Archive for Saying Yes to Jean-Pierre LeBlanc
Every day I make it a habit to focus on something that I am really grateful for. Today the subject of my focus is my life coach, mentor, and best friend. Jean-Pierre LeBlanc.
I met Jean-Pierre in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California on New Year’s Eve 2002. His family and my family were staying at the same resort and they accepted our invitation to attend the same New Year’s Eve celebration. Our families really hit it off that night, and we spent most of the rest of our stay in Mexico doing wonderful things together. Our families have been close ever since.
In August of 2003, Jean-Pierre invited me to attend a weekend workshop he was hosting in Vancouver, BC. At the time I felt really stuck and just going through the motions as a small town business lawyer. There was not much gratitude in my life. At my wife, Heidi’s urging, I said yes to Jean-Pierre’s invitation, bought a plane ticket, and flew up to Canada with my 13 year old son, Trevor. Trevor spent the weekend with Jean-Pierre’s wife and daughter, Kate and Kiara, enjoying Vancouver. I did the workshop, suspicious and curious at the time about what I could or would learn from this process.
Well, I learned a lot! This was where I was introduced to Jean-Pierre’s concept of Gender Synergy, and I made a number of really useful observations about who I was and how I operated in this world. At the end of the workshop, I decided to say yes to another invitation from Jean-Pierre, and I hired him as my coach. We have had a coaching relationship every since.
Today I am getting on another airplane to fly to Vancouver for another of Jean-Pierre’s weekend workshops. I think it may be my 10th. Every time I go, I learn something new and I have the feeling that I am taking my life and life skills to a higher level.
When I look back at who I was on that plane to Vancouver 4 years ago compared to who I am today, I am astounded and deeply grateful for all of the personal growth and positive change that I have experienced and all that I have learned from Jean-Pierre, as well as from the other coaches, mentors, and thought leaders, I have worked with over the last 4 years because I said yes to Jean-Pierre’s initial invitation to fly to that first workshop in BC.
I am really excited about getting on that plane this afternoon and curious about what new adventures await me and what kind of change and growth I will experience because, once again, I said yes to an invitation from Jean-Pierre LeBlanc.
When was the last time you said yes to an invitation to try something new, to do something that might stretch you and cause you to change and grow? I suggest that you consider becoming proactive and that you seek out these opportunities for personal growth and positive change. I guarantee that you will be glad that you did.