This is a new blog that is dedicated to sharing and keeping people posted as to what is going on in my life, both at home and work.
2009 is a year of letting go, creation and focus on that which is most significant to me, my family and the world.
Stay Tuned it is going to be an AMAZING year!
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.
http://gallery.me.com/jfiset#100069
I just finished the Financial Freedom Weekend in Edmonton, we had a sold out room, and a great group of people, many of whom are on their way to becoming entrepreneurs. Cory and Wyatt came up and spent the weekend so we could still see each other around the course times which I soooo appreciate!
It is a little after 5am I am in the Edmonton airport on my way to Boulder for one of the VITA retreats, a little tuckered but looking forward to the trip. I will stop in to see how the shop(s) are progressing on my old Porsche 356. I have great hopes that we are actually well into the reconstruction process. I have seen some pics but it seems as though it is going VERY slowly and I know that they have been waiting for the hand made nose panel and front fenders from Trevor’s Hammer works, which if I am lucky will actually be there by the time I go to check it out!
What I am thinking about is one of the Pillars of our new 90 day Entrepreneurial Freedom Program, and that is a question that was asked many times in the Financial Freedom Weekend, “How do I stop thinking like an employee and start thinking like an entrepreneur?â€
My first reaction to that is stop asking the question of someone else, and ask the question of yourself! That being said one of the great challenges of many entrepreneurs is that they don’t ask for enough support…always trying to do it on their own. So I thought that I would spend some time framing out some of the largest differences in thinking that I perceive.
Employee                                          Entrepreneur
Asks permission                             Asks forgiveness
I can’t afford it                                How can I create it?
What if I fail?                                    What will I learn?
How much will I get paid?          What is the value of this opportunity?
Measures salary/income            Measures Net worth/passive income
I need safety and security          I create safety and security
I need to earn more                      How can I sell more?
There are MANY more distinctions that are worth exploring, but for the time being focusing on the Entrepreneur side of the page will create freedom an cash for YOU!
Cory and Wyatt swimming at the Westin in Los Angeles. They had a great time at Disneyland, Universal studios while I was taking a course. We did get to have fun together before and after the course. ALL GOOD!
I have not written for a LONG time, for several reasons, my domain name has gotten a bit fouled up and I have not been able to fix it properly so for the time being we will live with it the way it is. Also this summer was very busy, travelling, family and getting settled in the new house. We LOVE the new house as furniture arrives it feels more and more like home. There has been so much happening that I am not sure where to start…well here is the list.
Wyatt
Turned 4, great party and what a cool age, he is becoming even more strategic!
Has started preschool and is in love with his preschool teacher Miss Wanda : )Â It starts young!
Was the Incredible Hulk for Halloween, which he LOVED, that was too much fun
Cory
Has been busy getting the house in order
Came to LA with me for one of my courses which was great, I don’t like being away from her and Wyatt so much
Humoured my car addiction and came to Pebble Beach and the Monterey Historic races with me, which was an amazing event
Volunteering for Wyatt’s preschool
Plus the millions of details that it takes to keep her crazy husband supported and on track. Thanks Hon I love and appreciate you!
Jay
Designing and developing content for the Entrepreneurial Freedom program like mad
Had TONS of fun with Cory and Wyatt all summer, Monterey, Los Angeles, Deb and Duane’s farm, Gma and Gpa in Redcliff, Callaway Park, Banff.
My Porsche 356 Convertible is turning into a MUCH bigger project than I had hoped or imagined I will be lucky to get it back for assembly in spring.
I cut grass and did yardwork for the first time since I was a kid and LOVED IT!
We had most of our family at the new house and really enjoyed having them ; ) A little more space makes a huge difference
Then on top of all that house stuff, house stuff and house stuff all of which is fun and inspiring yet time consuming. BTW I love having a garage for my cars!
I had several brushes with fame this summer, Nicole Kidman and her husband don’t know his name, Rob Schneider, Bill Phillips and a few others, kind of weird!
Anyway that is the short update about a couple of the most transition filled and amazing months of my life. I will be back to regular updates till the rest of the year.
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 clientsâ€. 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 Qualityâ€Â 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!
I am on a plane to Los Angeles to interview contractors to build the drivers club. It is a bittersweet trip, Cory, Wyatt and I have moved into our FIRST family home today, and I will not be there to spend our first night. It is beautiful and amazing yet a part of me mourns leaving our loft. So much of our life happened in that building.
I am on a plane to Los Angeles to interview contractors to build the drivers club. http://www.mydriversclub.com It is a bittersweet trip, Cory, Wyatt and I moved into our FIRST family home today and I will not be there to spend our first night.
Our house is beautiful, amazing and everything that I want or dream of in a home, yet at the same time a part of me mourns leaving our loft…so much of our life happened in that building. We moved in only a couple of days before getting married 14 years ago (yes Cory and I have a tendency to grow roots, we are NOT movers, so you know we do not take moving lightly).
There are so many highlights of buying that building struggling to renovate it out of pocket, finally getting our loft completed, bringing home Porsche (our Doberman Pinscher), MANY nights in the monster jacuzzi with a bottle of red wine, friends and family over (but not for too long, because the original space was too small), and of course the greatest change in our lives and the real impetus to move welcoming Wyatt home to us. I will never forget that first night with our little man, simply the best day of our lives to date, and how is presence changed the energy of the loft into a home. Our loft was recently described by a friend of ours to a curious fiend of hers “ well 80% of it is set up for kids including indoor swing and ladderâ€. At the new place he will get a swing and ladder and much more outside, how novel ; ). Completing my book, the amazing revolving door of family and company that came from all over God’s green earth to meet and welcome Wyatt to our family. Really one of the most beautiful and blessed times of our lives, and I know I can speak for Cory on that point, we have spoken about it often.
Of course there was sadness, worry and loss in the loft as well, our beloved Porsche passing away the very night of Wyatt’s welcoming ceremony. Financial struggles, the phone call about “the hang manâ€Â if you don’t know that story you really must read my book http://www.reframeyourblame.com family friction, news of illness, passing of grandparents. The entire complexity and beauty of life itself. That is what was, or perhaps more accurately put that is “where wasâ€.
Today is about what is, where is, and what is to be.
A fresh start, a new beginning, a new environment to nurture ourselves, our families and friends, a place to consciously nurture our lives, our dreams and our future.
So my loves Cory and Wyatt, even though I am not physically there know that my heart is in our new home, my thoughts are with you both, about us and our future. We will have the best summer of our lives thus far at HOME with family and friends.
I miss you both…
