What’s It Like to Almost Drown?
I’ve had at least nine near-death experiences, including several where I nearly drowned. In this video I describe my first near-drowning. Was it peaceful or traumatic? What was the experience like coming back?
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DGC-10 Ways to Discover Your Business’s USP
Here’s a quote at the very core of your marketing: <Show Quote> The more clearly you can state what you do, who you do it for, and how it’s better – the more people will seek you out. Business success is about focus. Have it, and your odds of business succeeding are high. If you …
DGC-Three Questions You MUST Answer for Successful Online Content Marketing
So, you have a business and you use the Internet to market it. Great. But in this hyper overflooded-with-content world, how do you get your message to stand out and reach your audience? Before putting pen to paper or fingers to the keyboard, there are three questions you must answer. If you don’t, you might …
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DGA-Do these Ten (Mostly Free!) Things to Live a Better Life
If you measure the quality of your life by looking at external things such as your big bank account, uber exotic car, or beauty in the mirror … sooner or later your life’s gonna suck. You’re setting yourself up for a big fall. When you come face-to-face with death, none of that’s going to matter. …
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DGC-What’s the Difference between “Health” and “Wellness”?
Everywhere you look, it seems “Health” and “Wellness” are bundled together – like coffee & cream, knife & fork, left & right. It’s like they’re inseparable. These real-world items and descriptions are easy to discern … nobody will ever mistake a knife for a fork. But health & wellness are more vague. So what is …
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DGC-What are the Top 10 Wellness Industry Sectors?
The Wellness Industry is huge. The Global Wellness Institute reported it to be worth $4.2 trillion in 2017. Here are the top 10 sectors driving it: Personal Care, Beauty and Anti-Aging ($1,083 billion) Healthy Eating, Nutrition and Weight Loss ($702 billion) – Wellness Tourism ($639 billion) Fitness and Mind-Body ($595 billion) Preventative and Personalized Medicine …
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DGA-PCT Hiking – It’s All About the People
I’m considering thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. I figured a “shake-down” hike would help me get a sense of what to expect. So I loaded up my pack with my new, lighter gear and set off on a solo trip along the PCT. I started at Castella near Mount Shasta and planned on hiking north …
DGA-Gear Review from PCT “Shakedown” Hike (WP Basic)
When doing a thru-hike, your gear becomes your home for weeks or months on end. It needs to function well, be reliable, and hopefully be as light as possible. There are the “big four” items – including pack, sleeping bag, sleeping pad and tent. And then there’s all the peripheral stuff including stove & cook …
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DGA-Top 10 Reasons I Hike with Poles
Twelve years ago I almost went blind from glaucoma. And that’s when I started using poles for hiking. After stumbling, falling and bruising myself on numerous rocks, roots and other obstacles – simply because I couldn’t see them – I thought “there’s got to be a solution to this.” Fortunately, there was – poles! Spending …
DGA-What’s It Like to Almost Drown? (Video)
How far could I swim underwater? I was a crazy kid and wanted to see how far I could swim underwater. I’d done four laps. Could I do five?! https://youtu.be/3VzKPvLUVek