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Aug
Leadership // 6 Comments
For entrepreneurs, bold choices are required. If you’re not willing to break from the herd and make your own call, you’re in the wrong line of work, my friend. We certainly felt that when we started XanGo. We had to leave our full-time jobs, put our reputations and homes on the line and dive into the deep end without a lifeguard nearby.
Aaron Garrity shares deeps stuggles in his life and the history of XanGo that could have led to dispair, yet through leadership and hope led to new records that were shattered. It is always the darkest before the dawn. As a leader, you can choose success. You can choose light over darkness. Choose light and rally your team to greatness.
Every now and then I catch myself in a thought of how I love to be a father. My parents were divorced when I was just one, so during my young age I grew up as many do…in a single parent home. Only now do I cherish the moments when I step back and see [...]
One of the most common elements of the comeback I’ve heard from leaders and rising stars around the world is the art of listening. Yes, I do refer to listening as an “art.” It requires discipline, dedication and practice. It doesn’t make a sound…yet it produces lovely moments and amazing results.
I was talking to a XanGo leader the other day during an afternoon phone call and she said something through a nervous chuckle that really struck me: “The more successful I become, the more vulnerable I feel.” She went on to tell me about how the target on her back has grown as her business [...]
Aaron Garrity hopes to share those experiences with you as well as stories I hear from others. We’ll have guest bloggers, share interesting questions and recognize readers who share their insights.
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Before going on stage to present this year’s winner, Aaron Garrity spent some time backstage in the Green Room with Jay Leno, who hosted the gala. He gave Aaron a hard time for spending so much time on his BlackBerry.
For his founding and leading role at XanGo, DirectSellingLive.com placed Aaron Garrity in the number 7 slot for their Power 50 award.
In General Session II of THRIVE ‘09, XanGo Founder and Chairman Aaron Garrity held high the banner of living, hoping and thriving. With the unique perspective of someone who has been with XanGo since it was just an idea, Aaron used his experience to unfold a success story brimming with hope.
Aaron Garrity was in New York City last week meeting with the CEO Council of the WFDSA, and on October 1 the meeting happened to be in the historic New York Stock Exchange.
