
Jun 22, 2026
Starting a business isn't the LinkedIn highlight reel everyone makes it look like.
There's real heartache, real fear, and real moments where you wonder if you made the right call. But what if those hard times were actually the point?
Brian Livingston spent nearly 20 years as a chemical engineer at Caterpillar before being laid off during COVID alongside with 4,000 others.
Instead of landing safely back in corporate America, God led him somewhere unexpected — a copper tube that's changing the diesel industry.
Brian now runs Zell Cam and helps heavy equipment operators reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions through a simple, off-the-shelf technology that pays for itself in months.
Join us as Brian shares how losing his job became one of the best things that ever happened to him, why faith in God's sovereignty is the only thing that gets you through the gut punch of unemployment, and how his engineering background gave him the credibility to confidently step into something brand new.
Redeem Your Business Today by the Following:
How can we honor God in our business?
Brian's answer is simple: Don't separate your faith from your work. Your identity is follower of Jesus first — and everything else comes after that. Show up to your business as a whole person who belongs to God, not a professional who happens to go to church.
One challenge from today: Start small. If you've been waiting to build a deeper prayer or Bible reading habit, don't wait for the perfect hour-long routine. Open your Bible for five minutes today. Celebrate that. Tomorrow, do it again.
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Website: https://www.decarbonize5.com/
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