Idea Consulting, Coaching, & Research

We are in the process of moving our office! So things are in a bit of choas, but soon we will be able to serve you in BC and Alberta. We are very excited about the change.

My colleague and I are doing free coaching sessions as we work toward our PCC certification. If you want to do a session zero please message us!

My new book list came today! I can't wait to see how long it takes to get through this stack.

One chapter at a time, but not every chapter is going to be important.

Where are you growing today?

We are hiring! It will actually be the first time that we hire someone we don't actually know. We need a research assistant to help with the creation of grant and research proposals and reports!

Our ad is on Indeed. Look us up!

All it takes is one negative thought to pollute your mindset.

And the thing is that we already do it to ourselves.

It's in self doubt
Self pity
Self judgement
Self harm

The only thing we have to combat all of this negativity with it self love. I wish that this alone was enough but it's not.

Then with all these negative thoughts we go into the world.

In the world we are faced with further judgement.

We have first impressions that have gone wrong.

Interactions with people that didn't quite go right.

People talking about you when you aren't in the room. Heck we don't even need a room anymore with the internet.

So here is the thing people will form opinions about you as they like. You have NO control!

But the cycle will start all over again from the top.

To combat one negative thought you need 10 positive ones. 10! This is the ratio that works so yourself love needs to be 10x all of the negative thoughts you already have going on in your mind.

So when you are out in the world be kind because it helps to build the 10 positive thoughts for people so that they don't have to come up with them all on thier own! It helps to start clearing the already mucky water of negativity they have going on.

Make a point to say it every day to someone. Be appreciative of thier being.

It may be the one thing they needed!

Just secured an amazing multi year coaching contract.

Coaching has become an integral part of leadership when working in an organization. This will be the first of many contracts to come this year.

Each day I have been trying to post something of value.

Everything has been influenced from the world, my life, my experience, and my learning.

I have had the fortunate (or unfortunate dependent on how you see it) experience of taking at least a couple hundred classes by now.

Classes in
English Literature (not to be confused with grammer or spelling!)
Politics
Business
And SO many classes in Education!

There are still reasons that keep people from doing school and money is usually the top reason. I have always felt fortunate that I could find the money to go.

But now with Google and Amazon you could spend far less time to learn all of the things I have!

Pieces of paper might be important for some people, but they are not necessarily the way to wealth anymore.

I've been thinking alot about what it means to be impeccable.

See you can't be perfect

But you can see things completed to 100%
You can do everything you say you are going to do
You can hold you accountable for your actions

I started spring cleaning the house yesterday. I cleaned for 10 hours with only a break to go out and get groceries. I only got one 4th of the house done.

Then I started to think if I did an impeccable job?

I started to get really truth with myself and realized I hadn't gone through this bin and I handed completely dealt with everything on the top of my dresser or in my closet because I felt that it was taking far too much time and I just wasn't going to make it through the house if I cleaned to this level of cleaning.

I did about 90%

To be honest I hate doing things to 90% because I see myself as always doing 120!

I have noted where I can improve. The things I have left undone and I will fix this as I move forward.

This might seem like I am being harsh on myself but you do everything in life how you do one thing!

I recently was asked about how I conquer procrastination.

The simple answer is that I pile SO much into week that I don't have time to procrastinate.

See the thing is that I see procrastination as wasting time. I don't have any time to waste on this planet. I only have a finite amount of time here. No one knows how long they will be here, so why would you waste time?

Obviously there are things that we want to do and others that we don't. If I don't want to do something I don't. Then it's not on my list and I am not procrastinating.

If it is something that I need to do but don't want to well then it's scheduled so it becomes routine. Like all the toilets in the house get cleaned on Sundays so that I am not doing it when there are other things to do.

See thing is I know I view time differently than everyone. It was about 8 years ago and I had a reckoning with God. I had a Specialist appointment and had to go have another scan of my thyroid and I had asked why we do this so often. The response was that we are just waiting until the Cancer appears. It isn't there today, but it's going to come.

You simply can't be the same person after after a conversation like that. It was after this that I went into my car, had a good cry and vowed not to waste a minute of the time I had left.

It's hard on a relationship when "busy" gets in the way of it.

We have jobs.
We have kids.
We have to do lists a mile long.
We have all of the things that we actually want to do.

Then you get to a point where when you actually sit down and have a conversation it's about work, the kids, and to do lists.

Every Saturday night has become date night. We are boring and it's just dinner. However, I know that for 2 hours I will have Phil s undivided attention.

It has taken 3 months of Saturdays to stop talking about work, the kids, and to do lists.

It has taken 3 months to start having real conversations about uncomfortable things.

The last week we have been talking about war, getting our house in order and what that looks like, and happiness.

It takes a lot less for Phil to be happy than it does me.

I could look at this as being needy, but I rather think it has to do with my drive.

I am in a constant state of wanting more.

Needing a better business
Wanting a healthy body
Needing a positive mindset
Wanting a deeper connection

Sitting still doesn't kill me any more but the thought of simply being average does.

There is no point buying things you can't afford with money you don't have to impress people you don't even like!