Basketball tonight. MILF vs Cougars.
Awesome.
I was on the verge of fouling out. We were lined up for a free throw. I yelled to the scorekeeper about the girl next to me, hey we worked it out. She said she forgives me for two of the fouls.
She said…sure. As long a you’re cookin’ me breakfast.
!!!!
Baller.
Don’t stop. Don’t stop. Don’t stop talking to me. Don’t stop, don’t stop, don’t stop giving me things. Don’t stop don’t stop don’t stop laughing about it. Don’t stop don’t stop dont stop dont stop dontstop dontstop DON’T STOP.
I have been reckless, risk taking and ferocious. I have been on edge but maintaining. I have been expanding.
My circle of influence has expanded.
This tough little Mexican dude I’d just met 15 minutes earlier and am having a laugh with shares his houseplant policy: If the fucking bitch is being an asshole, throw her out.
We spend our childhood understanding what we are, our 20’s figuring out who we are, what we like, what we can do. 30’s is about freedom and responsibilities. And for some, power.
For some, the 20’s is realizing you have a super power. 30’s is about using it.
One of my greatest powers I’ve developed. Getting inside people without touching them.
What are you gonna do, when you meet a girl who looks at you like in some secret past, she’s already seen you naked. But you just can’t remember when and how?
You’ll follow her.
You’ll follow her because if she’s seen you, you want to know why you can’t remember seeing her.
Call me when you grow some hair on your chest, your voice deepens and your balls drop. I’m tired of these middle-aged babies.
Do you know what my card in tarot is?
God did not create the devil. Men created the devil. They needed the devil to project their own darkness. What happens when the darkness projects back? What if darkness says, I’m tired of taking your crap?
Starbucks. Same place I first met Kenny. Same seat even. And another guy, doing his homework staring and smiling at me.
When I was leaving, he nearly jumped out of his seat. He said hi as I said bye.
This will be my legacy.
Who looks sexier right now? That frumpy girl you brought as your date, or the hot, mysterious woman sitting alone behind the velvet rope?
He always texts back. Thats our balance. He’ll never initiated. Just the once, when I was in guam, asking me what I missed most from home.
We both know it. The only way it’s gotten this far is because we’ve never talked about it. But he’ll never shake up his foundation, and he doesnt have to. But all those times he’s said I was mean to guys, he also knows I would be different to him but he won’t do anything about it.
(goddamit).
Leadership.
1. Be tough but fair.
2. Give heart to hearts.
3. Care about their kids.
4. Do something fun and unexpected once in a while.
5. Make them laugh when you can.
6. Feed them.
7. Compliment them.
8. Lead them towards their strengths.
9. Forgive and move on.
10. In the most human moments, let yourself cry in front of them.
11. In the most human moments, let them cry in front of you.
12. Teach them belief by believing in them.
13. Get out of their way when they believe in themselves.
14. Take them as far as you can carry them.
15. When it’s time, let go.
Leadership builds armies. Armies raise leaders.
People think I’m joking when I say I run a ninja school or my business model is based on Fight Club principles.
I’m not.
I’m an architect.