Peter Thomas has been a serial entrepreneur for more than four decades, specializing in franchising and real estate development. Peter is recognized as one of North America's leading developers and lenders of his time. He has developed billions of dollars in real estate projects, from hotels, multi-unit apartments and condominiums to golf courses. Peter is the past Chairman and Founder of Century 21 Real Estate Canada Ltd., founded Samoth Capital Corporation, a Canadian public real estate company now known as Sterling Centrecorp Inc., and developed the Four Seasons Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona. Thomas also recently stepped down as Chairman of Dogtopia, a dog daycare, boarding and grooming franchise across North America and is currently Chairman Emeritus. He is also an investor in the Canadian, Seattle and Colorado Dogtopia regions. Thomas Pride, his private holding company, is still actively involved in the real estate market. They provide bridge financing for developers to acquire multi-unit apartments and also acquire multi-family apartment projects built in the 70’s and 80’s that are over 100 units. They renovate the apartments and put them back on the market. Another recent venture is Urban Communities with a mission to improve people’s lives through the development and redevelopment of sustainable communities, creating value for residents, stakeholders, and society. They are developers, investors, managers and visionaries and call this “Profit with Purpose”. For his philanthropic contributions, in 2002 Thomas founded LifePilot, a not for profit organization that teaches values based living and leadership workshops to business owners, students, prisoners and individuals. In 2008 the Todd Thomas Institute for Values Based Leadership was established at Royal Road University in Victoria BC. Peter is also the Chairman Emeritus of the Entrepreneur's Organization, Chairman of the Thomas Foundation in Canada and the Todd Thomas Foundation in the US, and recently became Chairman of the GSEA's in Canada. He has also authored many books including two bestsellers: “Never Fight with a Pig” and “Be Great.”   Self Sabotage... we all do it. If you aren’t happy with your life, you are self-sabotaging. It’s time to get unstuck. Are you making the money you want? Are your relationships what you desire them to be? Is your health where you want it? If not, you are sabotaging yourself. Pat Pearson, M.S.S.W. author, and psychotherapist has found what you create in life is largely determined by what you think you deserve. This podcast focuses on the psychology of stopping self-sabotage and the recovery process of truly creating the life you want and deserve! Do you find yourself procrastinating? You have that report due at noon but you feel compelled to clean your office before sending it. That is a form of procrastination. Procrastination is one of the most common forms of Self-Sabotage. Do you find yourself chronically worried about things that might or might not happen, but eventually never do? What is holding you back from quitting your job, taking a big career leap, or even taking time to rest by traveling and taking vacation time. That can all be attributed to chronic worry. That chronic worry can impact your productivity and overall happiness leading to self-sabotage. Substance abuse, and stress eating can all be considered self-sabotage. It is a journey to recover from these habits but you don’t have to spend your life consumed by substance abuse, procrastination, and stress eating. Build your tolerance, with each episode, Author Pat Pearson, MSSW breaks down walls and assists in recovery.    Dive in to her book with five proven strategies for getting "unstuck" at work, in relationships, and in life. Regardless of what your self-sabotage outlet is, procrastination, chronic illness, substance abuse, chronic worry, stress eating, recovery is just around the corner. Pat Pearson can now  not only be invi