Essays

Some of life’s most important changes are almost invisible while they’re happening. Read time: 3 minutes Last Sunday, another dad and I took our daughters to an indoor adventure park. The moment my daughter saw her classmate, she ran over and gave her a hug before either of us said a word. A few minutes … Read more

Why I’ve become more intentional about who I learn from. Read time: 4 minutes Before my workday begins, I usually carve out a little time to write. Most mornings, I’ll read a newsletter, listen to part of a podcast during my morning walk, or catch up on an article I saved the day before. I … Read more

One conversation with my wife changed how I think about planning. Read time: 4 minutes A few days ago, my wife pointed out something that caught me off guard. It wasn’t about our itinerary or how much time I spent with our family. It was about how I think. “You think much more deeply about … Read more

The older I get, the more I value thoughtful questions over confident answers. Read time: 3 minutes The morning after my book launched, I reached for my phone before I even got out of bed. I wanted to see whether the rankings had changed overnight. They had moved a little, but a couple of hours … Read more

Creating content is getting easier. Building trust still takes time. Read time: 3 minutes Lately, I’ve been thinking about what becomes more valuable as AI makes content easier to create. When I started writing my book, I thought the hard part would be finishing it. I was wrong. Writing the book was difficult, but it … Read more

The most important lessons came from watching how he lived. Read time: 3 minutes As Father’s Day approaches, I’ve been thinking about how much of what I believe about money, work, and life came from watching him. My father spent most of his life as an entrepreneur. He was optimistic by nature and always believed … Read more

Life runs on two different clocks. Read time: 3 minutes Recently, I came across an idea called the “two-speed problem.” The observation is simple: criticism shows up fast, while meaningful results often take much longer. The danger is that we naturally pay more attention to what arrives first. I’ve noticed this pattern throughout my own … Read more

The choices that changed my life were hardest to justify in advance. Read time: 3 minutes Over the last twenty years, I’ve noticed something interesting. Many of the decisions that had the biggest impact on my life looked difficult to justify at the time. Today, they seem obvious. Back then, they didn’t. One of the … Read more

The things we complain about today were often things we once wished for. Read time: 3 minutes I came across a question recently that stopped me: Is this a problem that a younger version of me was once dreaming about? The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable it became, because the answer was … Read more

A few days away reminded me of something important. Read time: 3 minutes Last weekend, we took a short family trip to South Carolina for Memorial Day weekend. It was my daughter’s first flight. We spent time in Charleston and stopped in Columbia along the way. We walked through the zoo, fed giraffes, sat near … Read more