Mike and Michi Woods met while working at a large resort hotel on Waikiki Beach. “We were both career oriented managers climbing the corporate ladder by working 12 hour days,” says Michi. “However, the glamour of corporate life was starting to fade. We looked at the life-styles of those higher up on the corporate ladder and didn’t like what we saw. They had no personal life, no time for family, and were expected to make incredible sacrifices for the company.”

Although they came to the realization that what they had chosen for a career wasn’t really what they wanted out of life, the Woods had no idea what career could provide the life-style they sought. Enter: the Quixtar business opportunity.

“I was shown the business by someone I met at a Dale Carnegie course,” says Mike. “I got really excited about the potential earnings this business had to offer. But equally as important, I got excited about the balanced life I saw my sponsors living. They were enthusiastic about life and about each other and were excited about helping us succeed.”

When Mike returned home and told Michi that he had seen a new business, she was less than thrilled. Michi says, “Mike assured me there was more to the business than what I was seeing, so I decided to check it out.” That was all it took. Once she met the people involved in this business, she was hooked.

They both dove in head first. “The most important part of our business,” says Mike, “was the personal growth we underwent by plugging into the incredible support group of WorldWide DreamBuilders.

We learned that to become truly successful you don’t have to be great people, you just have to make great decisions. We made the decision that we were in this business for life.”

The greatest turning point in their business was a Free Enterprise Day weekend. The Woods went into that weekend with no volume and no profitability, but they were looking for the key to success. They found what they were looking for. “To succeed in this business,” explains Mike, “you take your eyes off yourself and you focus on others by helping them achieve their goals.” With this new focus, ninety days later the Woods were in qualification as Platinum Independent Business Owners (IBOs). They now have businesses in 30 countries of the world, and there are thousands of IBOs in their group.

Mike and Michi understand that true success is the character one develops during times of struggle. Mike explains, “the first two years of our business were a time of great personal growth for us. Although it appeared that we weren’t growing in our business we were definitely growing as people. During times of despair we would do what we had been taught–refocus on our dream. I would walk up on a particular mountain top overlooking the ocean and I would dream of one day living on this ridge.”

Some of those dreams have come true thanks to Mike & Michi’s hard work. They have time to enjoy each other and their seven children; James, Daria, Britt, Brian, Tanner, William and Noa. “The greatest blessing we have received from this business is our family,” says Michi. “Not only can we afford things for our children, but we can give them something far more precious—parents who make their own schedules.

“The best thing of all is that we can share our lifestyle with others. By going out and sharing this opportunity with people we can open up a whole new world to them—a world where people can choose the life they want and can achieve their dreams.”