Two Pictures: Birdrock Flowers and The Curved Sunset

You may be interestedin a few of these pictures. My amateur hobby photos. If your interested send me a messag to the right. Most start at about $50 with free shipping and I can print most sizes for that price. Special printing will have a different price so ask for it. 

Birdrock Flowers

The curved sunset

Veterans Can Learn Stoic Responses that Often Leads to Stronger Personal and Organizational Leadership and Performance

(Illustrative Only)
Representing Veteran Stoic 
Lessons for Executives, Leaders,
Business Owners. etc.

When one masters their response they begin to master their environment and philosophy can help us understand how this may work.Those who serve in the military, including veterans, often develop advanced skills out of necessity. They are regularly required to overcome challenges and complete missions, and those experiences tend to produce deep insight. Great challenges often lead to great change both personally and environmentally. 

Some may argue that philosophy has little to do with military or veteran development, but it is closely connected to understanding human nature under pressure in a broad environment. The article discussed philosophy and Stoicism, which was especially thought-provoking. As people develop, their emotional reactivity tends to decrease while their strategic thinking improves. This is where true mastery begins. Win or lose you did your part and were positively impactful.

At this stage, individuals learn to choose their responses making them a key strategic player. They act in ways that are most helpful to their unit, community, society, or organization. Developing this ability requires consistent challenge, adaptation, and overcoming adversity. Taking a moment to step back and think through options often leads to better outcomes. Acting impulsively, on the other hand, often leads to mistakes.

These ideas also apply to business ownership and executive development. This is one reason veterans are often strong candidates for leadership and development roles within organizations. Statistically, many have also succeeded in business by creating new opportunities for themselves. In many cases this persistence in the face of challenge and the ability to step back and make a strategic choice has long term benefits for personal and organizational development.

Over time, lessons learned across different situations help develop the ability to pause, evaluate options, create a strategy, and then execute it. Those who have served not only observe large organizations in action but often face situations that force them to challenge assumptions and adapt to new realities. Through this, they come to understand the edges and possibilities of personal development.

For those who master these challenges, they have learned a lesson in real life that most others can only view from a book, podcast or theory; even though they may not always know. This is a lesson many people struggle to successfully navigate throughout their lives. No executive grooming program can tap the worm at the core on that level. You understand when you can think "Impossibility is a paper tiger" crumple it up and threw it in the trash can where it belongs. Each challenge is a lesson and a chance to improve so choose to adapt willingly and come out stronger on the other side.

Stoicism and Military Leadership: Why Calm Command Still Matters

*This is for a project that helps veterans.

What Is the Concept of Deloading in Working Out?

Training means pushing yourself until you reach a certain limit in order to foster growth. When you do this day in and day out, especially while playing a variety of sports, you’ll eventually start feeling tired—not just for a single day, but over several days in a row. That ongoing fatigue is typically a sign of overtraining.

During periods of overtraining, you may feel lethargic and low on energy. This happens because your body is essentially in a state of inflammation. While some inflammation is part of the growth process, failing to give your body enough time to recover can increase the risk of injury.

After about a month and a few weeks of heavy training and daily sports, I personally started to feel overtrained and lethargic. That’s usually the point where your body is telling you to scale back—to go lighter, reduce volume, and do less for five days or maybe a week. This recovery period gives your body a chance to catch up.

Once your body has had time to recover, it often comes back stronger than before. The small tears in muscle tissue have healed, and that healing process is what leads to improved strength and performance. I’ve included an article below that explains what deloading is and why it matters.

I’m also a licensed fitness trainer and yoga instructor, among other qualifications. If you’re looking for guidance, coaching, or someone to help keep you on the right path, feel free to send me a message and we can set something up.

The Science of Deload Weeks: Why Focusing on Rest Is Key to Fitness Gains

The Underlining Assumptions of Justice in The Story of the Clan (An Independent Party May Help)

(Illustrative Purposes Only)

Ezekiel joined the hypothetical
Feather Party because
he wants to help society. Restore
a sense of even play. 
He is not rich, lived
a middle class life, but is
more educated than many
of the richer politicians. 
He has real life experience
of people's needs.

