Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Episode 012.<br> <br> <br> <br> What do you want out of life? Distilled down to its simplest form, what would your ideal lifestyle TRULY be?<br> <br> <br> <br> Gary Collins has lived a wild and unique life. He's worked in military intelligence, in the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He has taught at the University College level, consulted and trained college level athletes, and been interviewed for his expertise on various subjects by CBS Sports, Coast to Coast AM, The RT Network, and FOX News to name a few.<br> <br> <br> <br> He now lives off-the-grid part of the year in a remote area of northeast Washington State, and the other part of year exploring in his travel trailer with his trusty black lab Barney.<br> <br> <br> <br> Gary is the writer of the best selling Living Off The Grid and The Simple Life book series. His books blow the lid off of conventional life and wellness expectations.<br> <br> <br> <br> “Today we’re bombarded by too much stress, not enough time for personal fulfillment, and failing to take care of our health… there has to be a better way!”<br> <br> <br> <br> How can you run your business while living the most fulfilling life possible? Listen now!<br> <br> <br> <br> Find out more about Gary Collins: <a href="https://www.thesimplelifenow.com">https://www.thesimplelifenow.com</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Find out the business events secrets for growing and strengthening ANY company: <a href="http://brianjpombo.com/secrets/">http://brianjpombo.com/secrets/</a><br> Full Transcript<br> Gary: What I'm teaching is not the norm, challenging. It's challenging in the sense that it's more that you have to look inside yourself and go, okay, am I happy?<br> The statistics say that Americans are not happy. They're not living the life they want to live.<br> I was one of those people. And I finally said enough of this. I'm tired of it. I'm going to do something about it. And I did what I did.<br> It isn't it perfect for everyone. I just tell you my story.<br> Podcast Intro: If you're someone who refuses to go along to get along, if you question whether the status quo was good enough for you and your family. If you want to leave this world better off than you found it and you consider independence a sacred thing. <br> You may be a prepper, a gardener, a homesteader, a survivalist, or a farmer or rancher, an environmentalist or a rugged outdoorsman.<br> We are here to celebrate you whether you're looking to improve your maverick business or to find out more about the latest products and services available to the weekend rebel.<br> From selling chicken eggs online, to building up your food storage or collecting handmade soap.This show is for those who choose the road less traveled the road to self-reliance for those that are living a daring adventure life off the grid.<br> Brian: Gary Collins has a very interesting and unique background and includes military intelligence special agent for the US State Department Diplomatic Security Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, and US Food and Drug Administration.<br> Collins's background and expert knowledge brings a much needed perspective to today's areas of simple living, health, nutrition, entrepreneurship, self help and be more self reliant.<br> He holds an AAS degree in exercise science, BS in criminal justice and MS in forensic science.<br> Gary was raised in the high desert at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in a rural part of California. He now lives off the grid part of the year in a remote area of Northeast Washington state and the other part of the year exploring in his travel trailer with hi...
