Coffee with Alain

Coffee with Alain discussing life and your success. Why settle for good when great is attainable? A few encouraging words to get out and make your own goals happen. Don't settle for being average when your goals are above average. Experience more! Daughter actually met up with a guy at Penn that we saw with a Penn shirt when we were at Disneyworld last summer. It's a small world. And Enjoy Life Sa...

Coffee with Alain discussing a crazy night at work in Riverside, CA. Might even be a lesson or two for the observant. Safety Tip: When followed, don't lead the person to your home. Go to a public place, preferably a police station. If not a police station, a hospital like I did that night, or a fire station can be a good place to go. People are there 24/7. When this happened, in 1995, we didn't al...

Coffee with Alain discussing a life lesson for success. Also, did you know the government regulates the size of holes in Swiss Cheese? In 2000 the government issued a new standard under which the minimum size of the holes in grade A Swiss was reduced to three eighths of an inch. Under the old standard, the holes had to be eleven sixteenths to thirteen sixteenths of an inch in diameter. Who says ou...

Coffee with Alain discussing items for your car when driving in cold and winter conditions. Phil saw his shadow, so six more weeks of winter. Here are some items to consider having in your car for winter travel: Shovel Windshield scraper and brush Traction mats, safety absorbent, kitty litter Tire chains Small tarp Battery Boost Jumper Jumper Cables LED Flashlight and Batteries Water Food Extra wa...

Coffee with Alain discussing a few cold weather survival tips from Cody Lundin's book "98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive." The following is from 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin: The Cold-Weather Bottom Line 1. Produce heat. Exercise using the body's larger muscle groups (squats); eat calorie-dense foods, especially carbohydrates, frequently throughout t...

Coffee with Alain discussing what it means to be prepared. When preparing for something, whether a hiking or camping trip, a natural disaster, or something else, make sure your preparation includes: 1. Physical preparation: This includes fitness, health and hygiene. 2. Mental preparation: Having self-confidence through planning, training, and skill practice. 3. Materials or Equipment preparation:...

Coffee with Alain discussing how to make every day amazing and how to stay safe doing it. It's up to each and every one of us to define what an amazing day for us will be, and then to do the things needed to make it amazing. These can be big things or small things, but make every day amazing. Stay safe while making your day amazing by living with a safety or personal protection mindset and practic...

Coffee with Alain discussing a philosophical topic and life lesson from The Trial of Billy Jack. Discussing the fact that we are all going to die. By truly understanding and accepting that, we can become detached from things that are not really that important and we can be more appreciative of everything. Enjoy Life Safely and Make Every Day Count!

Coffee with Alain discussing safety strategies for when you, or your high school or college age student, are walking city streets or across campus. Learn how to stay safe when out and about. According to the studies done by Betty Grayson and Morris Stein, predators almost universally chose their victims based on their level of awareness and body language. Essentially, you want to be aware of your...

Coffee with Alain discussing Identity Theft, Enjoying Life Safely, Being Uniquely You, and the Korean Martial Art Festival. Some scumbag is using my pictures for his Instagram account, and actually started following my daughter. I've reported the account and told my daughter to block him. People like that are out there, so be vigilant and take precautions and the steps necessary to keep yourself a...

Coffee with Alain discussing messenger scammers and some clues to look for. Don't let these scammers take advantage of you. General rules are to never send money to someone you don't know, and to always make sure emails and websites are legitimate. If any doubt, stop and verify first.

Coffee with Alain discussing the hit television show Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner. Warning! Spoilers regarding the first five seasons that have aired. #yellowstone #montana #kevincostner I have been an extra, or background on seasons one, four, and five, and I've done stand-in work for season two. It's been fun, and on this episode I share some of what it was like on the set of one of the mo...

Coffee with Alain discussing an MLK quote about doing what is right as well as the recent mass shootings in the news and some advice on surviving a shooting. Great quote on my coffee cup this morning: "The time is always right to do what is right." - MLK Jr. Several different shootings in the news. Two in California killed 11 people and 7 people. It's only prudent to have a basic plan regarding th...

