05/21/2026
There’s a shortcut I took to get where I am.
It’s more obvious than you might think. And harder than it sounds.
I found the person who already was who I wanted to become. And I copied them.
In high school it was Grant Krumme in football. Jason Cook in track. The lore of Leif Murphy. In college it was Jake Anderson. The NFL — Jaron Mastrud. Real estate — Josh.
I never once thought the way I was doing it was the best way. There was always someone ahead of me that I was trying to catch. Trying to be like. Taking pieces of how they moved, how they competed, how they carried themselves — and integrating it into how I operated.
And it was never just the skill. It was the character. It was the principles.
This only worked because I was willing to admit I wasn’t the finished product. That there was a next iteration. That humility wasn’t weakness — it was the mechanism.
The trap for me was thinking what got me here would get me there. It never did. Every level required a reshape.
The pull toward the next iteration — toward someone already living what I was chasing — gave me a path. It wasn’t always the easiest one. But it at least gave me one.
The ability to adapt, refine, and improve constantly gives me the greatest joy and the greatest chance at succeeding.
