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The Anti-Guru Sprint: Why Real Builders Just Get It Done!
Let’s be honest: The world is drowning in gurus. Every second ad is some guy in a linen shirt, “living his best life,” flogging a...
Tom Kooy
Jun 97 min read
From Rags to Riches—And Back Again: Why Most Wealth Disappears in Three Generations
There’s an old saying: “Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.” It’s a universal truth—90% of wealthy families lose their...
Tom Kooy
Mar 155 min read
The Seasons of Life and Business: Navigating Change, Pain, and Perseverance
Look out the window. It's sunny every day here. It's like manifest destiny. Don't tell me we didn’t make it. We made it! We are here.
Tom Kooy
Feb 255 min read
“But the Pearls Were Accidents, and the Finding of One Was Luck”
How Life’s Challenges Can Break You, Elevate You, or Shape You.
Tom Kooy
Nov 22, 20246 min read
Releasing the Hand from the Marble (Part 2): Embracing Aisthesis for Personal Freedom.
The creative process of releasing the hand from the marble that holds it prisoner, has many different facets. Here are further reflections.
Tom Kooy
Nov 14, 20244 min read
“Grab a plate. Now break it on the floor. Now tell it you’re sorry. Is it fixed? No? Now you understand.”
Maybe you have heard of this broken plate analogy before? It gives us a simple yet, I believe, a profound way to understand the lasting...
Tom Kooy
Oct 17, 20244 min read
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