2026 started rough. I was emotionally compromised. I left for a private CEO getaway to get my head right.I ate lean. I worked out. I studied and meditated.I came back with clarity. A couple of months later, I recognized a lack of cohesion and alignment with our Executive Team.A full-day meeting took place. We came…
Read moreRandom thoughts on life
Clutter signals a disease of the mind.
Indecision? Blocked energy? Unable to let go? Inability to manage time? Hoarding? Lack of clarity in the Now and Future? Inattention/distraction from environment?
Read moreThe medicine is often more bitter.
Words, Cause, Affect
If words have power over you,You are lost, before you can be found. You are worse than an automaton,An action-reaction, cause and effect machine,Affected by random cause,Thus your life is randomness at best.
Read moreChallenge me.
You do not challenge and debate me,Not because I do not permit it, (I welcome it!)But because you, yourself, are unclear. You are unclear in your position,Unclear in your speech,Unable to listen,Unable to reason. You get lost in your own tangled word phrases.You have no beginning or end.No path to walk in your chaotic forest of…
Read moreKings and Queens
Deep Inside, Every man yearns to be a kingAnd every woman to be a queen. Until she treats him like a Godly King,he’ll always feel like an aimless prince. Until he treats her like a powerful Queen,she’ll continue to feel like a vulnerable princess.
Read moreWartime CEO, compromised?
Not all is good, peachy keen, and rainbows and sunshine. When I start ruminating, losing sleep at night, waking up early… When this happens, we’re in danger. When my Spidey sense goes berserk, something is not right. What’s the worst thing that could happen to PD? When the captain is compromised, and you don’t know…
Read moreHow to get ruined
I’ve seen many people get ruined over time. These are some. The martyr who gets squeezed by two different generations. Old-school parents who put everything into their kids, have no savings, and now rely on their adult children to take care of them. The adult children are new-school ideology, have no expectations of their kids,…
Read moreWhat holds a growing culture together?
It’s expanding, growing, and evolving in different ways. It’s clear: there are subcultures at PD.This is a great thing. It’s normal, healthy, and expected. One only needs to sit on two different team huddles to see this. So, what holds the company together if cultures differ from team to team?
Read moreThe other sides of love.
Love is not logical, rational, pragmatic. Love is chaos, pleasure, suffering, lust, regret, madness, euphoria, exhilaration, sleepless nights pondering, wondering, fantasizing, bruding, scheming. Love is war. It’s strategy, planning, attacking, capturing attention, mind, body, and soul. Logic is not the road to success. Seduction is. Naivety and patience loses to cleverness mixed with wisdom in…
Read moreBrothers and Sisters
Some of the best of us have strained relationships with our immediate families. Conflicts, even fued scars and scabs from times forgotten. Some of the best of us, have been unable to mend relationships with our brothers and sisters. How can we expect civilizations to understand each other? Is it so? We must find peace,…
Read moreKnowing truths.
There are people who want to know it now. Tell me now, give it to me straight, doctor. How am I doing? What needs to change? Then there are people whose Ego gets in the way.Even a subtle hint throws them off track. They avoid hearing opinions and thoughts that may bruise their Ego. The world will…
Read moreZig-zag a bit.
I’m going to zig and zag a bit, but I’ll get to the final destination my way. And I won’t break any cardinal rules.
Read moreBigger Future = Better Present
The only way to make your present better is to make your future bigger.
Read moreWhat do you do for fun? I like to play games.
What’s your favourite game? Mine is the game of life. And I’m happiest when I’m beating it, stridently and whimsically. I love winning with ease. There’s no better way to win. Why not have the odds stacked in your favour? It’s not hard. What’s hard is blocking out the noise, sacrificing the BS. Then trailblaze…
Read moreAllergy? Stop eating everything for a while.
What did I mean by this? Was it about blocking out noise?About cleaning the internal system of toxins, physical or psychological?
