the sun between residences in Michigan and Florida with his lovely wife Laurie and their children. Orrin's leadership thoughts are shared on his blog - orrinwoodwardblog.com.
“Many times in life, those who do the most correcting, need the most correcting.”
“In life, most people surrender what is possible for what is comfortable.”
“Never settle for good when great is available.”
“Leaders must see the dream in their mind before they will accomplish the dream with their team.”
“Successful people do not have a part-time mindset nor a full-time mindset, but a lifetime mindset.”
“Don't waste tomorrow on yesterday.”
“Ideas have enormous consequences in a person's life because you ultimately become what you believe.”
“Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.”
“Leaders who won't own failures become failures.”
“No business can be made easier to do than excuses are to make.”
“More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.”
“The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.”
“If you aren't loyal to the few you won't be blessed with the many.”
“Those who serve deserve.”
“A leader must inspire or his team will expire.”
“Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.”
“The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions.”
“A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.”
“Every right that we enjoy has a corresponding duty to not interfere with the enjoyment of the same right by others.”
“Find a victory in every defeat to remain hopeful and find a defeat in every victory to remain humble.”
“Everyone has the spark of greatness; a leader's role is to pour oxygen onto it forming the fire within.”
“Don't mistake thinking for action & don't mistake action for results.”
“Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.”
“If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.”
“If we're going to make mistakes anyway, we might as well learn from them -- "teachable moments".”
“Thinking is the toughest kind of work which is why so many people avoid it.”
“There are no dead ends in life, only dead end thinking.”
“People forget what you kept, but they will never forget what you gave.”
“The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream.”
“Ingratitude produces pride while gratitude produces humility.”
“You can succeed beyond the past, but not beyond your belief”
“Leaders don't correct people to success as much as believe them to it.”
“Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others.”
“It's not the gifts you don't have that hold you back as much as the gifts you do have that you don't use.”
“You will never know what could have been done until you start doing what needs to be done.”
“Too many non-achievers confuse humility with humiliation.”
“Education is a lifetime assignment & terminates when you do.”
“Analysis paralysis occurs when you overthink and underwork.”
“One person with commitment accomplishes more than a thousand with an opinion.”
“The passion/hunger of the student brings out the experience/wisdom of the mentor.”
“Without courage, it doesn't matter how good the leader's intentions are.”
“Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life.”
“Managers maintain an efficient status quo while leaders attack the status quo to create something new.”
“Life is meant to be lived in 'the zone', not the stands.”
“Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.”
“A low self-image is usually not based upon facts; it's mismanaged memory.”
“Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.”
“The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.”
“Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications.”
“Principles are proven through performance.”