Coffee with Alain discussing the day back to work after a trip and a travel safety tip you might not think about. Don't dread the day back to work after an absence, regardless if vacation or something else, embrace it. If the tasks you have to do when you get back suck, well take a cue from the Navy SEALS and embrace the suck! Just do it! My mug today says, "Today is my new favorite day." Let's ma...

Coffee with Alain discussing Lunar New Year, Korea, Tigers and Rabbits, Siegfried and Roy, Peace, Hope, and Screw the Commute Summit. Happy Lunar New Year! As the Year of the Tiger ends and the Year of the Rabbit begins, I hope it brings peace and hope to all of us. May you have a peaceful and prosperous year. My tiger cup today is from Siegfried and Roy, and I actually bought that cup the same da...

Coffee with Alain discussing Las Vegas trip with Reflex Protect and the Screw the Commute Summit. The SHOT Show with Reflex Protect was a huge success. Made lots of contacts and had a lot of interest in Reflex Protect's unique defensive spray and decontaminate. Looking forward to a successful 2023! Wanted to give more information on the Screw the Commute Summit that starts on Monday, January 23rd....

Coffee with Alain discussing a safety tip AGT. Sharing a little safety tip while walking down the Las Vegas Strip on my way to be interviewed by Montana Talks regarding Reflex Protect at the SHOT Show. Found a lady's wallet when we went to the Luxor last night to see the AGT Live Show. Make sure you keep track of your belongings, especially your wallet and other important things. Losing your ID, c...

Coffee with Alain discussing a life philosophy. Working the Reflex Protect boot at SHOT Show. Getting a lot of traffic and keeping us busy all day. It's great that people are actually looking for Reflex Protect and seeking us out, not just the people passing by. Great show, working all day, and then we were out late at Harrah's Piano Bar till after 1:00 a.m. A lot of fun out at the bar, and that's...

Coffee with Alain discussing SHOT Show, Condor, Gov. of Montana Greg Gianforte and what are you doing? Short little show about SHOT Show today. Shout out to Condor Outdoor who contacted me before the show and set aside a really nice Swag Bag for me. Had some really cool stuff in it, including a Kershaw Auto Knife. Had breakfast with the Governor of Montana, Greg Gianforte, and other Montanans down...

Coffee with Alain discussing the Screw the Commute Summit, Las Vegas, and the SHOT Show. I will be one of the speakers during the Screw the Commute Summit from January 23-27, 2023. I'll be on Monday the 23rd. Check it out and sign up for free. Shot Show is starting off with a bang! Much bigger than last year. Check out Reflex Protect at booth #30306

Coffee with Alain discussing Martin Luther King Jr.; MLJ quote related to success, safety and life; Las Vegas; and the Delta mistake on yesterday's trip. Here in Las Vegas and enjoying life safely. Yesterday's travel went well except for Delta not knowing I flew from Missoula to SLC and giving my seat on the flight to Las Vegas to someone else. (And then the guy they gave my seat to was sort of a...

Coffee with Alain sharing a travel tip from the SLC airport. Being as fit as you can, and keeping yourself in shape will make travel easier and more enjoyable. It will also help keep you safe and enable you to respond to an emergency more easily. If you are changing planes at the SLC airport, it's a good walk from terminal A to B, so being in shape will make it easier. I've had to run the distance...

Coffee with Alain sharing a couple Safety and Self-Defense tips from Alain's Kindle book "101 Safety and Self-Defense Tips: Lessons From The Experts." Started out with one of my Lion King cups, a great movie that I saw when it first came out, and then saw more times when my daughter was growing up. Safety Tip: Here is one of the tips I shared in this morning's Coffee with Alain show and is in the...

Coffee with Alain discussing One Hit Wonders and Your Success and a situational awareness drill for you to do. Sometimes all you need is one hit. If you haven't had your hit yet, keep at it until you do! Of course, if you have had a hit, keep working at another one. But sometimes all we need is one. Safety Homework: Go out today, or the next time you can go out to a public place (restaurant, mall,...

Coffee with Alain discussing embracing conflict communication, how a coffee cup helped us choose our daughter's name, and Les Miserables. If you haven't read or seen the musical Les Miserables, I highly recommend both. I've read the novel a number of times, first the unabridged version and then the abridged version a couple of times when I wanted to reread the story. I've also seen the musical a n...