Read more5 Levels of Maturity
Coffee with Mike and Ryan in Austin, Texas. I was taught this: AI Overview This framework is an excellent, highly practical blueprint for problem-solving maturity and autonomy, often used in workplace management, engineering, and personal development. It maps how an individual or team transitions from being passive observers to fully self-directed executors. Here is a…
Read moreOr forever hold your peace.
Speak now, or forever hold your peace. Are you intimidated by me? Do you have any reservations telling me your honest truth, unapologetically? Do have any reason to believe that our disagreements would negatively impact our relationship, working or personal?
Read moreJoy vs Anxiousness
You cannot hold both at the same time. Pick one.
Read moreIf you don’t understand…
If you don’t understand me, it doesn’t make me wrong; it just says something about your ability to understand.
Read moreLove makes me soft.
Love [may/can] make(s) me soft. I cannot have both. I cannot be soft while also Commander & Chief, managing and winning wars.
Read moreI have to let go of more.
There’s so much for me to do. So much for L__ and T_____ to do. It’s our turn. It’s my turn. If I don’t give myself permission, how can they? UPDATE: Matured Clarity
Read moreMicroscope
I feel like I’m under a microscope. Perhaps, that’s how J_____ felt. I have the ability to withdraw. Others do not.
Read moreDumb people are dangerous.
Dumb people are dangerous for many reasons. Their uncanny ability to rationalize anything and everything. They doubt themselves the least. They attract bad luck. If your opponent is somewhat intelligent, you can expect some type of logical framework. Low intelligence makes people less predictable—not because they’re strategic, but because they can act without logic or…
Read moreI’m a bit intense of a person
You may have noticed I’m a bit intense of a person. Why am I intense? Not tense. But intense. I know my beliefs on such matters are not popular nor common. I ask you, is success common? Do most people have what they want? Are most people happy, thriving, vibrating with energy, exploding with vitality?…
Read moreAccepting Low Standards
Standards for excellence drop around us. We see it. We know it. We pretend we don’t. It is not cruel or mean to point out flaws, gaps, and shortcomings. It is our professional duty to do so. We’ve signed up to be an A-Player Team, gunning for championship wins. So WTF is up with holding…
Read moreThere’s so much to meditate on…
You’re getting better, becoming more of the future You, you imagine and dream of. But the old, Young You, still pulls. And when in the moment, the Youthful You takes control, while the Future You feels regret and shame, moments later. There is much to meditate on.It may be time to really dive deep, become…
Read moreWho would like to time travel?
Ingredients:Music. A drink. And time. Instructions
Read moreFathers, req.
To the men willing to be fathers – fathers to many, to the young, to the old. Be their father. Be the kind, the loving, and the strong father that they’ve always wanted – and needed. Nothing bothers the Father, because all things are in control. Father is wise. Father is patient. The Father is…
Read moreMed die younger…
Men die younger if they experience [long bouts of] loneliness.
Read moreTenure, Retention, and Turnover
Which do we care about? Thousands line up for talent shows. Only one wins. How many people start in year one, and how many finish with a degree, and how many of those end up in their career of their chosen, and how many of those do well, and how many of those are in…
Read moreAm I high to believe…
That I am not trapped by limitations of out, but self-imposed limitations within. How can I change my reality?What do I want reality to look like?How and who do you want to be? You have many battles? Can you win them all? Some? Which ones are worth winning, which ones are you okay to lose?…
Read moreYesterday’s Games
What is the game you’re playing? How would a King on the board, move? Who?! Which piece on the board can do what? If you are doing anything other than thinking, deciding, and commanding, you are wasting time. Which report to you can you fully trusdt?Who can and will be your dutiful soldier, captain, commander?Who…
Read moreFear Drove Me
I didn’t have to be fearful or anxious. I didn’t have to punish myself, this unnecessary suffering, which only added weight, anchoring me to sadness and despair. I played the game on hard, and I didn’t know I had a choice to make it easy. In moments of blissful enlightenment, I realize how unnecessary it…
Read moreCowards just behave.
