TriVita

I have never entered a new year with more excitement and anticipation of the possibilities for what can happen at Trivita than 2012.  Our vision has expanded, our resources have expanded, our ideas are exploding in how to move our mission forward in helping people experience greater wellness.  This is the year we open the Trivita Wellness Center. I am so incredibly thrilled about this and how it will further enhance our mission efforts.

I am also thrilled with the new celebrity endorsements of people who have had positive experiences with Nopalea and desire to lend their support and brand to Trivita for our wellness mission.  This is the year for you to give every effort possible to the opportunity to build your wellness business.   The taste and see campaign (as I call it) to be  introduced at our Hawaii leadership event will be the most exciting campaign ever in our history.  I am biting my tongue not to tell you about it.

It may sound crazy for your CEO to be so fired up about the possibilities but something happened in the last six months.  We are no longer the start-up company, the purpose of founding Trivita while important to the foundation, is not the story.   It is actually doing the purpose with the recognition of the possibilities is the story, and the momentum for it has never been as intense as it is today at Trivita.  This is the year to release your belief and actions…abandon yourself to the opportunity.  Leave your doubts and inhibitions behind.

The other day I was walking down a sidewalk in Durango, Colorado about thirty miles from our ranch and over the sidewalk was an American flag hanging about 7 feet above.  Walking in front of me was a young man in his mid- twenties who all of sudden jumped up and with one hand pulled the flag to his lips and kissed the flag.  When he landed he raised his arms in a victory sign and then walked on down the street as if nothing had just happened.   I wish I would have ran up to him and asked him what prompted this inspired moment.  But something did happen with that event… perhaps it was just for me but  my own emotional response took over with a yeah-yeah- yeah response.  I was filled with pride that that flag flew for freedom.  Freedom to pursue our dreams.  Freedom of speech to share with others our values and opinions about anything.  Freedom to worship the way we desire to worship.  Free to share our message of wellness. Freedom to pursue the wealth we need to fulfill  our life purpose!!  One of the greatest gifts you have been given is the freedom to pursue your dreams.  Don’t let anyone take that from you including those in government!  Something happened inside me in those few moments where I   just knew that 2012 is going to be an awesome year for those who dare to dream big audacious dreams for their lives because we have the freedom to do so.

Two days later on New Year’s eve the sun had already set and I had taken a drive out to view the elk and deer on the ranch.  I had walked into a grassy area to catch a glimpse of a herd in the area but they were not there.  It was bitterly cold so getting back to the warm truck was my intention but when I returned to the truck which was parked at the top of a ridge I had the most incredible view and experience.  The background was the snowcapped majestic LA Plata mountains rising 12,000 feet with almost a pink glow now from the last rays of the sunset, the half-moon was overhead and the stars were starting to pop out shimmering against the darkening sky without any city lights to lessen their glow.  It was almost surreal quiet, no headlights on the country roads which I could see for miles from the knoll  as most people even in the country were preparing for the New Year’s eve celebrations.  And then it happened, my own surprising emotional response to the end of 2011….I raised my arms and begin to dance around in a circle in the snow.  I raised my voice as loud as I could in gratitude for all the blessings life had brought and praise to my Creator for giving me such a blessed life.  When I realized what I was doing I was rather embarrassed but then it was such an inspired moment and I realized no one was watching,  I just let it all go.  It was a moment in my life I will never forget.  Overwhelmed with gratitude for the blessings I enjoy and the freedom to pursue the opportunities of taking wellness to the world.  I know this was to be blog not a book.

These two inspired events in the last couple days have truly impacted my life in two ways.  One, the realization of the freedom I have to pursue the dream of taking the wellness mission to the world.  Nothing to hold me back, the freedom to totally abandon myself to the opportunity.  The second, was the gratitude I feel for the life I have with freedom, health and opportunity.

Michael

May you have the greatest most inspired New Year ever and may the freedom to pursue your dreams also fill your life with gratitude for such opportunities life has brought to you.

Here is my thought for you as we enter the last month of the year 2011.  It is a powerful thought to remind you how to put the good, the bad and the ugly that can happen in life in perspective.

“The rearview mirror is ALWAYS cleaner than the front windshield.  Yes, bugs always collect on the front windshield, not on the back windshield.  If you are going somewhere fast enough, bugs will splat on your window.   But I would rather have a dirty front window than have bugs swarming all over me sitting idle or slowly dying.”

So as you enter the last month of the year 2011, I offer you four of the 10 Essentials of Wellness to practice for the good things experienced in our lives along with the disappointments, the failed goals and even discouragement.

My counsel to you is to wipe the window clean through LOVE of what you are doing to help others; FORGIVE yourself and others for any mistakes or wrongdoings; ACCEPT what you cannot change; and be GRATEFUL for the opportunity you have to dream big, audacious dreams and work towards achieving them.

