Essays

The traits that make people build things and trauma responses are the same machinery.

People stall because they mix two kinds of thinking that dislike each other. There is choosing what to do. Then there is doing it. Separate them, and motion produces information that thinking alone cannot.

The most expensive mistakes come from people who fix symptoms and accidentally make the system worse.

You're fat. Not physically—socially. And it's disgusting.

Talent is a lottery. Play more tickets.

Busyness is not progress. This essay is about escaping the drift of a life without direction by focusing on compounding small habits, defining a clear purpose, and architecting your life to make meaningful work the path of least resistance.

The best fathers I know aren't the ones who had it all figured out. They're the ones who built something from nothing, made hard decisions, and took responsibility for the outcome.

We've been sold a story about childhood that trades genuine competence for the illusion of safety. It's time to reject the prison with cartoons.