Episode 149 - Hold My Beer, I'm Going to Change My Life with Brian Dixon
About this episode
Brian Dixon shares his journey of personal transformation after a life-altering experience, encouraging listeners to pursue their passions and break free from stagnation.
What happens when you wake up one day and realize you've been asleep for 20 years successful on paper, but dead inside? For Brian "Dixon" Dixon, that realization came after a near fatal pulmonary embolism. But it didn't have to. In this powerful episode of Productivity Smarts, host Gerald J. Leonard sits down with Brian Dixon, Colorado based adventurer, speaker, and author of the upcoming book Hold My Beer, I'm Going to Change My Life. Dixon shares his raw, personal journey from decades of misalignment, chasing the wrong career, surrendering his dreams, and becoming a "man zombie," to a life changing breakthrough at age 52, when he finally launched a paraglider off Lookout Mountain, a dream he had buried for 25 years. Gerald and Dixon explore the "provider trap" that causes so many men to lose themselves, the small signals of misalignment we ignore until a crisis hits, and the antidote: Hold My Beer energy, a non negotiable, committed launch toward the one thing that still lights you up. Dixon offers a simple "man zombie test" to check in with yourself, explains why most people never recover their fire, and proves that it's never too late to stop talking about the old days and…
People in this episode
Host: Gerald J. Leonard
Guest: Brian Dixon
Topics covered
- personal transformation
- career change
- overcoming burnout
- self-discovery
- life alignment
- adventure
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Hold My Beer, I'm Going to Change My Life
Places: Colorado, Lookout Mountain
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