Build the Damn Boat

The headlines this week felt like a gut punch. Amazon is trimming thousands of corporate and tech roles, and The Washington Post just decimated a newsroom that has stood for generations. If you’re reading this from a cubicle or a home office, wondering if your name is on the next list, take a breath.

The devil is a lie, but the shift is real.

We are currently witnessing an "organizational reset." Companies are flattening their hierarchies and leaning into AI to do the work that human hands used to touch. It feels like the end of an era because it is. But for the sovereign, for the ones who look like us, this isn't just a crisis—it’s a call to arms.

The Reality of Reality

Reality is currently working overtime, and if you’re moving at the speed of 2024, you’re already behind. Uncertainty is the new permanent resident of the global economy. The "safe" job is a myth we can no longer afford to believe in.

Now is the time to go into Ownership.

When the gatekeepers close the doors, we don't stand outside and knock. We build our own buildings. We need:

• Online Schools: To teach the skills the traditional system is too slow to grasp.

• Mobile Services: To meet people where they are, without the overhead of a landlord.

• Campaigns & Narrative: To ensure that when government positions open, our voices aren't just in the room—they’re at the head of the table.

  
  

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

Success in 2029 requires you to be willing to look "crazy" in 2026. This is the beginning of a three-year process. If you start executing today—if you take that "crazy work" seriously—three years from now, you won't be looking for a job. You’ll be the one providing the infrastructure.

You have to get comfortable with the unknown. You have to be okay with the "uncomfortable" silence of a new venture before the noise of success kicks in.

“I’ve had to learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable. If you’re not uncomfortable, you’re not growing.” — David Steward, Founder of World Wide Technology.

The Blueprint: David Steward’s Perseverance

If you need a reminder that we can survive the "free fall," look at David Steward. Before he became one of the wealthiest Black men in America as the founder of World Wide Technology, he was a man watching his car get repossessed from his office parking lot.

Steward didn't have a "safety net." He had a vision and a willingness to endure the embarrassment of the struggle to get to the glory of the legacy. He took the "uncomfortability" of poverty and used it as fuel to build a multi-billion dollar tech empire. He didn't wait for the industry to invite him in; he built the industry.

Grind and Grace

We have been avoiding the work of building our own tables because it’s hard. It’s exhausting. It’s scary. But we owe it to the ancestors who didn't even have the option to own.

Do the work. Grind with intention. But practice self-care as a form of resistance. Drink your water, guard your peace, and then get back to the blueprint.

Three years from now, the wave will have passed. The question is: Will you be underwater, or will you be the one who built the boat?

We got this. Let’s go.