True humility doesn’t make you smaller than you are - it simply keeps you honest about where the strength comes from and who the story is really about.
This morning early January 2026 I reflected again on the blog and that day the first week of January while walking out of the coffee shop a young man replied when I addressed him have a nice day and Happy New Year his response was “Thank You Sir” to me instead of Thanks Man or Dude.
This morning, somewhere between the salt air and the squeak of my shoes on the Ocean Beach sidewalk, I got promoted. Not by a board, not by investors, not by a headline. By a kid at a coffee shop who said, “Thank you, sir.” It was one of those San Diego winter mornings that tricks