I am thrilled you have joined with me and all those at TriVita who are committed to taking wellness to the world.  I would like to give special recognition to Hong Soon Ler who flew to Singapore on October 30 and then to Malaysia in preparation for the announcement of Trivita’s expansion into ten countries.  Hong signed up 39 people and had 200 bottles of Nopalea sold in the two weeks while he was there.  Hong is an example of leaders who are excited about taking wellness to the world.

May you have happy holidays and prepare yourself for a great coming new year!

Michael

You know I have written and spoken much about the power of purpose.  I believe one of the most powerful things a person can do is find purpose and meaning in their lives.  AND, it is happening everywhere.  People want more than just material things in their lives or even more than just a job.  They want meaning and purpose.

Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions.  The one thing they have in common is that they are the 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. This is not just an American movement; it is moving globally.   It is people who have found a purpose bigger than just  themselves.  The Tea Party movement is perhaps more organized but has the same inner longings.  We must not be fooled by labels and titles but instead recognize people’s inner longing and desire to find meaning and purpose.

This deep inner longing is present in both the younger and older generations. It is also why the mission and vision of TriVita is so much a focus of our lives and messaging.  If you follow much of what comes out of Madison Avenue you would think we all desire money with sun, sand and sex. But I think the world is moving far more towards the inner satisfaction of connecting to purpose, with the well-being of the Earth and those who live here being in balance.  We see the results of corruption when power and greed are the driving force.  I would like to encourage each of you to embrace and explore the inner longings of your life for purpose and meaning.  Be intentional, be passionate about living it!!  It is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

I received a couple of emails from Martha Bigelow who has found purpose and meaning at 90 years of age. I think you will find her wit and wisdom to be very inspirational.   In her first email, she writes, “I was particularly pleased at your acknowledgement of me in the article on purpose.  It is an issue that I have wrestled with for many years of my life.  Not until my 60s did I finally come to see that we all truly share one purpose: love God and serve our fellow man.  Although I was slow to discover it, I was also fortunate to recognize that when I looked back at my two previous careers – first college professor, and second as Historical Administrator for the State of Michigan – they were careers of service.  In my third career as a network marketer, I was embarrassed to admit it at first – not until I joined TriVita with its 10 Essentials did I become proud of it.”  (She found the purpose in helping others with our mission.) In
another email, Martha wrote, “I have been doing a lot of thinking these past few weeks and at 90, people look at me like I am crazy when I say I am planning my priorities and goals for the next 10 years.”

That is what the power of purpose does in our lives with TriVita.  It causes us to rise above what may appear as our present reality and gives us hope for a much brighter future in serving our fellow man with valued services and products that will help them experience a greater quality of life.  Many of you have found this.  You have written me of your life transformation.  I met John Windscheffle and his wife, Nancy, at a local function here in Scottsdale.  They shared with me how their lives were full of such significance and well-being now that they embraced the purpose of TriVita’s mission.  Carol Eramo wrote me, “There is nothing else I could be doing that would bring us more satisfaction and comfort than growing our wellness business.”  Wil Allyn wrote, “When we take this to the third-world countries and they grasp the concept of the law of reciprocity, and they begin talking to people about helping themselves by helping others… our efforts will have changed the world.” This is the language of people who have connected to the power of purpose!

Talk purpose, share purpose, get groups of people together and discuss purpose.  It is an inner urge today in many people seeking more than what appears obvious. They want more than just a job to pay the bills and for buying material things that do not satisfy the inner being. This is a rising tide of purpose that has energy, momentum and potential!!!! If we can raise up thousands of people who are passionate about wellness and offering valued services and products, we can make a huge difference in our world.  We (humanity) must change the way we think about health.  It is not treatment but holistic and balanced living that creates a greater state of health and well-being.

Pursue purpose with intention and passion.  You have much to offer…learn to present it so it is valued by others!

Michael

I am sitting here at the ranch and like many throughout North America and Australia, I am listening to the constant news feeds about the major speech President Obama is going to make on job creation.  Most everyone in the world knows that a healthy jobs environment in America is also healthier for many other parts of the world, as we are the ultimate consumers.

Not to be disrespectful to anyone who might be unemployed or the President of the United States, but this thought goes through the very core of my belief and being:  Could this be a time when people have the opportunity to connect to their life purpose rather than chasing a job? Could this be the opportunity to pursue the purpose and dreams they have always really wanted?  If the career path is not visible, is the life purpose path now more clear?  Now, this message might not be for everyone but there are people who need the nudge and the
encouragement and you could provide that inspiration.

I received an email from Tina Gonda who said August was the all-time best volume month for her and her husband, Mark.   Tina chose to follow her purpose and passion when she could have chosen to simply be employed, as she was facing some serious financial challenges when the economy collapsed in 2008.  Instead she chose to help people enjoy a better quality of life with health from the inside out!!

Mike and Carisa Riedmiller continue to enrich their lives and the lives of many others as they have found their purpose and not a job.  Mike walked away from a job that paid well over 150K a year to fulfill his purpose in helping people experience greater wellness and to help them discover the potential in creating wealth for their life purpose. Today he and Carisa are being rewarded far beyond what a job ever paid in money – with what money cannot buy!!

