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You know what's funny about moving? You discover you've been hauling around boxes of stuff you haven't touched since the last move. Then you carefully pack it all up again, promising yourself you'll definitely use it this time...

In 2014, Kathy and I fell in love with a 1906 fixer-upper downtown. It had this gorgeous gambrel roof and all the character you'd expect from a century-old house. We spent eight years bringing it back to life. But then Leo was born, and everything changed...

My friends think I've lost my mind. Most of them are already retired, playing golf, traveling, or just enjoying the freedom that comes after decades in corporate America. They look at me and ask: "Why are you taking more classes?"

This year alone, I've completed courses from Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC-Chapel Hill, UC-Davis, and just wrapped up a high-level AI program that puts me in the top 1% globally for practical AI integration. So naturally, I enrolled in an MBA-AI program...

I've been on both sides of the acquisition table more times than I care to count. I've integrated 18+ companies, watched valuations soar from $200M to nearly $1B, and helped craft the very transition plans that determined who stayed and who went home.

But here's what keeps me up at night: the scripts. The carefully crafted words reviewed by legal, polished until they say exactly what the company needs without actually promising anything concrete...