Richard Brooke
Chief Visionary Officer

The cliché is “pushing the envelope”. Richard Brooke does it daily. A boldness to see beyond commonly accepted boundaries has been his signature since he entered the MLM world in 1977. His commitment to integrity and to lead without muddying decisions with his own business interests is renowned throughout the industry. As the mastermind behind 21TEN (and its 100-year business plan), Richard is set to give network marketing a facelift nobody knew it needed. Again.

Rick Stambaugh Appointed to Vice President of Sales

December 5, 2011

On Saturday’s Special National Call, Janine introduced the newest member of 21TEN, Rick Stambaugh. I know I can speak for the entire 21TEN community when I say that we’re excited about the skills Rick brings to the team, and we look forward to nothing but continued growth with Rick as our Vice President of Sales.

Rick’s list of accomplishments and qualifications is long:

  • Began his Direct Selling career in 1983
  • Started full time as a Distributor selling cookware successfully until 1986 when he then joined The West Bend Company
  • Worked corporately at West Bend Company for 11 years in various capacities of sales and business development both domestically and internationally
  • Sought after by Herbalife International and accepted the position of Director of Corporate Marketing/Home Tech
  • At Herbalife he was responsible for Corporate Marketing of Herbalife’s products in the USA, Latin America, and for the Home Tech Division Globally
  • Starting in 2001, was President/CEO and minority owner of Fionda Group, LLC. A recognized leader in software solutions, communication, and benefit programs that help Direct Selling companies and their representatives realize their full potential
  • Fionda Group, LLC. originally started out providing telecommunication services, but through Rick’s vision and direction, the Fionda Group of Companies successfully transitioned from being a telecom centric company to emerging as one of the most respected companies not only in the software field, but also in the Direct Selling industry
  • Through his guidance Fionda received numerous awards and honors, including being named to INC, 500 Fastest-Growing Companies in the U.S.
  • In May 2011, he founded TekVation, LLC, a technology company specializing in custom designed software specifically for Direct Selling companies and industry
  • He is a past member of the Young Presidents Organization and sits on the board of directors for FallenWarriors.org and just recently finished his board term with the DSA.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

As an incredible field trainer, Rick will motivate and inspire 21TEN Distributors and field leaders to take action and to achieve financial freedom, and we expect to learn quite a bit at corporate, too.

Best of all, Rick began his career all those years ago as a Distributor, so he understands the nitty-gritty of the sales process. He’s had the same feelings, thoughts, and worries that we’ve all had, and he’s experienced the same elation, the same sense of accomplishment, and the same satisfaction.

He’ll have the support of the entire 21TEN team as he reaches for those goals, and we’re already looking forward to the bright, bright future.

Rick has been married 28 years to his high school sweetheart, Tina, and they have a daughter and a son.  They moved to beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, from California where they had lived for 13 years.

In Partnership,
Richard Bliss Brooke

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21TEN Vision: Who We Are

September 28, 2011

OUR VISION

You’re our vision. You’re our mission. You’re our focus. I am going to share what that means for you and the thousands of people who discover 21TEN every day.

This Vision is written as every Vision should be written: in the first-person, present tense as though it is happening right now. This Vision is a manifestation of my 35 years as a full-time Network Marketing professional and a financial and life coach. I used to cut chickens for a living, used to be an introverted, angry, broke person with no hope for an amazing future. I was on the 40/40 plan: work 40 years to retire on 40 percent of what was never enough for the first 40 years.

Network Marketing and intense personal development changed my life. It was not easy … in fact it was hard and it took years. But cutting chickens and cutting through the politics of a major corporation was even harder. And those “tough years” in Network Marketing would have gone by anyway.

There is no path to financial freedom that compares with Network Marketing. No other way where you earn on the efforts of hundreds, thousands, maybe tens of thousands, without hiring them. No other way that you can work 10 hours but get paid on thousands of hours. Yet Network Marketing is a young and burgeoning industry. It has too much fraud and greed and too many marginal products. Most companies are not designed from the beginning to last more than a few years. Most products are irrelevant or will be in a few short years. Most just plain don’t work. Yet those products and companies that do “get it” are yellow brick roads to riches for those who will dedicate themselves to mastering the arts.

Whether you want and need a few hundred in extra lifetime income or a whole lot more, whether you want to grow just a little bit every year to be a better, more attractive, more peaceful person, or whether you want a total transformation of who you are for others, you can do it here.

VISION

Our Vision is wrapped around our core values … those things in business and life we hold dearest as an organization.

LONGEVITY … Our DNA is to be here forever

21TEN: that’s the year 100 years from our launch date, and it represents a lifetime of residual income. We are committed to our members having peace, stability, congruency, predictability, and the massive impact time has on geometric progressions. Double a penny every day for a week or double a penny everyday for a month. Which one do you want? We are guided by this core value in every decision we make.

INTEGRITY … Our commitment is to walk our talk

We trust our members and our members trust us. They trust that our intention and commitment is to do the right thing and to do what we say we are going to do: serve our members and tell the responsible truths. We love being in business with people who have these qualities, and people love us for having these qualities, too.

