What's been going on and what to expect about Leading Advisor's future
Remember in 2019 when we had just plain old Decision Fatigue?
Now we are combining fears and viruses of the following that contribute to even more fatigue; Covid-Virtual-War-Inflation-Interest Rates-Recession Fatigue.
The Chinese symbol for crisis is made up of two symbols; danger and opportunity.
Are you in limbo in your business and personal life, stuck between danger and opportunity?
Are you coming from a place of danger or from a place of opportunity??
Where are you coming from?
The mind or the heart?
It is said there are two emotions; fear and love.
Over the course of every day, I stop and ask; where am I coming from?
My mind’s fear or my heart’s love?
When I notice that I am too preoccupied in my mind, which can lead to overwhelm and fear, I return to my heart by affirming three times; Be still and unify my mind, body, and heart in the infinite. This unifying affirmation strengthens my immune system with every heartfelt breath that I take.
Returning to my heart center over the course of the day is essential as we have a lot going on in our business and personal lives.?
On April 15th, we signed the paperwork to list our home to downsize and simplify our lives.
We plan to move to Victoria, BC, to be closer to Laura’s Mom, Helen, and eventually relocate to San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Our business and personal lives are portable, and we can operate from any location. Vancouver Island is a beautiful rainforest, and we look forward to warmer weather and sunshine. We imagine that we will produce a yearly LIVE Leading Advisor Retreat in San Miguel de Allende.
Helen, at 91 with vasculitis, was diagnosed with Covid the day after we signed the paperwork to list our home.
Helen was not getting better after two trips to the Covid Clinic in Victoria. Laura drove to Victoria on April 26 to take Helen to Emergency. Helen was admitted with Covid and pneumonia. Laura stayed in Victoria for the balance of the week to be available for Helen, along with doing housework and laundry. Also to be available for Helen in the event she was ready to come home, as she was getting better while on medication and oxygen. Laura traveled home on Friday, April 29th, as Helen would remain in hospital over the weekend.
Laura returned home Friday, April 29th, in time to take me to Emergency with kidney stones.
My kidney stones have passed; Helen returned home on Monday, May 2nd, on oxygen and quarantine and is continuing to recover, which speaks to her strong constitution at 91.?
Laura and I happily celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary on May 4th and, no,?we did not plan “May the fourth be with you”.
We are not in a hurry to sell, and the real estate market has slowed with; Covid-Virtual-War-Inflation-Interest Rates-Recession Fatigue. Yet Vancouver Island prices to continue to increase.?
And with all of this; Be still and unify my mind, body, and heart in the infinite with a Buffer Week at the end of every month as Leading Advisor is getting more and more complex. I require the spaciousness for deeper and deeper concentration and focus as Leading Advisor’s coaching, and speaking opportunities are becoming more and more complex.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to our team members that have over the top commitment;
More and more unique speaking and one-on-one coaching opportunities continue to come our way.
Over the past three-four years, in the pursuit of more scalability, as there is only so much of Simon to go around, I’ve been working with various full stack web developers to create online group coaching, courses, and membership site. While this mega project is 95% complete, it is on hold with everything that we have going on, and we plan to launch this in January 2023.
The group coaching, courses, and membership site have been a labor of what I don’t love and have likely cost me $1,000,000 in the combined cost of energy, focus, money, and time & opportunity cost loss. For me, it has been challenging to communicate my vision to various full-stack web developers to realize what I want without repeated explanation and micro-managing.
As a values and behaviors analyst, looking at my Omniverted values and behavioral style;
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I manage my time management in much the same way;
I don’t enjoy flipping back and forth between my Extroverted and Introverted values and behavioral style.
As I write this, I realize I must do a better job on Monday & Tuesday to communicate the planning, organizing and preparing to my team at the beginning of the week to avoid brand new analytical work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. So brand new analytical work will have to wait until the following Monday and Tuesday. This is most relevant to the group coaching, courses, and membership site as website architecture is brand new to me.
To improve the management and completion of the group coaching, courses, and membership site, I am working with a manager to manage the completion of the group coaching, courses, and membership site.?
Note to self;
I find blogging very therapeutic as it helps to clarify my vision and boost my immune system.
Opportunity cost loss happens when I am not investing in my best talents.
My best talents are the following based on 25 years of experience with; budget, facts, income, numbers, profit, reserves, return on investment, and streamlining processes and systems;
My best talents are being realized and exhibited in May via;?
My last live speaking presentation was March 5, 2020, for Pro-Seminars in Ottawa, and since then, I have delivered or booked 48 virtual speaking presentations related to the following Processes and Systems:
As an example, The How To Create Relationships With The Adult Children Of HNW Clients is being developed into an entire turnkey process packing articles and postcards that our clients can stimulate conversations about Intergenerational Financial Planning well in advance of Client Review Meetings. Check out our most recent blogs examples;
?Interesting Speaking and Coaching Facts are;
I’m noticing that we are doing more and more consulting & agency work for our clients where our team is providing consulting on inspiration, planning, information and time management, marketing, prospecting, and sales, combining copywriting, social media, and marketing support to attract qualified appointments for our clients.
I find this rather telling.?
Webinars and Forums are new on the horizon.
We'll keep you posted with new updates about these.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Simon.