A few things we can count on happening: No matter how you feel about face masks, some places will require you to wear them. Another COVID spike will occur. Probably many more, just like a seasonal flu. Face masks will be harder to get during a spike. Now, more than ever, we need to buy …
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I’ve always been a homeschooler, going on 15 years now. My oldest son (15 yo) will graduate high school this summer, and my youngest son (3 yo) has already started drawing and coloring. Then there’s three other kids sandwiched between those two. We’ve always been in the minority as homeschoolers. The cops even picked up …
Partly because of my work with Homeland Security and partly because I’ve always been the ‘be ready for anything’ kind of guy, I’ve always enjoyed all things preparedness, self-reliance, and emergency-related. Don’t worry, I’m not a nutcase like some of those folks you might’ve seen on Doomsday Preppers. Even so, if I was, I wouldn’t …
If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that things function better when there’s a back up plan. Before the back up plan is needed. I’m not judging here either. I have back up plans out the wazoo. I design back up plans. Even so, the speed and breadth of the COVID-19 mess …
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After a full week into the US quarantine measures, I wanted to go ahead and make a list of predictions about the world after the pandemic. It’s going to be interesting to see how these play out and which ones hold true versus the ones that I’m completely wrong about. It’s an odd place we’re …
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Less than 3 months after the initial outbreak of the Coronavirus, conferences and events were already being cancelled. Even so, many major events are still moving forward. This made me wonder how many of you have a policy in place for cancelling your conference if it has to happen. It can be for any reason …
Though my most visible income stream is consulting and speaking about living the Big Life, I still get asked a lot by friends and colleagues to consult about how to stay safe during situations ranging from active shooter situations to pandemic contagions like the coronavirus. I’d like to give you some of the same advice …
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