FUN … Fun is our spirit singing and soaring

I am 10 times more productive when I am having fun. How about you? Isn’t having fun more fun? Doesn’t fun make it all worthwhile? We are all about fun … playing full out with the world’s paradises as our sandbox. I am the Chief Visionary Officer of Fun. We invest an enormous amount of our revenues in YOU having extraordinary experiences that you will hold dear to your heart forever!

SERVANT LEADERSHIP … Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care

21TEN sales leaders are heart-felt servant leaders. Servant leaders serve by leading by example, producing at an inspirational level themselves, telling the truths that need to be told and the truths that contribute, doing the right thing, listening at a therapeutic level, and being passionately committed to their own personal development paths.

GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE … Be the change you want to see in your world

We want to be around safe, evolved, empowering, and performing people. So we are safe, we evolve, we empower, and we perform. We have the courage to do what must be done. We have a sense of urgency to compress time knowing we can live more in 10 years than most people do in 10 lifetimes … just by compressing extraordinary growth experiences. We reward courage and results because that is what inspires those early on the path.

FINANCIAL FREEDOM … Wealth is just an amplifier of who you are; financial freedom turns possibilities to probabilities to inevitabilities

Tens of thousands of 21TEN freedom fighters have created their own version of financial freedom and the possibilities it brings their lives. Peace is in abundance, fun is in abundance, and adventure, health, education, contribution, and service to others is in abundance when we are free to focus on more than making money.

HEALTH … The wellspring of life

Everything we do, everything we have, and most importantly everything we are is expressed in our health. Wealth is an amplifier and Health is the wellspring. At 21TEN we create formulas for protection, vitality, longevity, and the power to live life full out.

THE MOST POTENT FORMULAS POSSIBLE … Science at its best

We encourage lifestyle choices that add intensity and power to our years.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP … A commitment to creating a clean, natural, and safe environment

At 21TEN we are committed to being part of solutions. We think creatively and conscientiously about the impact we make, and we make more and more contributions every year. We are the leading edge of education and habit-change to bring vast improvements to our environment.

NETWORK MARKETING … Hands down the fastest, most efficient way to build wealth for the common entrepreneur

21TEN is leading the shift in how the public and the media see our dynamic method of sales and entrepreneurship. We lead the way in ethical, honest, and straightforward communications. We lead the way in doing the right thing. We lead the way in high-value products and retail consumer base. We lead the way in championing every great company in our profession. We lead the way in a culture of mutual trust, respect, and long-term partnerships with our sales leaders. The world is shifting and beginning to understand and embrace our business model. The masses are adopting 21TEN and other great Network Marketing companies’ strategies as the primary way they build wealth.

TRANSFORMATION … Mastering the arts of success

21TEN is all about teaching, leading, and coaching members in the arts of success. We lead the way in the art of therapeutic listening, servant leadership, authenticity, authentic public speaking, responsible communication, vision, and self-motivation. We are a glowing example of a new path to education … one that leads participants to experience and master the arts that lead them to an abundant life.

21TEN is a living breathing organism made up of the visions and dreams of all of you. We are the village of Anything is Possible, Probable and Inevitable. Welcome home.

Richard Bliss Brooke
Chief Visionary Officer

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Announcing New Advisory Board Members

September 6, 2011

As we approach our one-year anniversary since the official launch of 21TEN, and with only 99 years to go before we hit our namesake year (2110), I have the honor of introducing our newest slate of Advisory Board members.

Returning will be Lisa Jimenez, Bob Henry, Dr. Todd Schlapfer, and Janine Avila. We are grateful for their continued support and leadership. As you know, Lisa, Dr. Todd, and Janine are deeply involved in everything we do at 21TEN, and all three are developing their own 21TEN sales groups. Their inspiration and partnership has been monumental in bringing 21TEN to its growth readiness stage. Bob Henry, although the CEO of another network marketing company, has remained a trusted confidant and champion of our vision.

Thanks to this amazing group of people, and I am honored and inspired to announce two new members to this board.

Rich Razgaitis has been a friend and confidant for the past three years. Although he is currently out of the network marketing industry, his experience, wisdom, and passion for our profession will be a powerful asset moving forward. Rich loves the entire concept of 21TEN and has been a Life Shotz evangelist since we introduced the product.

His insight into the future of marketing, social media, and communications will help keep us on the leading edge. Look for Rich at upcoming events and the occasional conference call. You are going to love his style!

“I’m thrilled to participate in the 21TEN organization and be a part of this group: great products, an exceptional team, enduring vision and commitment. It’s the makings of something special, lasting, and complete. Unique companies like this are few and far between, so to participate and have the chance to make a contribution is something for which I’m both extremely grateful and excited. Big things are ahead with an organization committed to greatness!”

- Rich Razgaitis

Chris Widener, as you can tell from his bio, is a New York Times best selling everything and the heir-apparent to Jim Rohn. He and Mr. Rohn collaborated on many projects and partnered on Mr. Rohn’s last book and leadership development program. Chris is the most sought after keynote speaker for the network marketing industry.

