The Strategic Living Podcast with Brian Holmes

We’ve talked about “the question”, and followed up with what keeps you up at night. Those are not necessarily the easiest parts of the planning process to face, but today we’ll focus on something a little more fun. What are you excited about? Feature Presentation:  What are you confident about? Keep in mind, this has to do with your strengths. Take an inventory of your competencies, what makes you...

Last week, I talked about “the question” – what you need to ask yourself before another day goes by. I also assigned a little homework for you to write out what your desires were in answer to the question, and to map your dreams out on paper. (Did you do it yet?) This week, I have a follow-up question for you, and it’s more involved than it appears at first glance. Feature Presentation:  What keep...

Any time I take on a new coaching client, I ask them the same question. It may come across with different verbiage, but the underlying meaning is still the same. The question is: If we were sitting together a certain number of years from now, what has to have happened – both personally and professionally – for you to be really satisfied with the outcome of your life? Feature Presentation:  To be c...

I’m reminded of the time my son was very young and was confident he could drive – and park – my car while we were heading to the building where I officed at the time. Let’s just say we both learned a valuable lesson that day… But what does it mean, “When the student is ready, the teacher appears?” That’s exactly what we’re unpacking in this week’s podcast episode. Feature Presentation:  Even thoug...

Everything in our lives, from the time we’re very young, as we go through school and college, and certainly as we become adults, is a series of the results of choices we’ve made. Relationships, jobs, careers, and even major purchases – are all choices you’re faced with. I’m going to share 5 things every person should consider doing when faced with an important decision to be made. Feature Presenta...

As you continue along on your journey to fulfill your purpose and live out who you were created to be, you’ll be faced with an imminent temptation: the temptation to draw back and retreat into what you’ve always known. Is that a bad thing? Let’s talk about it. Feature Presentation:  When we can’t see where we’re headed or what our next step is – or even if we give way to uncertainty about what’s a...

One of my favorite places in the US, Lake City, Colorado, is home of The Alpine Loop. This isn’t the safest most secure adventure one can take, so is it worth it to embark to begin with? Feature Presentation:  The trails on Alpine Loop require specially-equipped vehicles to handle the rugged (and treacherous) terrain. To take a trail on the loop can mean you’re driving along a narrow road with a r...

In this day and age where we’re always moving from one project to another, always connected, and always accessible, it is almost too easy to find yourself exhausted, burned out, lacking energy, and not having much to give. The concept of Sabbath (rest) has been paramount to the health of the person, family unit, business, and life, from the beginning of history. For decades now, especially in the...

When you think of people in your life who have tremendous influence – whether it’s an author of a book you’ve read, a speaker at an event you attended, a sports coach, a personal mentor – take a reflective pause. What if that person, or those people, had never said “yes” to pursuing their calling and impacting your life, and the lives of thousands of others? If you’re not saying yes to your own si...

Our cultural standard of instant gratification can leave us wanting for more than immediate results and ignoring the process by which we obtain them. If life is a journey, are you paying attention to the value of the road you’re traveling, or are you simply in a hurry to “arrive”? Sometimes, in order for us to successfully arrive at a new level, there are lessons we need to learn (and apply) along...

You cannot be a hoarder – not of too much physical stuff, not of many experiences, not of much knowledge. If you have been given breakthrough, healing, success, transformation, it would behoove you to pass that on to others as well. Listen in today as Brian unpacks this seemingly simple, yet loaded concept in “To Whom Much Is Given”.

Epic failures in life, although they create pain and difficulty for a season, can be the cornerstones of a life of influence and success. There is a calling fulfilled by taking something which may have devastated you or your family, a personal failure or loss, an insurmountable tragedy, and using that as a baseline for helping others who may be going through something similar. Many of you have hea...

We’ve become a culture of “I can’t”. For whatever reason, we excuse or talk ourselves out of our possibilities rather than attempting to pursue them. If my own mother can accomplish one of her lifelong dreams at the age of 81, there’s no reason you can’t do the same with your own dream, today. You really have no more excuses!  

As life ebbs and flows, there is a great value to be found in those IN-BETWEEN times (transitions). That being understood, how do we navigate those seasons where we find ourselves in a bit of a funk? What are the keys to successfully getting on the other side of the darker seasons, and breaking through to your next level? This is something I have personally been processing the last few months. I a...

Your influence could be at your fingertips. There is an entire world of people who need the message, story, experience you have to share. It is worthwhile, it is important, and it is imperative you take the time to invest in what you know, to help thousands of others in what they need to know. Listen in to find out more.

In 1881, Otto von Bismarck, the conservative minister-president of Prussia, presented a radical idea to the Reichstag: government-run financial support for older members of society. In other words, retirement. It took eight years after the idea was presented, but by the end of the 1880s, the German government created a retirement system which provided for living citizens over the age of 70. Since...

What you have, what you know, and what you are gifted in are all factors in the exact purpose you were created to fulfill and with benefit to the exact audience you were created to impact. Listen in as Brian shares more about influence, your role in the world, and how to pursue your purpose.

There is nothing that positions you as an authority or expert as effectively as being a published author. You can launch your message, leverage your authority, and establish your position effectively and efficiently as a published author. Then, if you choose, you can parlay that message into an expert platform using audio, video, and online systems expanding your reach and changing more lives. Pre...

When you experience tragedy in your life, it can be a devastating experience for you during that time. It doesn’t, however, have to be the end result of that era of your life. What you’ve experienced and the pain you have gone through becomes your authority in that arena of life and can open more doors than it closed for you. Listen in today for a more in-depth discussion on how your pain IS your...

Have you ever considered that YOU have the capacity and potential to change the world or to make a substantive difference in people’s lives? What does it mean to be a difference-maker? What does it mean to affect your environment and culture? That’s exactly what we’re talking about in today’s episode: Salt, Light, and Other Ways to Disrupt the Environment. Feature Presentation:  Our focus carried...

You cannot give what you do not have. When you lack experience, your opinions don’t carry weight. But when you take what you’ve been through, what you know from your own experience, and what you’ve spent your life doing, and share that with the rest of the world, you present tangible, worthwhile solutions that won’t simply fix problems, but change the world! Listen in to find out more.

Have you ever considered YOU have the ability and potential to change the world or to make a substantive difference in people’s lives? What does it mean to be a difference-maker? What does it mean to affect your environment and culture? Today we’re going to answer this question: What’s The Big Deal About Influence Anyway? Feature Presentation:  Let’s Start with a Primer on the 7 Spheres of Cultura...

I get asked nearly every week if people should take what they know and put it into book form. My answer to them is really another question: do you have a message to share? If the answer is “yes”, then so is my answer! Write the book! Listen to today’s episode to find out more about what writing a book can do, why you should consider it, and how to get started.

So much of what I do, teach, and communicate is built on a framework that I call The 4 Cornerstones for Strategic Living. Anytime you want to build something that stands the test of time, you must first engineer and construct a foundation worth of the thing you propose to build on it. So many people are pursuing their goals and dreams without having taken the time to inspect, or possibly re-engine...

We are, from the time we are very young, conditioned to blend in and fit in with the masses. Don’t let yourself be discouraged from being unique and rising above the average and ordinary. You don’t have to be like everyone else to be successful. Listen in to learn more.