BACKGROUND AND ORIGIN STORY
BACKGROUND...
Blair started getting involved with mental health and social services at the young age of 5 when he would volunteer with his mother, who worked in those fields.
At 21 Blair started his third company, this time with his mother. They started a private college called "Life Skills College" to implement government research on essential life skills to benefit people who were stuck, lacked coping skills, problem solving skills and who were marginalized and at-risk. He was the vice president and youngest coach in the school.
Life Skills Colleges were the last hope for many of our students before going out on the streets, back to jail, or suicide.
Blair soon realized the need for a consistently reliable way to help people get their lives back on track and return to productivity and normal life. The problem was that we couldn't get consistent results.
With certifications as a Life Skills Coach, Family Counselling and Relationship Dynamics counsellor, Mindset Coaching and Facilitation, Practitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Blair continued his studies and after six years become a certified Life Skills Coach Trainer, then two more years of training he was certified as a Master Trainer of Life Skills Coaches.
During his time at Life Skills College Blair had a personal crisis. He said "My father went into a permanent coma and I fell apart. I was unable to function and that put me in the same place as many of our students".
After including mindset training into the Life Skills coaching he was doing at the college, and believing he had an unshakable mindset, Blair was surprised to learn that the students weren't having the success that he thought they did. Blair leaned more and more on the Life Skills training.
Blair found out that the mindset he was teaching was very fickle. It seemed to work when everything was going well. When you have a crisis, and you need it most, mindset failed. Blair experienced the same situation as some of his students, when his father went into a coma. Blair went to see his mindset trainer. She said to Blair “You just don't believe enough". It was at that moment Blair knew that mindset WAS the problem NOT his belief.
He went on to say, “On top of losing my father, I felt like a fraud. In my darkest moment, I accidentally created the first Mind Model, which I called the Pivot Post. I realized that the life I had planned was over. I had to go in a completely new direction. I needed something more than a positive mindset to lean on. Life Skills was good but not meant for every situation. I needed something more effective.
BACKGROUND...
Blair started getting involved with mental health and social services at the young age of 5 when he would volunteer with his mother, who worked in those fields.
At 21 Blair started his third company, this time with his mother. They started a private college called "Life Skills College" to implement government research on essential life skills to benefit people who were stuck, lacked coping skills, problem solving skills and who were marginalized and at-risk. He was the vice president and youngest coach in the school.
Life Skills Colleges were the last hope for many of our students before going out on the streets, back to jail, or suicide.
Blair soon realized the need for a consistently reliable way to help people get their lives back on track and return to productivity and normal life. The problem was that we couldn't get consistent results.
With certifications as a Life Skills Coach, Family Counselling and Relationship Dynamics counsellor, Mindset Coaching and Facilitation, Practitioner in Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP), Blair continued his studies and after six years become a certified Life Skills Coach Trainer, then two more years of training he was certified as a Master Trainer of Life Skills Coaches.
During his time at Life Skills College Blair had a personal crisis. He said "My father went into a permanent coma and I fell apart. I was unable to function and that put me in the same place as many of our students".
After including mindset training into the Life Skills coaching he was doing at the college, and believing he had an unshakable mindset, Blair was surprised to learn that the students weren't having the success that he thought they did. Blair leaned more and more on the Life Skills training.
Blair found out that the mindset he was teaching was very fickle. It seemed to work when everything was going well. When you have a crisis, and you need it most, mindset failed. Blair experienced the same situation as some of his students, when his father went into a coma. Blair went to see his mindset trainer. She said to Blair “You just don't believe enough". It was at that moment Blair knew that mindset WAS the problem NOT his belief.
He went on to say, “On top of losing my father, I felt like a fraud. In my darkest moment, I accidentally created the first Mind Model, which I called the Pivot Post. I realized that the life I had planned was over. I had to go in a completely new direction. I needed something more than a positive mindset to lean on. Life Skills was good but not meant for every situation. I needed something more effective.
ORIGIN STORY
For many years, Blair studied personal development and became a Life Skills Coach and with more study a certified coach trainer and certified NLP practitioner and mindset facilitator.
He did everything "right" and even hired his own mindset coach and trainer to stay on top of things.
Like so many others, Blair didn't realize how ineffective mindset training really is until he faced tragedy.
His father had to have open-heart surgery and everything seemed to go well. Then, 15 mins before being released from the intensive care ward in the hospital, there was a complication.
They had to induce a coma and 2 weeks later his father didn't come out of the coma. (His father was in a coma for 14 years before he passed.)
Crushed, crying in the shower, Blair immediately started to implement all of his "mindset" training to help him in this insanely emotional time...
...It didn't help.
He called his mindset coach to get more help and they suggested he do everything that was already done and had nothing else to offer him.
At the end of that conversation the mindset coach said, "Blair, you just don't believe enough".
Blair knew at that moment that mindset did not work as claimed! you see, 80% of the students at Live Skills College were potentially suicidal. If he said that to his students it will be like handing them gun.
This was totally unacceptable to Blair.
That's what started Blair's journey to find a better system. Something that works even in the most emotional times of life whether or not you believe in it. Something that is externally verifiable, not based on opinion or belief. Not based on what other people are telling you is supposed to work for you. And when the system doesn't work, they don't tell you that... it's your problem. That was completely unacceptable to Blair!
He needed something that works at least 80% of the time instead of mindset that works, maybe 1% effectiveness, as research has now proven.
That's when Mind Models were born.
ORIGIN STORY
For many years, Blair studied personal development and became a Life Skills Coach and with more study a certified coach trainer and certified NLP practitioner and mindset facilitator.
He did everything "right" and even hired his own mindset coach and trainer to stay on top of things.
Like so many others, Blair didn't realize how ineffective mindset training really is until he faced tragedy.
His father had to have open-heart surgery and everything seemed to go well. Then, 15 mins before being released from the intensive care ward in the hospital, there was a complication.
They had to induce a coma and 2 weeks later his father didn't come out of the coma. (His father was in a coma for 14 years before he passed.)
Crushed, crying in the shower, Blair immediately started to implement all of his "mindset" training to help him in this insanely emotional time...
...It didn't help.
He called his mindset coach to get more help and they suggested he do everything that was already done and had nothing else to offer him.
At the end of that conversation the mindset coach said, "Blair, you just don't believe enough".
Blair knew at that moment that mindset did not work as claimed! you see, 80% of the students at Live Skills College were potentially suicidal. If he said that to his students it will be like handing them gun.
This was totally unacceptable to Blair.
That's what started Blair's journey to find a better system. Something that works even in the most emotional times of life whether or not you believe in it. Something that is externally verifiable, not based on opinion or belief. Not based on what other people are telling you is supposed to work for you. And when the system doesn't work, they don't tell you that... it's your problem. That was completely unacceptable to Blair!
He needed something that works at least 80% of the time instead of mindset that works, maybe 1% effectiveness, as research has now proven.
That's when Mind Models were born.
Client Testimonials
By simply listening to me for a couple of minutes and asking me a few questions, Blair had figured out the reason I was not doing as well in my web design business as I wanted to.
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I believe the program's philosophical base and actual skills are a perfect fit with what organizations are looking for to develop their people and increase their bottom line.
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Blair's leadership training has by far exceeded my expectations. Not only is the material top notch but watching him coach other people is an art in itself.
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