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On Authenticity & Tech Consulting

On Authenticity & Tech Consulting

Looking for 31/30 Design? You’re at the right place! As many entrepreneurs can attest to, business will show you who you are. I’ve learned that I’m most effective when things

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On Authenticity & Tech Consulting 17 · May · 2026

On Authenticity & Tech Consulting

Looking for 31/30 Design? You’re at the right place! As many entrepreneurs can attest to, business will show you who you are. I’ve learned that I’m most effective when things

Life 9 min read
28 · Apr · 2026

Random Thought: Finding Calm in the Morning

I wonder if our passions in life also contain the solutions to the challenges we face. After seeing our youngest off to school this morning, I sat quietly sipping coffee

Life 2 min read
Haiku on False Narratives 26 · Nov · 2022

Haiku on False Narratives

Weak like stone facing
repeated pounding of waves.
False narratives fade.

Poetry 1 min read
Haiku on Manifesting 25 · Nov · 2022

Haiku on Manifesting

Old seeds bearing fruit.
I speak fifth to third, I AM
one with the One Mind.

Poetry 1 min read
Haiku on How Haiku Changed 24 · Nov · 2022

Haiku on How Haiku Changed

American speak,
transformed structure of this art.
Devolve or evolve?

Poetry 2 min read
Haiku on Marriage Strife 23 · Nov · 2022

Haiku on Marriage Strife

Ill thoughts towards wife,
make me just as guilty. Her,
less than kind words burned.

Poetry 1 min read
Haiku on Free Thought 23 · Nov · 2022

Haiku on Free Thought

Free thought paves my path.
No love for two lands I’ve known.
Cowards swayed by winds.

Poetry 1 min read
Haiku on Making Up 22 · Nov · 2022

Haiku on Making Up

Made peace at slow pace,
as cold fall breeze swept the blades.
Growth peaks in struggle.

Poetry 1 min read
Journal Entry: Eagles Don’t Fly with Chickens 22 · Oct · 2022

Journal Entry: Eagles Don’t Fly with Chickens

It‘s already past midnight. I should be doing this earlier for the sake of accuracy since I’m writing about the 21st of October (Oktober for those of us in Deutschland).

Journaling 4 min read
Fatherly Patience: Choose Greatness 23 · Sep · 2022

Fatherly Patience: Choose Greatness

I’m reminded of a Facebook post my cousin shared years ago about a close friend of his. This friend was playing the piano during a church service, and his young daughter came up to him asking a question. Rather than putting his task first and telling his daughter to go sit down, he smiled and listened to her as he continued playing without missing a beat.

Journaling 5 min read
Haiku

Carbon under glass — the foundation holds its breath before the first build.