“It is easier to hold to our principles 100% of the time than it is 98% of the time.” Clay Christensen entertaining story behind this principle:

I tell everyone this. It's harder and more painful to be an optimist, because the world is filled with people who know it's easier to say: "it can't be done".

Feels 100° colder in Amarillo, TX (-16° F) than it does in Brownsville, TX (84° F) Only in Texas, amirite? 🤠

Bureaucrat vs Builder Consultant vs Founder

RUN AT IT. Keep evolving 💪 Be an aggressive AI user in your field.

"The simple step of the courageous individual is to not take part in the lie." — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Builders Build 🚀 ∞/acc

"To be standing here heartbroken is a privilege.” — Summer Britcher After finishing 14th in 2026 Winter Olympics women's singles luge race

Ray Dalio is Greta Thunberg for people who wear Patagonia vests

Great read for parents and K-12 educators interested in learning about Alpha “One thing I learned serving on the state board of education is in this country, K12 is primarily a massive jobs program for adults, more than an effective education program for children.”

Instant classic 🔥 “You're gonna be convinced of that til you get to ‘Something Big is Happening.’ That’s gonna last until next week when you discover context graphs, and then you're gonna be talking about how the systems of record will be disintermediated by an agentic layer…”