Orrin Woodward
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.
“If the only thing that you are good at is convincing others that you are good, then being in biz with you is bad experience.”
“You cannot expect your team to rise above your example.”
“Most people live with pleasant illusions, but leaders must deal with hard realities.”
“Belief is the magic key that unlocks your dreams.”
“Success, for most people, requires unlearning as much as learning.”
“People will not change their minds but they will make new decisions based upon new information.”
“You can be on the right track and still get run over if you're not moving.”
“You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.”
“A person that does not value your time will not value your advice.”
“A limited state with free economic systems is the soil where the liberty tree blossoms.”
“A big secret to life is when you learn that learning is just as entertaining as entertainment, but with long term benefits.”
“Conventional Wisdom" is certainly not wisdom, and only is conventional because foolishness is so common today.”
“A person either hates losing enough to change or he hates changing enough to lose.”
“Vision is tomorrow's reality expressed as an idea today.”
“Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true.”
“A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either.”
“What people say about you, good or bad, is not nearly as important as what you are.”
“Your words have the power of life and death. Choose them wisely.”
“Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it.”
“Winning requires reaching inside of yourself for that extra gear to accelerate challenges.”
“If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse.”
“Champions do consistently what others do sporadically.”
“Courage results when one's convictions are bigger than one's fears.”