Why I Love Waves and Snow 🌊 ❄️
Snowfields ❄️ and ocean waves 🌊 are made of the same wild element—water that moves, shifts, destroys, creates. This story explores how riding both teaches discipline, humility, risk management, and the deeper creative fire that comes from surviving wipeouts.
PART 1: Learn To Think In Symbols First
At real scale, communication simplifies. This post explores “lightspeed thinking” — source-code communication beneath language — and why creative entrepreneurs need both the tow-in ski and the rescue ski to survive big waves.
Creative Entrepreneurialism: Riding The Wave
Great businesses aren’t just built on plans—they’re born from energy. This post maps the full creative-entrepreneurial cycle: from raw vision to structured execution. It introduces a system that connects human potential with real-world output, designed for those who are more intuitive than analytical, more creative than corporate—but still driven to build something meaningful.
Eagles, Pigeons and Chapel in Big Sky
Last week, I got pecked by pigeons. A lot. Why? Because I came down from the sky. The nest. From my higher perspective and I started squabbling on the ground. That’s what pigeons want. They live for…
To Be An Outlaw: What Does It Mean?
A lot of people ask me: what does it really mean to be an outlaw? Before I bought my place in Bozeman, Montana, I always thought of an outlaw in the traditional sense someone who breaks the law. Think Billy the Kid….
Entrepreneurship: Are You The Chicken Man?
Have you ever had something your worked on for months kicked out from underneath you? I have. In this post, I give you strategies for surviving setbacks, learning from the experiece and coming back stronger… with even more creative fire. They can only stop you if you let them win…
Creative Process: Open Roads & Creative Vision
There s a line from the Led Zeppelin song Over the Hills and Far Away that s always hit me in the chest: Many, many men can t see the open road. To me, that s the perfect analogy those not able to see a creative vision. The open roadÉ
Creative Flow: The River That Finds Its Way
On a hike through the Beartooth wilderness, I came across a dry riverbed. The stones were perfectly rounded, shaped by thousands of years of water rushing over them. You could almost hear the ghost of the river that had…
Risk Culture – What it is and Why It Keeps Us Young
There s a saying in Montana: Ride or Die. It might not mean much if you’re reading this in Maine but out West, it s a way of life.Will I be sending Corbett’s or Big Couloir this season… probably not. My appetite for risk…
Creativity Comes in Waves – Here’s How To Ride Them
As creatives, our energy isn’t constant. Some days the ideas pour out effortlessly. Other times, you re staring at the screen wondering if you ve forgotten how to write, design, or make anything at all. That s normal. The trick isn’t to fight…
What To Do With Doubters
I’m in the middle of launching a new creative entrepreneurial vision—and honestly, it’s a ride. A wild, exhilarating, unpredictable ride. And I love every minute of it. People outside my circle, the ones who don’t know me or what I’m building, don’t bother me anymore. I learned a long time ago how to tune them