The point I am making is simply this: Your purpose will lead you to far greater success than a job will.  You can find a way to exist, but finding a way to live the life of your dreams is through your purpose.  Your latent talents and abilities (that you may not even know you have) are always connected to your life purpose and the contribution you will make to mankind.

I got an email yesterday inviting me to participate in the celebration of Dr. Martha M. Bigelow’s 90^th birthday. Dr. Bigelow retired as the Director of the Michigan Historical Museum  and now wants to concentrate on her TriVita business.  Happy birthday, Dr. Bigelow, what an inspiration you are.   A person who has vision, passion and purpose cannot be stopped no matter what their age.

I woke up this morning with this overwhelming wonderful feeling; I “get” to do what I desire and feel purposed to do, not what I have to do.  I have the freedom to share wellness with anyone interested and soon, anywhere in the world.  For example, yesterday it was a thrilling moment for me when I “got” to (not “had to”) give a case of Nopalea away to a woman who loves the outdoors.  She manages a fishing club on a beautiful private lake on the edge of the mountains where I went to fish.  She spoke of her aches and pains and how hard it is to be on the ski slopes now with her family.  She said when you have experienced the wind in your face, it is hard to give up the slopes.  I have hopes and prayers for her that Nopalea will bring about a reduction of the inflammation she is experiencing and that she will again be able to enjoy one of her passions with her family on the slopes.

You see, if I just had a CEO job, I would have missed the thrill of offering a product to a person seeking a better quality of life.  That thrill is something money cannot buy or a job replace; it is the thrill of knowing I am living a life of purpose and being rewarded for doing so.

Don’t let the weight of the cares of this world rob you of the true quality of life you were destined to live.  Do not give up no matter how hard it is, as there are unlimited resources for your life purpose.

Michael

We left Perth, the city that surprised us the most with its stunning beauty, and landed in Melbourne.  Susan and I were returning to the shopping Mecca of Australia, but more importantly, to a city very strategic to TriVita.   As we arrived in each city, our anticipation was incredibly high, knowing that the law of awareness always seemed to reveal new leaders who could take the TriVita mission to a new level.  Yes, as the law of awareness says: “Somewhere around us is someone or something to help us fulfill our life purposes.”

In Melbourne I was  impressed with Guy Pilens.  He just oozed with a new belief and purpose for his life.  He had caught the vision and the mission of TriVita.  We had the joy of meeting Valerie Bosevska, a future leader introduced to us by Presidential Directors Bryan and Tammi Wirth. We are very grateful for Peter and Pam McDonald who have worked so hard and helped us during the 10 months of pre-launch building efforts.  They are truly great people with mission, vision and values that align with TriVita.  Peter told me he is booked for Galaxy of Stars.  Can’t wait to present our new Aussie leaders at GOS! 

We had a great training meeting in Melbourne, leaving an excited group to build on the cornerstone we laid.  The room was elegant and right across from the footie stadium (Aussie football).  Terry Newsome loves sports and went to the footie game between Western Australia and Collingwood during some down time on the weekend.  Arriving at his seat he found himself surrounded by very loud and intensely loyal local fans and the one seated next to him had only one arm.  Just coming from Perth and always cheering for the underdog, Terry decided the Perth team needed some cheering, as they were getting whipped pretty badly.  So Terry, being the big boy he is, started cheering for Perth in the middle of this group.  When the game got a little closer in score, the one-armed fan turned to Terry and said, “Mate, you might want to tone it down right now; I lost my arm cheering for Perth in a close game.  These fans are serious.”  Terry bought him a
Collingwood beanie cap and snuck out with both arms intact.  Terry, Ted and Brazos did a great job in the training in Melbourne.  What a great team effort.

We are now airborne, leaving Brisbane for our 22-hour journey back home.  We love Brisbane and the fabulous group of people we met there.  Leadership is the key to TriVita being able to accomplish our mission and vision. I had to give some gold coins in recognition of the outstanding leadership effort of Barbara McGlung, Mike Spiro, Dr. Andrew Fell and our own Brad Rininger who spent nearly three months in Australia hiring and training the office staff.   It was nice to be back with the friends we had made there in December.  Rod Glover and June Howe are truly gracious and remarkable people.  They are determined to be our first Presidential Directors in Australia.  If so, we could not ask for better representatives, but I must say, they have some pretty stiff
competition.

Speaking of December, Brisbane was hit with horrific floods as many of us saw on the news.  It was great to take the river walk in Brisbane and see the remarkable effort by the city and its volunteers to restore the area back to its beauty.  The last night of the tour in Brisbane, we were presented with a lovely picture of the Sydney Opera House and harbor, a piece to always remind us of the launch of TriVita in Australia. But really it will always remind us of the launch of taking wellness to the world.

I have never been more excited about the possibilities for TriVita and its mission of helping people experience wellness and wealth for their life purposes!  My extended appreciation goes to each person who worked hard to make this tour a great success.

Michael