He takes no special interest money,
caps donations
and he wants the freedom to 
make the choices he wants,
vote his conscious, and
decide issues without
required partyline perspectives.
He feels people are caught 
in the partisan cognitive loops. 
He can hang with Republicans
and Democrats to understand
both perspectives because
he owes no loyalty to
anything but the central
artifacts and oaths. He
seeks to serve the people and
the next generation.

He feels that he can 
help reform the justice system
to put in place protections
for central laws while
helping good officers
be promoted and catch
criminals. 

Would such a party
help or not help with 
these unresolved long-stemming
issues?

*No such party at this time
it is meant for philosophical
illustration.

Every economic and social system rests on assumptions and patterns that develop through everyday life and interaction. Institutions work best when they remain focused on their core value to society, using resources effectively and responsibly. Constitutions, laws, codes of ethics, oaths, and mission statements all serve the same purpose: they measure real behavior against shared ideals. Every action should support societal values.

The Story of the Clan is a philosophical and hypothetical learning exercise that explores what happens when values and incentives are misaligned. In the story, harm is intentional and even rewarded, while the system designed to stop it fails. As this failure becomes known, it spreads. When organizations undermine their essential purpose, they adopt goals that were never agreed upon. This is how corruption, misuse of public resources, and loss of trust take root.

Most people in the Story of the Clan act with integrity. They protect the community and deserve respect. We should always support the vast majority of good officials, officers, politicians and actors. Still, some individuals misuse their positions. Stronger checks and balances are needed to separate good-faith mistakes from repeated, intentional harm and to hold bad actors accountable when they abuse trust or public resources.

The problem worsens when corrupted officials begin deciding who is worthy of rights and protections based on superficial narratives. Once these divisions appear, systems weaken. There are no first- or second-class citizens. Differences in beliefs, backgrounds, or identities do not reduce a person’s worth or their connection to a shared history of sacrifice. We belong to the same social family, and progress depends on learning from one another; not targeting some to reward others.

The Story of the Clan shows why moral clarity matters. Hate and corruption should never be normalized simply because they are quietly enforced through unwritten rules. In the story, victims are targeted, wrongdoing is protected, and whistleblowers face retaliation. Informal power replaces lawful authority, leading to a breakdown of moral conscious. We should support and strengthen these systems together by encouraging integrity.

Yet the victims endure. They continue to act with dignity, carrying forward the hopes and sacrifices of generations who believed in freedom and justice. Their perseverance brings forward deeper questions about honor, responsibility, and the long-term health of society.

Justice, unity, and hope begin with individual choices. Future leaders should be chosen for integrity and ability, not connection. By loving our neighbors, protecting our humanity, and resisting corruption, we keep our shared compass steady. When values are clear, direction follows, and society can move together through conflict toward stability, peace, and a shared future. Some will continue to struggle to understand our essential purpose as a society and thus checks and balances are to remind and curb their bad choices and behaviors.

"The foundations of justice are that no one shall suffer wrong; then, that the public good be promoted"-Cicero

*This is an philosophical story meant for general exploration and discussion. One can change up the elements and come to their own conclusions. No right or wrong answers as long as you thought about it. We are going to write in a positive story of higher levels of adaptation so take with a grain of salt.

Surrealism Painting and Poem: Dragons of the Sea

I’m not going to pretend that I’m the world’s greatest artist. I’m not even going to pretend that I’m an average artist. But I will say that I enjoy art because it gives me a chance to break away from the day for short spurts of time and put something on canvas just to see what it turns into.

Let me say that I’m an amateur artist, just working on becoming a better one. I do have a few paintings that actually look okay, though this one I’m not so sure about—you’ll have to judge for yourself. It falls into what is called surrealism.

