Mastering Risk

Send us Fan Mail Coffee fuels our lives, it's our go-to drink for wakey wakey, when we need to hyper focus and just to provide some warmth.  Our preparedness and coffee investments have a relationship in time, resources, effort, learning and confidence. Do you seek the instant coffee solution to preparedness, the pre-packaged kit?  You're going to have a bitter aroma and horrible after t...

Send us Fan Mail We love them, hate them and mostly misunderstand why they exist.  We chat about how to first determine why the bag is necessary, exactly what task it will fulfill, understanding the influences of weather, ground and geography play on the design and use - finally filling it to meet its intended purpose.   Short and to the point Support the show https://preparednesslabs.ca/

Send us Fan Mail Periodic reviews of our preparedness plans are important to ensure that we are ready for what we intend to be ready for - identify where we fall short and address skill fade etc.    Logistics is the art of life cycle management - from decision to acquire to disposal and every activity in-between.  As such, we need to consider our animalistic requirements, evacuation, administratio...

Send us Fan Mail By popular demand, here are my thoughts on a nuclear detonation.  Fist we discuss what they are, the types and their use on the battlefield.  Then what to do if you're in an area of a detonation, how to prepare to be in a detonation area and what to do after the bomb goes off.  As well, what to do and what are the likely outcomes of a detonation in another country going to be...

Send us Fan Mail This winter will suck, the inflationary pressures will persist, interest rates will rise, a corresponding fall in business investment will lead to high unemployment = recession, probably through all of 2023.  War is expanding across the globe and supply chains continue to re-organize from global to regional. Your strategy needs to focus on how you maintain financial independence t...

Send us Fan Mail This week we chat about preparedness for disaster impact and the need to create social binds, seek education and build a robust community that will be able to manage the disaster and improve outcomes. No One Is Coming To Help That is the reality, so what can you do, what does an evacuation plan entail, how long are you going to be without government assistance and why strong socia...

Send us Fan Mail Fiona and Ian, names that will be retired in the book, causing significant damage and loss of life across the Caribbean and Eastern coast of North America.  If you live in one of these areas that can be struck by a hurricane, here is some preparedness advice.  First, your finances - what is your employer's plan if your place of work is no longer available post hurricane.  Thi...

Send us Fan Mail This week's conversation brings back a guest to discussion how people consume preparedness information, where they seek commentary and what are the preferred mediums.  Everyone's life is unique, challenges are not common to everyone and what we face daily may be considerably different.  Hence, with the confused and flooded social media preparedness space, how does someon...

Send us Fan Mail We all have goals in life and our preparedness journey is no different, but how should you approach preparedness goals?  Is there something different that should be considered, measurement, timeline?   We discuss how to define your goal for your blanket of preparedness, one for each quadrant - mental health, physical health, financial independence and animalistic requirements.  Th...

Send us Fan Mail We chat about preparedness, rocking an incredible life and chasing your dreams on this podcast.  This episode is about the things you can do to become a high value human, independent and in charge of your future.  The blanket of preparedness has four quadrants, when you are rocking all four, what can you do to situate yourself to gain the most from this world.  Surround yourself w...

Send us Fan Mail The world is in chaos - inflation, conflict and general malaise.  In these times and regularly you should reassess your preparedness plan, assess your priority and either accept that you are on the right course, or you need to amend the plan.  It's your plan, your mission to reach the expressed end state - what the world looks like when you're done.  Remember - the word...

Send us Fan Mail We travel, for leisure, work and for general errands around our town.  We take long car trips to neighbouring cities and locations.  We periodically travel via trains and planes to far off destinations to run around in speedos and bikinis.  We need to take preparedness with us, so how do we do that? This episode outlines the big picture ideas that frame travel preparedness, how to...

