{"id":17,"date":"2016-03-21T19:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T19:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregordway.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2021-05-04T03:54:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T03:54:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gregordway.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; module_id=&#8221;salonHero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;rgba(196,156,75,0.09)&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;285deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;49%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;38%&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center_left&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||7vw||false|false&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;250px||250px|&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;100px||100px|&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;slant&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;50px&#8221; bottom_divider_flip=&#8221;horizontal&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Playfair Display|900|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#902025&#8243; header_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_6_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;slide&#8221; animation_direction=&#8221;bottom&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;1000ms&#8221; animation_intensity_slide=&#8221;1%&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;72px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>About<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;2vw||||false|false&#8221; top_divider_style=&#8221;slant&#8221; top_divider_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin__hover_enabled=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Lato||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#333333&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;1.6em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_5_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_6_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;99%&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-30px||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; animation_delay=&#8221;1000ms&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Greg Ordway is a writer, serial entrepreneur, real estate magnate, dynamic speaker and family man. For over 15 years, Greg and his wife, Linda, have owned and operated 12 foster homes in central Missouri while raising four children, who are all now adults. Each has taken part in running the foster care homes.<\/p>\n<p>By outlining his own personal journey of becoming a self-starting business owner and sharing his challenges of the past, Greg allows readers and listeners to discover and understand their own personal value that contributes to making the world a better place. When we live life out of our Absolute Value, we are the most productive, the most energized and the most fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Finding-Your-Absolute-Value-Unleashing\/dp\/099000600X\/\"><em>Finding Your Absolute Value<\/em><\/a>, his first book of more to come, is instrumental in helping individuals unleash their full potential and remove all their limitations! The supplementary workbook allows readers to reflect and delve deeper while reading the book. 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