Is Burning Man Really Evil? What 7 Trips to the Playa Taught Me About Life, Purpose, and Attention
Every year when Burning Man rolls around, the internet lights up. Instagram floods with dust-covered selfies. TikTok explodes with neon costumes, desert storms, and wild art cars. News outlets seize on the most sensational headlines, the Orgy Dome, the drug use, the occasional tragedy. And this year more than ever, I noticed another wave: people […]
Why Scaling Feels So Damn Hard (and What No One’s Telling You)
Alex Hormozi is teaching a lot of people how to make money. He’s brilliant. Strategic. Ruthless with execution.One of the best on the planet at what he does. But here’s the question I’ve been sitting with: How many people are built like him… to actually do it his way? How many have the same nervous […]
Are You Financially Codependent? (Part 4 of 16)
A Deeper Look at Patterns That Keep You Tied to Survival Mode Ever found yourself working harder than ever, but still feeling like you’re just scraping by… not just in money, but in your energy, your clarity, or your peace? Maybe you over-give. Maybe you avoid looking at your finances altogether. Maybe you chase more, […]
Bledsoe Brief #4 – Don’t Just Automate… Animate
How I Use AI as a Living Framework Partner Most people treat their ideas like holy scripture… etched in stone, never changing.That used to be me too. I’d spend months building a brilliant framework, only to watch it go stale the moment it “launched.”Updating it felt like untangling Christmas lights in the dark. It drained […]
Why Hitting $100K Months Left Me Empty and What I Discovered Instead (Part 2 of 16)
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, “Why do I actually want more money?” Sure, there’s the usual list, security, freedom, comfort, but do those reasons truly resonate with you personally, or have they been borrowed from someone else’s script? The truth is, many of us chase financial milestones that society, family, or our peers […]
The Money Mirror: What Your Finances Say About Your Inner World (Part 1 of 16)
Have you ever pulled up your banking app and felt a jolt of adrenaline shoot through your body like you’re about to open a message from your ex? Your heart skips. You hold your breath. You hope the numbers haven’t dipped into “panic mode” territory. Or maybe the numbers are looking good. Promotion landed. Client […]
Reframing Stress: You’re Not Stressed, You’re Scared, and That’s a Good Thing
Part I: The Lie You’ve Been Living We’re living in a time where being burned out is the new status symbol. People compete over who slept the least, who’s busiest, and who’s most “stressed.” But let me give it to you straight: You’re not stressed. You’re scared. And that’s actually a good thing. Because fear […]
Your Relationship With Money Is Screwing With You (Or Setting You Free)
The new economy is here. And most people’s money mindset is stuck in the past. There’s something I’ve been jamming on lately. Money. Yeah, that thing we all think about but rarely talk about honestly. The thing that most people either obsess over or pretend doesn’t matter, while secretly stressing about it every night like […]
The Room That Made Me Dangerous
I didn’t walk into that room thinking it would change my life—hell, I was just hoping to learn a few tactics. What I walked out with was something I didn’t even know I needed: a new identity. One conversation shattered how I saw myself. A single question cracked open what was possible for my business. […]
Waiting for Permission? It’s Not Coming.
At some point, you realize the chains you’re waiting to be released from… were never locked in the first place. I’m writing this from my flight home from Oaxaca. Spent the weekend celebrating Val and Adan Perez — a wedding filled with legends, dreamers, doers. I arrived alone — relaxed, content.My wife was hosting her […]