Wyatt’s 4 year old pictures, I cannot get over how fast he is growing.

The other day he comes into my office hand on his hip and says “Daddy, do I have to have a nap today?” I say yes, Wyatt, “Well I think it should be my personal choice, and I choose no nap!”

I am SO happy we started teaching him about choice so young!  ; )

Last weekend in the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp I was making a point about using Facebook and a few of the attendees literally rolled their eyes.

Another participant says “I know what you mean, but you must think of it as a business tool”

I must say my internal response was nothing short of “Duh!”  Upon reflection however I can see how my grounding and view of Facebook and others view can be quite different!

1. I choose to get on Facebook for the purpose of communicating with my tribe, developing and reinforcing business relationships.

2. I clearly choose to ignore the games, the mafia, the farms and the other time wasters (yes I own my judgment).

3. My life and business are very clearly highly integrated, I know that is not the case for most people who have a job.

The point of this post is simply this, if you have a business you really should be on Facebook (and other social media for that matter).  It is NOT the way of the future it is the way it is NOW!

SIDEBAR:  Here is the wild and entertaining reality, this just happened literally as I was writing this blog.  I get this email via Facebook.

XXXXXXXX March 19, 2010 at 7:01pm
Subject: bootcamp

Hi Jay,
How much for the bootcamp?
xo
lisa

Now what is funny about this is that she could have contacted me in a multitude of ways but she choose to do it via Facebook….interesting. If you are one of the holdouts, please take my word for it.  Get after it…NOW!!

Steps:

Get a Facebook Account

Get a fan page for you and your business

Start communicating and contributing value it will transform your business!

If you have not already checked out my newest fan page for The GrowOp…if you don’t know what it is you gotta check it out.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-GrowOp/391264820289?ref=ts

A picture of my car in its completed state.  Yes I need some inspiration!
For full blown pics of the progress you can go to.

We just finished out FIRST full weekend together in our new home.  My Dad, his Wife Wendy and my sister Amanda came up from Swift Current and spent some time.  It was great to see them, it was great to enjoy the sun on our patio.  Life is wonderful, I am grateful and preparing for an amazing week.

This amazing pic is of Grande Prairie Alberta.

I am planning my week it is Sunday, I am flying to Grande Prairie tomorrow to do the first introductory presentation for Personal Best The Truth Revealed.  It is always exciting to open a new city, the contribution that the Personal Best Courses will make to the lives of the individuals and the community is always exciting and amazing.

What is most amazing to me is that Personal Best is in fact opening another city.  It is a testament to that talent and ability of the Personal Best team.  For many years it was really not possible to just “pick a city and deliver a course” the unfortunate truth was that I had designed the courses and the business model to be unscaleable, meaning I had placed a limit on how the course was to be delivered and how the company could grow.  I did this unknowingly thinking that the commitment I made to the structure and format of the old PB 3 was “in the best interests of clients”.  The truth is that it was an outdated concept that blocked growth and service to clients outside of Edmonton and Calgary.

I have been an entrepreneur for virtually all my life and it was only in the past couple of years that I really understood the significance of the three S’s of business: Sustainability, Scaleability and Saleability.  The truth is if your do not design and build your business with these 3 in mind the reality is that you do not have a business you in fact have a job.   This was quite a revelation to me!

One of my new ventures (semi retirement did not really work for me LOL) is The Association of Helping Relationship Entrepreneurs, which is dedicated to serving and supporting helping relationship business people to “Drive Client Value, Celebrate Profit and Improve Quality”  This organization offers bootcamps and ongoing support for anyone who is wants build a business as a helping relationship.

Check out the Facebook page if you want to find out more, if you become a fan we will keep you posted of our upcoming events.

I will keep you posted!