About Fred

I grew up, along with my younger brother and sister, on a small farm in Southwestern Ontario. We grew up in a construction family, working a small hog farm, riding ponies, looking after pets, playing sports, working hard and having fun. We have a very strong family bond.

In my teens, I played competitive hockey at the Junior level for 5 years. As a goaltender, I learned team work, the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Hard work and team work were emphasized. Playing net, I learned to never have excuses. I was the last line of defense and was ultimately responsible. Dad taught me to analyze each goal and what, if anything, I could have done differently. These experiences were very influential in my life, and I can look back today and know that many of my life successes have been influenced by my upbringing at home and from playing sports.

I married my wife in 1983 and started our first business, installing real estate “for sale” signs, shortly after our marriage. This developed into a great business with a residual component to it.  I learned about leverage as a result of getting paid a small rent on hundreds of signs. I learned the power of residual income, making money when I was sleeping. Yet the time commitment for this business, while working a day job and raising a family, was too much. We bought a franchise during this time and found we had a high hour, low income job, and we sold it for a significant loss. I was happy to see it go.

Our involvement in Leveraged Distribution started in 1994. The concept just made sense: change the store we purchase from, build a distribution organization, and help others to do the same while creating a residual income. WOW, what an idea!! I was in love with my family and wanted to provide for them, not Walmart, Sears, Nike, etc. Fortunately, the early years were filled with struggles, challenges, and heartache but this led to skill development, perseverance, learning, friends, and great times. Eventually we experienced some success, yet there was still no duplication, no leverage and no real income.

I questioned all our business ventures and looked at them from all angles. The common denominator was “money;” we work for it, save it, spend it, invest it, give it, try and make it work for us, yet know very little about it. I set upon a quest to personally change this. An in-depth study of currency and currency-creation positioned me to understand macro economics at a whole new level. Money is debt and comes into circulation as debt. This understanding gave me new insight into the importance of community, team work, leverage, personal productivity, investing in ourselves, and what it really takes to overcome economic reality.

As a result of our experiences, we have developed several guideposts to help people discern, evaluate and judge any business. We know what is good, what is not so good, and what is great, and we look forward to sharing our knowledge with you.