A few months ago, I was in Napa Valley and met the heir of a vineyard. His family had been building in that region for a generation. Already successful. At one point, almost casually, he said they were working on a rolling 200-year plan.
That line stopped me.
It wasn’t a pitch. It wasn’t said to impress. It was just the truth. And it stuck with me.
It shaped how they lived. Who they partnered with. How they hired. How they thought about growth. Slow. Methodic. Earned.
And I realized how rare that kind of thinking has become — and how deeply it matches the way I already see the world.
I’m a history major, after all.
They weren’t chasing fast growth. They were planting for their grandchildren’s grandchildren — people they’ll never meet. And the land responded to that kind of respect.
I stood there and thought, this is it. This is the kind of leadership I believe in. Measured in generations. Rooted in land, time, and trust.
That visit gave language to something I’d been circling for a while. It made sense of how I already approach work, investing, writing, leadership, even fatherhood.
I’m not chasing someone else’s version of success. I’m not trying to compete. I’m building something else entirely.
This is part of a longer journey. You’re just starting to see me step out — and I promise you, it’s on purpose.
Why 250 Years?
Because that’s about how long it’s been since this country was founded. And if we don’t start thinking in centuries again, we’ll lose the very things worth inheriting.
Before, I had a $100 million goal. That was the number I chased. But over time, that goal started to feel small. Not in size — in depth.
Now I have a 250-year vision.
It was never really about the money. It was about consistency. Staying in it. Building something that earns its weight over time.
That’s why I write. Because when you don’t write your plans, you’re not accountable to anyone — most especially yourself. That’s how I invest. That’s how I work. That’s how I build.
My Kids
I want my kids — and their kids, and the family I’ll never meet — to grow up in a world where quiet strength still matters. Where institutions still matter. Where truth still matters. Where someone is thinking far enough ahead to plant trees they’ll never sit under.
So I’m doing my part. Not by yelling. But by building language, systems, and rhythms that can last.
The Infrastructure
People can mimic the language. Some will even try to model the posture. But if there’s no structure underneath — it won’t hold. It’ll burn out.
Structure doesn’t come from slogans. It doesn’t come from borrowed words or inherited status. You don’t inherit conviction. You can’t ghostwrite it. You earn it — every time.
What holds has to be built. Not handed down.
It comes from lived experience. From trial and error. From not skipping steps. From discomfort. From getting knocked down and showing up again — because you didn’t have a safety net. Because no one was coming to save me.
Delivering newspapers at nine. Turning those customers into a landscaping business. Investing real money as a teenager. Community college and night school while working full time. Joining the military — starting from the bottom, as an enlisted soldier. Not because I had no other options, but because saving mattered. Because I had a vision for the life I wanted — and no amount of debt was worth trading it for.
Interning for free. Cold emailing CEOs for jobs. Moving toward hard things. Hustling. Pushing back on success that came too fast. Showing up and learning foundational skills, not rushing to advance or “be strategic”. Hours upon hours in a car or on a plane. Alone. Thinking. Leaving jobs when the learning stopped. Being patient when no one was watching.
All of it builds something.
And it doesn’t get handed down. Not from your dad, your college, or your network. You don’t get to shortcut it. You have to go dig a hole and build it — from the foundation up.
That’s what holds. That’s what lasts.
What to Expect
This is where I write about:
Rebuilding trust from the inside out
Long-term leadership rooted in stewardship, not performance
Capital that reflects conviction
The nervous system as the foundation for all of it
Some posts will be personal. Some will be strategic. All will be long-term.
I know some people may be skeptical. They think this kind of leadership won’t work — not in this cycle. That’s fine. I’m not doing this for the quick hit.
I plan to be in public for a long time. And this is only the beginning. Like everything else, I had to see it clearly. Believe it fully. Build something real beneath it first.
This is how I speak, how I work, how I invest, how I write, and how I lead in public.
Because everything compounds. And I want to make sure what I’m building is worth inheriting.