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Dr. Eric Holsapple

Real Estate Developer, Author & Founder of Living in the Gap
Loveland, Colorado
Dr. Eric Holsapple
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About Dr. Eric Holsapple

MindfulnessMindful LeadershipReal Estate DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipHigh-Performance

Dr. Eric Holsapple is a successful real estate developer and entrepreneur with LC Real Estate Group in Loveland, Colorado, who spent more than 40 years building companies and collecting every outward marker of success — the six-figure salary, the Mercedes, the achievements. Then he hit a wall: in his early thirties he was unhappy, overweight, and single, and stepping on a scale in a Boston apartment became the wake-up call that something had to change.

He left his job, lost the weight, started running again, and found his way into mindfulness — first through yoga, then meditation after watching his estranged brother reconnect with the family. The results were immediate: less stress, sharper focus, better relationships. Today he is the founder of the Living in the Gap nonprofit and the author of Profit with Presence, teaching CEOs and professionals a different way to operate mindfully while improving the bottom line.

On The Daily Mastermind, Eric sat down with George Wright III to explore how high performers blend profit with presence: why happy people are more successful rather than the other way around, why mindfulness sharpens an entrepreneur's edge instead of dulling it, and the first three of his 12 pillars of mindful leadership — presence, purpose, and clarity. The name Living in the Gap, he explains, points to the small space between thoughts where peace, joy, and happiness actually live.

Key Insights

Key takeaways from Eric

01
Happiness comes before success, not after.
The cultural lie is that doing all the right things earns you happiness someday — but the goalposts just keep moving. Harvard research says happy people are more successful, not the reverse, so the order matters.
02
Focus moves the world in a few hours.
When the phone is closed and attention is on the person in front of you, a few focused hours beat twelve distracted ones. Mindfulness is a business case for efficiency, not just wellbeing.
03
Presence won't take your edge.
Real producers can't stop producing — it's in their DNA. Like Kobe told to stop scoring and dropping 60 by reading the game, you can trust years of built habits and redirect that energy toward purpose.
04
Start with two minutes and gratitude.
Jumping straight to a half-hour of meditation backfires; begin with two minutes a day and build. For immediate impact, make gratitude your first morning practice.
Find Eric

Connect with Eric

Visit livinginthegap.org