Send us Fan Mail The world is on fire, the news is chaotic and across social media platforms and information feeds on preparedness, there is nothing but APOCOTALK.  How do you navigate this, how do you create a sense of preparedness without panic, fear and anxiety? Ask yourself, what does preparedness provide, remembering that it facilitates your life, allows you to chase your dreams and to conque...

Send us Fan Mail Defining individual responsibility is more than just go do everything, it is about a plan, strategy to meet your core requirements in life, with back-ups to navigate disruptions so that you can rock an incredible life.   We discuss the four elements of a blanket of preparedness, your animalistic needs, financial independence, physical and mental health.  If you have these sorted,...

Send us Fan Mail Preparedness is about taking the steps to be ready to navigate disruptions, while continuing to rock an incredible life in the urban and suburban world.  It is about accepting responsibility for your outcomes, understanding your basic needs and then seeking knowledge about how to set yourself up for success Finance - Dave Ramsey, Tony Robbins and Paul Jarvis Attitude - Ryan Holida...

Send us Fan Mail The Lamb lifestyle is for the wealthy right?  No, its for those who wish to take responsibility for their outcomes, refuse to be victims and want to be responsible for their preparedness and create multiple lines of income.  A quick look into how starting a business is really cheap and easy, simple and the only route to owning - or having the financial ability to own a Lamborghini...

Send us Fan Mail We live in collective societies where the random application of violence on each other is regulated through the collective morals expressed in our laws.  But man is an animal in the ecosystem and violence is kept at bay by the distribution of resources.  Our morals keep society reasonably free of violence because we can eat, find shelter and carry on with our lives.   We discuss a...

Send us Fan Mail The last in our series on information sources, this is a discussion on the value of independent media in understanding the world around you, updating your world and local situational awareness and learning about quality local journalism that may be flying under your radar.  Where is the source statistical information that is without bias?  How do I look at the indicators for my in...

Send us Fan Mail Universal Health Care in Canada is in crisis, if not failed already.  This is significant for preparedness as you probably believe or expect a healthcare system to be ready to receive patients in a major event, or when you or your family is in crisis.  This is not the case, so to understand what is the issue we break down the healthcare system into 3 primary areas: primary care, p...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to season five of the podcast, where we will dive into you living through the difficult 2020s while chasing your dreams and living an incredible life, wrapped in a blanked of preparedness.  The principle of simplification supports this endeavour, reminding you that all the issues in life are simple to solve - difficult yes, but simple.  When we position issues in the dicho...

Send us Fan Mail Where do you go to find the most accurate and up to date information in a crisis?  What mediums do you choose, do you have alternate, processes that do not require power?  This week's discussion is all about the crisis information process, finding your trusted sources, having multiple mediums upon which to draw the information - the Internet can go away, we saw this in Canada...

Send us Fan Mail Twitter is the modern incarnation of the city square, where people gather to exchange ideas, seek information, draw conclusions and confirm opinions.  Except the civil discourse of the past is rare.  This week we discuss the value of Twitter for preparedness, the ability to spew without accountability, the fights - both useless and intelligent exchange of ideas and how Twitter can...

Send us Fan Mail This episode was recorded during an 18 hour loss of the Internet in Canada, which affected close to 45% of the population.  A quick look at what a world without internet might be, what considerations are available for your family and how we move forward.  What's your plan for the loss of the Internet.  18 hours is fine, chatted with humans in person and advanced through my re...

Send us Fan Mail Globalism is dying and will be replaced by a new organizational governance by 2030.  This decade will be messy and difficult for us all.  Humanity, about every 80-90 years re-constructs the global order, the systems by which we operate, integrate, coordinate and fight.  We look at Trade, war, pandemics, government control and culture as frameworks for this struggle.  The world tha...

Send us Fan Mail You've got a passion, a cause that drives your inner soul, gets you riled up and is the basis of a number of your conversations online and in groups.  You have a message for the world, but how to get them to hear it?   Or you have a passion for physical creation - woodworking, crochet, knitting, painting, models- whatever and you want to see if you could sell one to the world...