This is the first time in his storied career that Chris has chosen to build his wealth and security with a network marketing company … so imagine how many times he has been powerfully prospected!

Chris is a powerful marketer, writer and speaker. He has an enormous following and will build a wonderful group. Although Chris will continue to speak and write for other companies, he will be putting the majority of his focus on building his group here. He has been loving Life Shotz for over a year. Chris will be with us in Las Vegas in October and will no doubt blow the doors off that event.

“I am excited to be a part of the 21TEN family. It is an exciting opportunity for people to build a home-based business that can earn them incredible residual income selling a product that everyone needs and can benefit from. The team at the company headquarters is first-class and top-notch. The future is bright for 21TEN!”

- Chris Widener

I want to thank departing Advisory Board member Joe Rubino for his service during this first year of 21TEN, and we wish him well as he continues to build his Oxyfresh and personal development businesses.

Our first year of 21TEN has been stellar—absolutely groundbreaking, and from my point of view, it is unprecedented in our industry. I do not know of another company that has ever attracted so many highly credible endorsements and as many life-changing product experiences as we have with Life Shotz.

The momentum is building. I expect the next 12 months to turn this into a giant, runaway freight train, and before you and I know it this thing will be huge. We have a lot of leadership and enrollment work to do … and we are taking the next steps right now.

Thank you for your faith and engagement this last year. History is being written, and you will always be able to say “I was there …”

Richard Bliss Brooke
Chief Visionary Officer

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Do You Know What The “Wow” Factor Is?

June 28, 2011

Have you enrolled enough people … failed and succeeded enough to know the “wow factor” in monetizing Network Marketing? More than that, what have you found to be the secret sauce of a Network Marketing leader?

I’ve found the following.
  1. Leaders are on fire … extra hot. Motivated. They’re someone who is “thrown” to produce for themselves and for their team.
  2. Leaders love people … and they meet them naturally with sincerity and curiosity.
  3. Leaders are credible … they’re people whose mere energy, conversation, and appearance are inspiring and credible. You can’t help but trust, admire, and respect them.

Not everyone has the moxie recipe for Network Marketing success. In fact most do not.

Sure, anyone can move a product in which they believe and make a few bucks, but to move a group of people into an enterprise like Network Marketing and keep them in place for decades takes a secret sauce.

If you have it, success will be worth millions in relatively short order. If you don’t have it, the really cool thing about Network Marketing is you can just go attract someone who does.

Check out the following post by Seth Godin about this very topic.

Are you wow blind?

Kevin asked me: “Do ‘great ideas’ possess universally some sort of Wow Factor?”

The problems with this question: What does ‘great’ mean? And who decides what ‘wow’ is?

The challenge is this: lots of people think they know what both words mean in their area of endeavor, and many of them are wrong.

Consider the case of web 2.0 companies. People like Brad Feld and Fred Wilson are brilliant at understanding what wow means from the point of view of an investor. They have great taste about what’s going to pay off. They have a sense for which teams and which ideas will actually turn into great businesses.

The peanut gallery at tech sites, though, don’t have such great abilities (if they did, they’d be Brad, not anonymous voters). As a result, they mistake consumer wow for investor wow, and often focus on the wrong attributes when they’re criticizing or congratulating a company.

This is endemic in the book business, which resolutely refuses to understand the actual P&L of most of the books it publishes. As a result, there are plenty of editors who continue to overpay for the wrong books, because their wow isn’t the market’s wow.

Richard Bliss Brooke
Chief Visionary Officer

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Wrapping Up the Carmel Escape Contest

April 28, 2011

I believe that this will be one of the greatest retreats we’ve ever had, and it’s going to change lives. Right now there are just two days left in the Carmel Escape Contest, and I’m excited for what that means.

I’m excited to share the same space and to share ideas with some of the industry’s best and strongest network marketers.

I’m excited to hand out the iPad 2 to 10 lucky winners at Ignition Phoenix in May.

I’m excited to announce who won the Carmel Escape.

Why?

Because we admire our in-the-field leaders … our go-getters, our motivators. They are the lifeblood of our company, and they inspire us on a daily basis. We hear their stories and read about their successes, and we are in awe of their hard work, their leadership, and their desire to help others.

One of the best parts of 21TEN is the opportunity to recognize and reward leaders. More than anything, we look forward to giving back to the Distributors who make 21TEN the industry’s most amazing company, and that’s why we designed the Carmel Escape to be one of the greatest adventures of a lifetime.

  • Horseback riding
  • Elite golfing
  • Wine tasting
  • Day spas
  • Scenic tours
  • Fantastic meals
  • Gorgeous scenery
  • Amazing luxury

And that’s just to start. The Santa Lucia Preserve near Carmel is more than just some place we’ll all go to relax. It’s a place where we’ll go to bounce ideas off of each other, to explore the paths we took to success, and to determine what we can do to achieve the visions we have created.

We want everyone to experience that, but since that’s just not possible, we’re inviting you to step up to the challenge and become one of our leaders. You’ve got two days left to earn tickets, and you’ll love the adventure.

Richard Bliss Brooke
Chief Visionary Officer

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