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On building companies, self-leadership, and the Love Not Fear operating system. Occasional and practical — written from inside the portfolio.
Sufis mapped the growth of the self in seven stations long before psychologists drew spirals. A Muslim of 25+ years, now going deeper into Sufism, on where the seven levels and Spiral Dynamics rhyme, where they part, and why you need both.
I've lived in Bodrum with my family for nine years. Visitors keep discovering how beautiful and hospitable Türkiye is. Fewer people know how far ahead it is on AI, and on the government admin you usually deal with the hard way.
Twelve copilots, each with its own little memory, none of which talk to each other. AI-native starts with one company brain you own. Then capture, an agent where work already happens, and an operating layer on top.
Ecommerce brands keep pouring money into colder and colder traffic while their best buyers, the ones who already purchased and drifted, sit ignored. Here is why we brought WinbackEngine to ecommerce, and why we can promise a 5x return on it.
Every service business is sitting on a database of customers who used to love them and quietly drifted away. Here is why we built a company to call those people back, and why a real human beats another automated email every time.
Most AI transformation is theater. The real foundation of an AI-native company is a shared, permanent memory, the layer almost every company skips. Here is why, drawn from rebuilding my own portfolio first.
Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Sufism all carry the same core message: overcome fear through love. This isn't modern self-help. It's ancient truth.
Practical frameworks and personal hacks for limiting decision fatigue, from implementing EOS and hiring strong team leads to wearing only black and rating tasks by dollar value.
A review of Jonas Salzgeber's practical guide to Stoic philosophy for self-leadership, covering the Stoic Happiness Triangle and 55 daily practices for resilience and calmness.
A chance encounter with a musician on a Bali beach sparks a reflection on purpose-driven living, the tension between following your calling and staying in your comfort zone.
A step-by-step playbook for communicating product updates across your organization -- from support and sales enablement to customer-facing announcements -- learned the hard way at MaxCDN.
From chasing money to fearing failure, here are seven common traps that catch new business owners -- and how to avoid them based on hard-won experience building MaxCDN.
A comprehensive framework for work-life integration that applies business principles -- vision, boundaries, tools, and systems -- to running a happier family life alongside your company.
Five conscious leadership qualities that separate inspiring leaders from those who lead through fear. A love not fear approach to emotional intelligence, vision, and bold action.
Three practical ways to instill conscious leadership traits in your children, from team-building through activities to storytelling that models grit and perseverance.
How entrepreneurs can strengthen their marriage through empathy, honesty, and active listening — with a practical framework for structured conversations with your partner.
Four common reasons entrepreneurial marriages fall apart — from diverging priorities and emotional distance to financial distress — and practical strategies to prevent each one.
A complete overview of the Managing Happiness course. A six-part self-leadership system for applying business principles to your relationship to build a thriving, purpose-driven marriage.
A summary of Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit and its seven essential questions for conscious leadership. Transform how you lead, coach, and communicate with your team.
A comprehensive, actionable guide to purpose-driven life planning. From discovering your purpose with SWOT analysis and SMARTR goals to creating five-year, monthly, and daily plans.
A practical playbook for bootstrapped eCommerce founders to get featured on blogs and websites without spending a fortune on advertising, using free outreach tactics and affordable tools.
A review of Eric Ries's The Lean Startup and why the Minimum Viable Product is the most critical concept for any founder -- how shipping fast validates ideas, saves resources, and generates immediate ROI.
A proven cold email formula that gets responses from top professionals -- lead with genuine praise, establish credibility fast, make a specific ask, and offer to pay for their time.
Five practical strategies for getting through dense, challenging non-fiction books -- from reading along with the audiobook to ditching your highlighter and knowing when to quit.
Pain is inevitable, but how it shapes you is a choice. Three self-leadership keys: ownership, healing, and vulnerability determine whether hardship destroys you or refines you.
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