Cowards don’t recognize they are cowards. They just behave. As a snake does not identify as a snake, but simply behaves, so does a coward behave cowardly leaving a trail of fuckery, without truly identifying and accepting and acknowledging. Are you able to see the differences in animals?
Read moreFamiliarity Breeds Contempt
Contempt and resentment…
Read moreCEO’s Naievity = Foolishness
My love for people, and their potential for greatness blinds me to sycophants. I am more naive than I think – that is part of naiveity, now isn’t it? I must protect myself and our company from such foolishness. Certain people, most likely more people than I’d like to estimate, will behave and act in…
Read moreGrown men… Weaker.
I’ve seen grown men cry because their son moved out of the house. How are you not emotionally prepared for such a thing? Men are getting weaker and weaker. What signals are you sending to your son, your wife, your family, your community? Men are getting weaker, and as a result, raising even weaker men….
Read moreFood is Fuel. The Cut Is Over.
Private and personal thoughts. Why do I have belly fat? How come I can’t get rid of it? What does this belly fat say about me? Do I take in more than I output? Do I consume more than I produce? Will I ever have the Spider-Man body I dreamed of as a 12-yr-old kid,…
Read moreBe Unknown
Bene vixit, qui bene latuit. He lives well who conceals himself well. OVID, c 43 BC – AD 18
Read moreSeek Approval
Of course, we do shit for the approval of others… The majority of us – let’s say, 99.9% of us – will always seek approval. We can work to release this biological reality for an eternity with no resolution. Or we can work with it and fuel our greatness. Seeking approval is not a sin…
Read moreI am…
I am an amplifier. I change things for the better. Everywhere I go, everything I touch, I improve on. This is an aspect of myself and my purpose.
Read moreSo much life is wasted.
A collective suffering unknown and uncalculated.A grown man in his mid-twenties, soft and weak. What great and unlimited potential. Who raised him? Parents who love, but know no better. Multiply this young man across millions, billions of lives. Massive unknown potential, all wasted. People lack leadership.There is a massive void in humanity of strong mothers and…
Read moreA few thoughts on Leadership
Leaders lead up, down, and across. They don’t harbour feelings, they have no resentments. They are capable to say with clarity what’s on their mind, get buy-in from others, and move on. Leaders don’t have interpersonal conflicts with their peers, leaders, and subordinates. Leaders aren’t easily disturbed, perturbed, or emotionally compromised.Leaders exemplifying stability, order, and…
Read moreWe live by a code.
We live by a set of codes. Values, principles, philosophies that we choose to agree on and strive to behave according to. One of such philosophies is to be aware of, and work to repel, the 5 Dysfunctions common to Teams. What are they? How do they manifest? The first, and easy step, is to…
Read moreChange at your age…
Can you change? Harder as you age. Why? How do you break free?
Read moreAll this work’n…
Work’n on this, that, the business, and stuff. How much time are you investing in working on yourself?
Read moreYears of Experience?
Years of Experience? Irrelevant. Tell me about the Hours of Experience. What is the total hours, concentrated hours, of experience?
Read moreSerious Reset
Over my life, my days, where I put my energy. I need a serious serious reset. Nobody knows the pressures of a CEO. How much I’m stretched. How many different things are pulling me in different directions in a single hour, in a single moment? At the end of the day, I have completed nothing. …
Read moreEnjoy the work.
You will learn to enjoy the thing you need to do. All games are enjoyable. It’s on you to learn the game, and find enjoyment in it. Your work
Read moreSome of you have a spark
That fire within. That deserves to be flames. Sometimes ignited, sometimes fueled. It deserves to be alive, consuming, and raging, until it is within control, a consistent controlled burning.
Read moreWhat is a perfect week?
