Recently I was at small gathering of people to celebrate a birthday. Across the table from me was a man in our community who collects and sells scrap metal. Since I am interested in having a side gig myself, I asked him about his venture and he was quite willing to share. I learned that he drives through neighborhoods on garbage day, or the night before garbage day, to see what is out at the curb. Anything at the edge of the road is fair game. He doesn't pay for anything he takes. He looks…

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“For starters, you can’t just “cook out” the chemicals and carcinogens in conventional meat, so if the animal lived in a CAFO and received artificial hormone injections, antibiotics to stave off E. coli or Salmonella, ate genetically modified feed, was depressed it’s whole short life and was abused and possibly…

Low hanging fruit feels good. A little. And for a little while.

But what’s the cost of always going for low-hanging fruit? If it’s keeping us from swinging for the fences, then the price is high indeed.…

Hello 48days, because I couldn't get fired (i thought of trying George Costanza's method with the Yankees in Seinfeld ha ha), after working one-on-one with Dan I ended up "firing" myself from my job. Everyone around me basically told me I was foolish to do so. But Dan and I worked out a plan and I'm heading up to coaching with excellence in August and I began to build a solar consulting and installation business here in Hawaii! I feel amazing! Check it out:…

How can you find a better work fit?

Work that you enjoy rather than dread every day?

In this post, we’re going down memory…

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Earlier this year, I set a goal to meet with 100 new people and get to know them over a cup of coffee. This goal has had a profound impact on me, and now that I’m half way through the year, I’d like to share some of their…

Years ago while working on the ambulance, I had a paramedic student doing several ride outs with me. He was about halfway through his program which means he had just enough information to be dangerous. We responded to a call on someone having trouble breathing. As we walked in the patient’s daughter informed us that her mom was on hospice and would be dead any day. As she watched life slip away she panicked. The hospice company did a poor job preparing her and she could not take things…

For over 10 years I have been traveling to Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, and Austria to conduct training and empowerment conferences for front-line leaders. This happens to be one of the most fulfilling and rewarding things God has allowed us to be a part of. In these eastern European nations, there is a real hunger for teaching,…

I had the opportunity to return to the University of Utah recently. Over a decade ago I graduated with a degree in Business Finance. Now I return to obtain degree in Food; at least of personal study of it.

There is a new Bistro there and I got to interview the Chefs and taste their delicious…

“Research by Tania Singer at the Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and Clemens Kirschbaum from the Dresden University of Technology found that being exposed to someone in a stressful situation can trigger stress responses in your own body.”

You are no doubt aware of how…

Welcome to 'Monday Mastery' with Brian Holmes! Each Monday morning, we provide you a video segment that is designed to encourage, motivate, challenge, and develop you as a leader and influencer. In this segment, Brian continues series on Time Mastery. In this…

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who sees the person following their call?

I see some grey and more crows feet. I see someone still giving it a shot on the…

Swami Bodhichitananda demonstrates the 39 energization exercises from the Kriya Yoga lineage of Paramahansa…

“A study reported by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) (1) found that women whose blood levels of vitamin D reached healthy levels through supplementation during a diet and exercise program lost more weight than those whose blood levels did not.”

Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to…

Without emotional intimacy in a marriage, spouses become two business partners or roommates living under the same roof. When there is emotional intimacy in a marriage spouses feel respected, loved and appreciated. Emotional intimacy provides a sense of security for the marriage. Without emotional intimacy a marriage is diseased.

How do couples become business…

We live in a day where there are SO many opportunities to learn, grow, and consume great content. One of the most awesome ways is those mediums that come to us by way of the internet. What is really great is that ALL of these can be done on a computer, smart phone, tablet, or otherwise. This is the way I do SO…

In the last post, we looked at 5 of the 7 ways to get better sleep. Click here to read part 1 Sleep is something that we need to make us better and prolong life. Let’s jump right in and finish off with the last 2 ways.

6. Make your bedroom a…

A few weeks ago, I posted this statement to my Facebook page and got quite a response:

“If you want to be a Naptime CEO, you cannot simply accept the world’s definition of success, you need to create your own definition of success.”

(btw, if you haven’t already liked my page over there, check it out and consider joining us.)

All to often, people who want to start a business are afraid to…