Ship Your Work
It doesn't matter how good or bad you think it is. Let the world decide. But perhaps someone reads your work and it changes their life for the better—all because you had the courage to ship.
It's About Showing Up Again and Again
Real progress has nothing to do with passion or motivation. It's about the will to do the basic things over and over again—in bad conditions, when you're bored, tired, and not in the mood—and still hold yourself to your standards.
No Time to Read
Most Americans will read 250 books in their lifetime while spending 50,000+ hours on screens. With just 30-60 minutes of daily reading, you could read 600-1,500 books instead. It's all about perspective.
If you want to have a following, “specialize”
They say specialize if you want followers. I say generalize and write for free until the day I die—caring only about getting better at the craft.
If you don't want to sell, increase friction
A Regional Sales Manager turned a simple equipment purchase into an obstacle course. Here's what high-effort sales processes cost you—and why eliminating friction is the only sales strategy that matters.
Don't Be a Sh*t Manager
Management has been studied for over 120 years. Yet we're still surrounded by terrible leadership. Here are my rules for not being a sh*t manager.
Default No
Saying "yes" opens doors—but saying "no" creates space. Why "no" should be your default.
Books
The spatial and tactile sense of a physical book—knowing where it lives, feeling its weight, seeing it on the shelf—creates a different relationship with what you're reading.
While You Panic, We Draft a Kill List
A Saturday phone call about world threats leads to a conversation about the Disposition Matrix—and why worrying about what you can't control is a waste of energy.
Professionals Dry Fire
If you carry a firearm for self-defense, you have an obligation to be professional—competent, skillful, assured. That means being both fast and accurate. Here's what that requires.
Intuition Beats Data
Many executives assume "numbers first" makes you a strong decision-maker. But what about intuition, experience, and creativity? Sometimes the numbers need to be understood, then set aside, so we can make bold decisions that push past the plateau.
The Dictator's Hoodie
A Venezuelan dictator on U.S. soil wearing a 100% American-made hoodie—the irony of freedom's uniform on a man accused of crushing it.