How I Think

The thinking behind the thinking — frameworks, mental models, and how I actually reason through hard calls, biases and all. Not the smartest in the room; just willing to show the working.

Finish or Let Go

by

(Previously named The Battle To Finish) There are two ways to never finish — and they look like opposites. Everyone celebrates the start. You announce the business and people cheer. You launch the thing, open the tab, pitch the idea, plant the flag. Starting feels like progress, and it photographs well. Almost nobody throws a … Read more

Convincing Is Not Correct

by

(Previously titled: If You Don’t Kill This Voice, It WILL Kill Your Calling and Fire) The most dangerous voice in your head isn’t wrong about your work. It’s wrong about you — and you keep believing it. There’s a voice in your head. You know which one. It doesn’t shout. It waits until you’re tired, … Read more

How I Know When Thinking Is Done (and it’s time to act)

by

(Previously called “Centipede’s Dilemma) Thinking is my edge. So I had to learn exactly when to stop. There’s an old parable about a centipede who walks perfectly well — until a frog asks her which leg she moves first. She stops to think about it, and never walks again. She analyses herself into paralysis. Most … Read more

Eleven Years Without My Father — and Why I Build the Way I Do

by

(Previously titled “11th Year Without Dad: Why I Chose a Different Path”) It’s been eleven years since my dad passed away. Honestly, it still hits me. Some years more than others. Sometimes it doesn’t even feel like grief — it feels like he just went away on a long holiday and I’ll see him again … Read more