No Calm Ocean: Why Safe Waters Never Grow Us
Why do trials shape our faith? Could safe waters alone hinder real growth?
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Shifting Shadows
Our minds waver like waves in the ocean, creating ever-changing shadows.
Beating the Sun (Again)
I believe we stop trying to beat the sun when two things happen to us: We lose a...
Brand (and risk) Management
Trust, Reputation, and the Cost of Cutting Corners. Also the Four P’s of Marketing.
DeepSeek
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 24 hours, you’ll know by now about Deepseek, the new AI model released by new China AI startup. There are many winners and losers in the AI race, and many who have been placing their bets on specific
Rules of 70 and 72: Tools for Growth and Decline
Market Share
Finding Business Data
Ratios for Business Decision-Making: Part 3 – Liquidity and Solvency
Ratios for Business Decision-Making: Part 2 – Profit Margin, Asset Turnover & Equity Multiplier
Ratios for Business Decision-Making: Part 1 – ROE & ROA
Love Them, Cherish Them
Building independence, relationships, and unique memories with your children.
Entrepreneurship
They Lit Him Up
Memories of working in a gang-controlled community
Culture
The Panama Canal: Truths, Legacy, and Management in Recent Controversies
Regarding Trump Claims
Entrepreneurship
Reading the Room: Market Segmentation, Targeting, and Positioning
Market Segmentation: An Informal Guide
A $25 Million Digital Pandora's Box: Deepfakes
We’re Not Ready for What’s Coming
Entrepreneurship
Marketing: The Story We Tell Ourselves (…and Others)
Understanding Marketing Principles
Life's journey
2024: Embracing the Hard Things That Shape Us
2024 A Year in Review At this point in my life, I am convinced that there will be no easier season than the proverbial "yesterday." Hardship does not equal suffering, but often it does. Suffering does not equal growth, but it almost always should. The "last year&
Entrepreneurship
Making Math Make Sense for Parents
My wife’s mission is to make today’s math easier for parents. With 200+ short videos, she breaks down all the new methodologies taught in most schools in a way that’s simple and relatable. If you're a parent wanting to understand your child’s math better, take a look!
Family
From Here to There...Keeping Family Close Across the Globe
Kids are the beginning of the end of the family core. This is good in every sense but is progressively painful. Family can be viewed as a cycle of life, where when a man and woman unite, if given the gift of children, they now have the opportunity to have
Faith
A Belief in Perfecting Myself (Tolstoy)
Tolstoy once believed self-perfection would fulfill his destiny—it was his personal religion. Yet striving alone reveals our limits. When faith guides our actions, our lives gain true purpose.
Culture
Cultural Noise
When it comes to news events, I often waver on a line. The line itself is the event, and each side is represented by how relevant and how quickly I need to hear the news. Normally, we think we need to know everything right away. But most of the time,
The Shaggy Report
Living Beyond Names, TSR #1
Names may carry meaning, but it's the actions behind them that truly define us. Read some of my latest post on TSR.
Entrepreneurship
Adventures in Meta Land: A Lesson in Frustration and Stupidity
Running $150 of Instagram ads turned into a frustrating maze of account flags, Meta support, and my own mistakes—like an old auto-reply telling potential clients we were out of business. A tough lesson in both Meta’s complexity and my own oversight."