The Lifestyle Group: Founding Story Part 2

So, as a co-conspirator of the Lifestyle Group, I thought I would add my bit of how I got to this point in life and what Lifestyle Group means to me.

I moved to California six and a half years ago from St. Louis, MO, and started down the road of a "real" job. You know, the 9 to 5er gig. The kind that many of us have and many of us hate. I began that road in the printing and fulfillment industry and over the course of the next 6 and half years jumped to 3 different print and fulfillment companies, one software consulting firm, and one sales position. However, these weren't the jobs that got me to where I'm at now.

Now, If I really thought about it, I'd have to say that my years in the service industry is what really got me to this point. I spent about 7 years working in restaurants, bars, and nightclubs, trying to figure out what I was doing and where I was going. But those were not years spent in waste. Rather, they were years well spent in the study of psychology, human nature, conversation, fashion, art, and all things that people have to offer. I met anywhere from 50 to 100 people a day, had conversations of more than 5 minutes with more than 1000 different people a year, ranging from couples on a date, people on a business trip, CEOs, vacationing families, pro atheletes, artists, actors, movie stars, musicians, etc, et al. Every walk of life. And the big advantage of working in the service industry is that "people gotta eat and people gotta go out", no matter who they are in life and you will be there to meet them.

Well, I'm sure you're asking yourself where all this is going, and where I'm at now? I'll have to admit that I'm not quite where I want to be, but I know I'm traveling the right path. I still have a 9 to 5, but it's days to months before I blow that joint and am on my way to the lifestyle that I dream about. Why? Because I belive in in the idea of a lifestyle. Lifestyle is what I learned during my years of conversations and interactions with clients, customers, and and most importantly friends.

So, what is Lifestyle Group and what's it all about? It's exactly how it reads. The STYLE in which you wish to live your LIFE. Life-Style..........So what style do you want to live your life?

Every facet of a person's life makes up their lifestyle. But there's livin' life and there's livin' life. And if your like most poeple, you want to live life. What I've come to realize is that what's going to drive most of our lifestyles is our professional lives. And what's going to drive our professional lives is our connection with other people.

In meeting Tim Andren, co-founder of Lifestyle Group, I made one of those all important connections. We instantly bonded on a personal level. We found we had similar tastes in music, fashion, style, philosophies, and goals. Because of this personal connection, we found it easy to connect on a professional level and are currently working on several projects, one of which is Lifestyle Group, that we believe will set each of us free to live a lifestyle of our choosing.

And that's what Lifestyle Group is really about. Making connections with people is the reason for our founding of and commitment to the group. We want to meet people that have similar interests, similar passions, similar dreams as well as meet people that are completely different from us but can teach us something about ourselves that we could not learn on our own. It is our belief that it will be these connections that will help all of us reach the point where we can choose whatever lifestyle we wish to live.

Welcome to Lifestyle Group.

I hope to meet you soon.

The LifeStyle Group : Founding Story

The LifeStyle Group
by Tim Andren

My story began years ago when I took the leap of faith and became a sole proprietor. I am a graphic designer and marketing professional by trade and have over ten years of experience in the industry. I've worked for a printhouse, an advertising agency and in the corporate world. I realized in 2005 that I had a strong desire to work for myself and founded my first company, Andren Creative.

Over the years one thing continues to impress me is the fact that people and their amazing ideas and energy are the unstoppable current of the business world.

I am an avid reader on the subjects of business, success and psychology. Through acquiring this knowledge it became apparent to me that I wanted to form an 'official collective', an organized group of people who want the same things and are motivated in the same way I am.

I approached a good friend and business partner of mine by the name of Sasha Alms with the idea and together we formed the collective known as The LifeStyle Group.

We all want the something out of life. The members of The LifeStyle Group are business people who want success that accompanies a lifestyle of freedom, health and a reasonable level of comfort. They recognize the importance of building a network of people with a focus on the principles of success. Some of the principles include embracing a positive attitude, focusing on health and appearance, embracing the power of technology and most importantly, how being part of a network of like-minded people can make all the difference in the world.

The LifeStyle Group is organized and meets regularly to discuss ideas, network and enjoy the life that we create. We are very selective about who we include in this group in order to not dilute the message. We believe that good people find good people and there is nothing more powerful than these relationships in any area of the business world.

People + Ideas = Success