The StopPlayn Movement
Discipline.
Structure.
Respect.
A movement for how you think,
decide, and move through life.
Concept brand illustration
One mindset. A world of purpose.
Discipline · Structure · Respect
The Message
Take ownership. Understand the commitment.
AUTO EDUCATION
Auto-Cation
Clarity before your next vehicle decision.
Speaking
Bring the message to your audience.
The Collections
Signature apparel. Automotive detail.
Don’t sign blind.
Speaking • Schools • Colleges • Corporations • Nonprofits
A message that moves
people to action.
Bring a practical conversation about discipline, accountability, and informed decisions to your next campus program, leadership event, or team gathering.
For Colleges
& Universities
Student leadership. Personal accountability. Decisions beyond the classroom. Explore a program shaped around your students and the next chapter of their lives.
For Corporations
& Organizations
Leadership begins with ownership. Bring your team together around responsibility, clearer decisions, and the structures that turn intention into action.
Discipline.
Structure. Respect.
A foundation for personal responsibility and purposeful leadership.
Don’t Sign Blind.
Ask better questions. Understand the commitment. Make a clearer decision.
Experience Is Earned.
Lessons in preparation, persistence, and accountability drawn from decades in business.
Programs & Pricing
Bring StopPlayn
to your audience.
Choose a focused keynote, a practical Auto Education workshop, or an extended learning experience. Build your program and request a tailored proposal.
01 / Keynote
StopPlayn Keynote
45–60 minutes + audience Q&A
From $2,500
Responsibility, informed choices, and clarity before commitment.
02 / Workshop
The StopPlayn Plan
90–120 minutes
From $4,000
Guided Auto Education exercises using Auto-Cation and practical questions participants can apply.
03 / Half-Day
Half-Day Experience
Up to 4 hours
From $6,500
The message, guided practice, and facilitated discussion in one extended program.
Starting program fees. In-person travel, ground transportation, and hotel accommodations are quoted separately. Virtual programs have no travel or hotel charges. Final scope, availability, and investment are confirmed in a written proposal; an inquiry does not reserve a date.
Lee V. Putney • The experience behind the message
Experience isn’t claimed.
It’s earned.
Since 1980, Lee V. Putney has worked where decisions become commitments: on sales floors, in finance offices, through lender negotiations, and at the signing table.
His more than 45 years in automotive sales, finance, and business leadership inform a direct message: understand the structure, ask the questions, and take ownership of your next move.
His firsthand experience informs a practical teaching approach: recognize pressure, ask better questions, and understand commitments before signing.
As the founder of StopPlayn and Auto-Cation, Lee connects that experience to a larger purpose—helping people make informed decisions and lead with intention. His guiding philosophy is DSR: Discipline. Structure. Respect. Discipline to prepare. Structure to understand how the pieces fit. Respect for yourself and the people affected by your choices.
For college and corporate audiences, his speaking focuses on personal accountability, leadership, and the consequences of commitments made without clarity. The automotive world is his foundation; the lessons reach into careers, business, and everyday life.
Today, Lee’s purpose is to give back: to turn decades of experience into practical questions and perspectives that help the next person move forward with greater confidence.
Before the brands. Before the platform.
A career built
one decision at a time.
Before Auto-Cation. Before StopPlayn. Before social media. There was the work—and the people whose decisions made that work matter.
This 1980 photograph marks the beginning of Lee’s automotive journey. It is the foundation behind a message shaped over decades: preparation matters, clarity matters, and experience carries a responsibility to share what you have learned.
Discipline. Structure. Respect.
The flagship educational experience
The StopPlayn Plan.
A practical Auto Education program built around Discipline, Structure and Respect. StopPlayn uses Auto-Cation as the interactive teaching platform so students and professionals can examine a vehicle, understand a proposed deal, see the complete cost of ownership and practice asking better questions before committing.
Understand the vehicle.
Begin with VIN identity, history evidence, value, condition and suitability.
Understand the structure.
Separate price, fees, financing, trade position, protection products and long-term cost.
Beyond the stage
The StopPlayn world.
A shared appreciation for detail, identity, and the standards we choose to live by.
The StopPlayn Model Car Collection
Automotive passion.
In miniature.
Explore the collector model vehicle experience.
Signature Apparel
Wear the movement.
The StopPlayn signature, carried beyond the conversation.
The message in practice • Auto-Cation
Why I built
Auto-Cation.
“A dealership deserves to earn a fair profit. A customer deserves to understand the commitment.”
“In one month, I sold 23 vehicles and earned $53,000 in commissions. I understand the business from the inside—the incentives, the negotiations, and the questions consumers often don’t know to ask. That’s why I created Auto-Cation: to help close the information gap before people sign.”
Understanding the commission figure
The $53,000 month averaged approximately $2,304 in commission per vehicle across 23 vehicles. Commission describes the founder’s compensation, not dealership profit. This figure alone does not establish whether a particular customer overpaid.
Auto-Cation is designed to help consumers understand costs, compare options, and recognize risks before committing. Its purpose brings consumers, dealerships, and lenders together around clearer, better-informed decisions.
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