FLAME with Brad Hook
From Police Officer to Entrepreneur and Mentor
Brian Livingston went from policing to building businesses — and has since mentored entrepreneurs to a combined net worth over $100 million. Now he helps first responders make the same jump.
First responders retire with skills the business world underrates: decision-making under pressure, reading people, discipline, service. Brian's own transition from Edmonton police officer to serial entrepreneur proved the transfer works — and My Mentoring Guru now systematises it for others leaving the uniform.
We discuss what policing taught him about risk and resilience, the identity shift of leaving a badge behind, and the mentoring principles behind two decades of helping others build financially stable, fulfilling lives. A conversation about second acts, for anyone contemplating one.
In this episode
- The underrated business skills first responders carry
- The identity shift of leaving the uniform
- Two decades of mentoring — what actually helps
- Risk and resilience, from policing to enterprise
- Designing a fulfilling second act
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