Most people don’t realize they already do. Earlier this week I was DM’ing a near-billionaire on LinkedIn. He posted that he was planning a trip to climb Kilimanjaro.
I replied:
“That Kilimanjaro trip looks like a ripping good time.
I’ve got a place in Maine and one in Montana — mountains are kind of my thing.
Maybe next time…
Peace ☮️
Nothing fancy. Just a human moment.
And here’s what he sent back:
🙏❤️
That was it. Two symbols. Pure signal. No lecture. No paragraph. No ego. I sent a simple 👍 back — because honestly, that’s all that was needed. The exchange was complete.
This is what I mean by “lightspeed thinking”
When you operate at scale — emotionally, financially, creatively—your communication simplifies, not complicates.
MBA thinkers use 400 words.
Founders at altitude use two emojis.
Symbol → meaning → connection.
Instant.
This is “source code” communication — the layer underneath language. The raw, uncompressed signal. Most people never learn to think or create at that level. But the ones who do tend to build the things everyone else ends up talking about.
That’s what my Creative Entrepreneurialism series is teaching
- how to think at the source
- how to channel that energy into structure
- how to keep the creativity from burning your life down
- how to pair big swings with sober risk management
And because I’m also a former financial advisor, I’m teaching the part nobody talks about:
How to build the safety net that saves you when you wipe out
If you’ve watched the big-wave surfers at Nazaré, you know it’s not just the tow-in jet ski that matters. It’s the rescue ski — the one that finds you when the board snaps and you’re tumbling underwater, not knowing which way is up.
Creative Entrepreneurialism is the same:
The ride is unbelievable. The wipeouts can wreck your life.
Most entrepreneurs build the tow-in ski. Very few build the rescue ski. This series shows you how to build both. The work, the psychology & the process.