DIETS Seven days of eating healthy. Lunch provides high protein, chicken breast, tuna, or boiled eggs. Super healthy grain bread and perhaps an avocado for extra fat. Dinners begin no later than 6 pm, starting with a large salad, followed by lean meat and a very small portion of healthy carbs. WORKOUTS Strong, stable, and…
Read moreGenius
Genius has the fewest moving parts
Read moreAwareness!
How self-aware are you? One of the most important questions you can ask yourself….
Read moreConventional Agency?
The life cycle of the conventional agency is… We must be unconventional. The challenges of the conventional agency are… We must be unconventional. Every great brand has a secret language. And you have to learn that.
Read moreYou, The Who?
Who are You? Who are you most pissed off at? You, the Weak.You, the Pathetic.You, the Mediocre. Who are you? You, the Conqueror.You, the Focused.You, the Disciplined. Ay You! The weak, pathetic, and mediocre! Whose love do you crave?Whose judgement do you fear?Who is the master you serve?! The love of Self, the Focused!The judgement…
Read moreWho’s talking about family?
FAMILY LIFE: Oh, how a good one amplifies success!
Read moreThe Cost of Dreams
Small dreams cost a little. Big dreams cost the same. Why do we pay so much in life to have little dreams,When we can have big dreams that pay dividends?
Read moreFocus
Focus. The word I avoid looking at. It’s my Achilles Heel. I can do anything, but only if I focus. My days and weeks get devoured by unfocused activities. Not nearly enough water and sun are devoted to my seeds of greatness. Opportunities floundered. This is the thing I must master. Relentless, simplified: focus. (from…
Read moreProblems = Opportunities
Calmness and composure. Going into 45, this is what must be mastered. Solving problems is the work. Without problems, there’s no work. Problems = opportunity to solve = work = value = money. Repeat over and over again. (from YYZ to SFO)
Read moreClass > Money
I’d rather be poor and have class, than rich and without class.
Read moreWhat You Signal
In Life There are unintentional signs you signal to others.When it is unintentional, you can bet that it’s not to your advantage.For oponents who can read the signals and signs, it’s similar to them reading you like a simple book. A book on how to influence you. For the kind in heart, this makes no…
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Read moreRant on Sam Harris
Sam Harris is a goof. His position on Islam demonstrates this well. That’s not to say Harris doesn’t spit deep knowledge occasionally. Harris means well. He wants people to do better and live happier and healthier lives. That makes him noble. Still, a noble goof. Harris’s comments on Islam represent profound ignorance. He believes he’s…
Read moreWomen & Islam
“Women prevail over good men, and lowly men prevail over women.” – Muhammed PBUH
Read morePreserving Vietnamese Society Amidst Western Influences
What will keep the fabric of Vietnamese society together as they adopt more and more failed Western modes of thinking? Children need to be protected. It is wise to stay many generations behind in adopting social innovations. Observe over many decades before quickly jumping on the bandwagon of new social norms. How can this be…
Read moreDo Epic Things
Epicness, not for this: It’s basic to think that doing some epic shit is a great way to grab attention and increase standing in your social hierarchy. This true. Doing epic shit can give you the fame and admiration your weak little soul may yearn. And with one step in this direction, you’ll have started…
Read moreAlgorithmic Addiction (pt 2)
Just a little. Only a couple minutes. Telltale signs of addiction. When you’re on autopilot. When your hands and feet move effortlessly, gracefully, into the fire you know will burn. How little control we have when our controls get stuck on autopilot. Who amongst us is above addiction? Who amongst us above the highly trained…
Read moreHello. Hello.
Message from the past.Message from the future. Dear Present, Whatever you’re doing, please know that it is not important to the missions ahead of you. Stop. Move wisely. You need someone to help you run things. This person needs to help you untangle the many thoughts and projects trapped in your mind. Someone that can…
Read morePurpose. Never off.
I’m never off. And when I’m off, it’s in effort to be better when I’m on. I’m never off.
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