I also like poetry, so I included that as well. This piece of surrealism is meant to project the subconscious, and you can read more about that in an article below. I’m not 100% sure this work truly represents a projection of the subconscious, because originally the dragon was supposed to be a wave. Then the wave started to look more like a dragon’s head, so I changed it into one.

After that, I thought it would be interesting to add a little ocean. The red in the background—probably more of a pinkish red—suggests a glow, a sunset, or maybe even a hint of danger. The ship is out there sailing against elements that are much larger than itself, but it seems to be holding its own. The waters are relatively calm, except for that dragon, which appears to enjoy playing with ships like toys.

I suppose the ship’s future is unknown, but we will have to wait and see. Thinking forward, I would like the next piece to be something about the deeper meaning of patriotism but unsure of what that would look like. 

If your interested in this piece I can send it to you for $60 with free shipping. Might be worth millions someday...a current bottom basement price! 🤣 Here are a few other pieces. I have an online gallery for the photography but am going to start populating the page with different pieces. Photo and Art Page

What is Surrealism Art? Surrealism Art Defined

Dragons of the Sea
10X12" Acrylic
Free shipping!
$60

Poem: Dragons of the Sea

Dragons of the sea,

hidden in the wave they be. 

Sailing on their way,

ships of the bay they play.

Great distances they see,

The creatures of the ocean agree.

Q3 GDP at 4.4% and A Few Thoughts on Export Value (Omar Taps His Team's Creativity)

(Illustrative Only)
Omar develops his team 
by appreciating the unique
skills each person brings to the 
table. Over the years
he has learned to develop
human capital to maximize
productive development.
He appreciates people
by respecting their contributions.
He thinks his
product engineering and
design business could
do well in the UP. 
The idea is to use 
innovation and creativity
to develop and export products.

Reviewing the third-quarter 2025 GDP release shows that real GDP increased by about 4.4 percent. This growth was primarily driven by consumer spending, exports, government spending, and investment, while imports declined. Corporate profits also increased during this period. Overall, these developments represent positive news from an economic standpoint.

From a national perspective, strengthening exports remains critical, particularly by positioning the country at the center of global supply chains. Doing so allows the creation of maximum value at key points of innovation and creativity, rather than only at the extraction or assembly stages.

This is why I advocate for strong human capital development and for drawing in the best and brightest from across the country. By cultivating creative innovators, the nation can transform resources from around the world into products and services that others need and are willing to import.

Looking ahead, the central competition among nations will be about who can become the primary hub of creation. Artificial intelligence will change some of the underlying assumptions about how this process works, but ultimately it still comes down to human capacity. With that context in mind, the numbers below help illustrate in part where we currently stand.

• Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 4.4 percent in the third quarter of 2025, slightly revised upward and faster than growth in the previous quarter.

• Economic growth was driven by increases in consumer spending, exports, government spending, and investment, while imports declined.

• Real final sales to private domestic purchasers rose 2.9 percent, indicating steady underlying domestic demand.

• Output increased across most private industries, with services-producing industries leading growth, while government output declined slightly.

• Corporate profits from current production increased by $175.6 billion, reflecting continued strength in the business sector.

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2025 (Updated Estimate), GDP by Industry, and Corporate Profits (Revised)

Employment Act 1946 started the Joint Committee on the National Budget to study and advise Congress on the National Budget. Their current release is below,

US Congress Joint Economic Committee GDP Update

Building Golf Character at The Loma Golf Club ( Photography)

I got out and played 9 holes at our local Loma Club. It’s relatively easy to get on in the early mornings and they often have bands, events, and other fun things going on. There are also numerous other places to eat nearby in Liberty Station.

I do amateur photography, and you might be interested in one of the photos below. The first one I’ve listed is called “Loma in January ’26”, just in case you’re interested. I can print most sizes for $50—just send me a message on the right. For special prints I will need to quote.

Loma Club

This article talks about building character while golfing. Patience and practice are needed.

Why Golf Builds Character?

Loma in January ’26”