The Strategic Living Podcast with Brian Holmes

My Mind Is Made Up! (Imagine Conference 2023)

This message was shared at the 2023 Fall Imagine Conference in Frisco Texas.

SLP385 - Making Room For The Magnificent

SLP384 - I Know What To Do, So Why Don’t I Do It?

SLP383 - The Process of Self-Identification

SLP382 - 5 Questions I Am Pondering

SLP381 - My Personal 30-Day Reboot Project

SLP380 - How To Lead In The Marketplace and In Your Community

We began last week talking about the 4 quadrants or pillars of Leadership. Personal leadership Family leadership Community and civic leadership Vocational leadership or influence In this episode, we look at the importance and power of community involvement, and how your JOB/CAREER positions you for...

SLP379 - How Personal and Family Leadership Determines Your Legacy

Leadership IS influence … and influence is everything. Mine and your ability to impact the world around us is directly proportional to the effectiveness of our leadership. Leadership, however, is not a linear thing. There are angles and insights and yes,...

SLP378 - Leadership, Influence, and Why The World Needs You

This session represents the first in a new series on Leadership and Strategic Influence. My intention is to challenge you to accept the challenge to LEAD your generation. You see, I want you to know that the life you are currently...

SLP377 - What To Do When Relationships Change

Relationships are dynamic, and we’ve established in our last session that some relationships are not meant to go with you to your next level. In fact, when dealing with relationships, we must understand the season we are in, and where...

SLP376 - The Power and Importance of Relationships

SLP375 - The Law of Association

SLP374 - Off of The Sidelines and Into The Game

SLP373 - A Lifestyle of Learning and The Pursuit of Excellence

This episode is the 3rd in our series on The 4 Cornerstones for Strategic Living.So far we’ve looked at Personal Healing and Personal Discovery, and we’ve discovered that EACH cornerstone plays a vital role in the process of building one’s...

SLP372 - Who Am I and Why Am I Here?

This is the million dollar question … one that so many never find the answer to.My premise is that every person is born with a unique and God-given purpose/destiny, and inherently possesses the capacity to realize it in their lifetime....

SLP371 - The #1 Key To Unlocking Your Potential

We are continuing our series on The 4 Cornerstones for Strategic LivingIn our last session, we looked at the importance of building your life strategically and intentionally, and doing so on a solid foundationTo review, the 4 Cornerstones are:Personal HealingPersonal...

SLP370 - A Proven Framework for Building a Life of Impact and Significance

This podcast episode is the first in a series of sessions on the "The 4 Cornerstones for Strategic Living".In this series, we will introduce you to the concept of Strategic Living. Specifically, we will be looking at how you can...

SLP369 - What’s Ahead for the Strategic Living Podcast

SLP368 - Are You Stable or Stagnant?

SLP367 - A Personal Update

SLP366 - The 4 Stages of Transition and Change : Re-engagement (Deployment)

SLP365 - The 4 Stages of Transition and Change : Reconnaissance

SLP 364 - The 4 Stages of Transition and Change : Disconnect

SLP363 - The 4 Stages of Transition and Change : Discontent

In my own journey over the last 6 years, I’ve learned a lot about transition. It’s never “easy” and takes some intentionality to navigate successfully. What I’ve discovered is: there are 4 distinct stages of transition. What are they, and where...

SLP362 - What Are You Confident About?

We’ve talked about where you want to be, what might be preventing you from getting there, what gets you super motivated, and now it’s time to drill down again… What are you confident about?Feature Presentation:  What are you confident about? Keep in...

SLP361 - What Are You Excited About?

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...

SLP360 - What Keeps You Up At Night?

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...

SLP359 - The Question

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...

SLP358 - When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Appears

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...

SLP357 - 5 Things Every Person Should Do When Faced With A Major Decision

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 –...

SLP356 - The Danger of Retreating Into The Familiar

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...

SLP355 - Real Adventure Requires Real Faith

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...

SLP354 - Practicing What I Preach

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...

SLP353 - Monday Mastery Edition : Say Yes To Your Significance

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....

SLP352 - The Process Is As Important As The Destination

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,...

SLP351 - Monday Mastery Edition : To Whom Much Is Given

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...

SLP350 - From Personal Tragedy to Published Bestseller : An Interview with Rebecca Vijay

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...

SLP349 - Monday Mastery Edition : No More Excuses!

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...

SLP348 - Break Out of the Funk and Level Up Your Life

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...

SLP347 - Monday Mastery Edition : Create. Publish. Profit. Your Ticket To Greater Influence

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...

SLP346 - The Bennett Factor

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...

SLP345 - Monday Mastery Edition : Be The Influencer You Are Created To Be

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...

SLP344 - 7 Reasons Why You Should Attend The Create.Publish.Profit Workshop

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...

SLP343 - Monday Mastery Edition : Your Pain IS Your Authority

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...

SLP342 - Salt, Light, and Other Ways to Disrupt the Environment

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...

SLP341 - Monday Mastery Edition : Such As I Have

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...

SLP340 - What’s The Big Deal About Influence Anyway?

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...

SLP339 - Monday Mastery Edition : Write Your Book, Make Your Mark

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...

SLP338 - The 4 Cornerstones for Strategic Living : Ray Edwards Interviews ME!

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...

SLP337 - Monday Mastery Edition : Average & Ordinary Are Overrated

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...