GoToddy

08/03/2026

Children today have fewer circumstances where they are being held accountable or dealing with the consequences of bad behavior so they're getting away with more. Correct. Yes because parents today have overreacted to the generation of their parents and they want to be friends with their children instead of being friendly. Yeah good times create weak men, weak men create bad times, that kind of stuff. Such a fu***ng good sentence and it's so goddamn real and it's no one's fault and I have no judgment.

08/02/2026

There are two ways to sell to someone who only cares about the price.

Here's the problem: when they ask for your best price up front, any number sounds high. They have nothing to compare it to.

Way #1: don't say your price first. Ask one question instead — "what is this problem costing you right now, every month, the way things are?"

Say they tell you $10,000 a month. Now your price has a partner. $3,000 next to $10,000 isn't excessive. It's a discount on a problem they're already paying for.

Way #2: some people won't answer that question. They just keep pushing — cheaper, cheaper. For them, stop adding value and start taking it away. "No problem, let's get you to a lower price. We'll remove this feature, and this one." Each time, tell them plainly what they're giving up to save that money. At some point, they stop you.

Because they were never really chasing the lowest price. They wanted the most for their money.

Give the price something to stand next to, or strip it down until they feel the value leave.

It's not about the price. It's about how you frame it.

Which way do you use more — anchoring the cost, or stripping the value?

08/01/2026

**Sometimes you stumble. Sometimes you fall in a ditch.**

I fell in a ditch.

Not a stumble. Not a bad day.

A ditch.

Looking back, I probably fought it longer than I should have. But once you're there, you eventually realize something important...

Moving forward is the only way out.

You don't survive by wishing things were different. You survive by adapting.

Be fearless.

Change is good.

Hard work is what turns an idea into something real.

And if you find someone who's as good as you or even better don't be threatened by them. Bring them in. Great things are rarely built alone.

The moment you stop learning, stop changing, and stop growing... you start going backward.

The only way thru it is thru it.. The obstacle is the way!

**"When you're through changing, you're through."**

The ditch wasn't the end of my story.

It was the beginning of a different one.

08/01/2026

Never say "I understand."

It's the weakest phrase in business.

Say "you're right" instead. Watch how fast the tension leaves the room.

"I understand" is what a call center says. Everybody's heard it a thousand times. Everybody knows what comes next: "but." The second you say it, they brace for impact. They know you're not agreeing with them.

"You're right" has no "but" hiding behind it. It's a full stop. It's the one thing they actually came in wanting to hear.

People don't calm down when they feel understood. They calm down when they feel agreed with.

Here's the part most people miss: you don't have to agree with all of it. Find the one piece they're genuinely right about, and give them that.

"I understand" says I'm managing you.

"You're right" says I'm with you.

Only one of those gets you anywhere.

Client. Boss. Customer. Wife. Same rule applies.

Where have you caught yourself saying "I understand" when you should've said "you're right"?

08/01/2026

No is free.

Yes costs money, effort, and change all at once. That's why people say no to things they actually want. It's not the price. It's that no requires nothing from them today.

Here's the fix: stop selling the price. Start showing them Tuesday morning, after the problem's already gone. Make the benefit as real as the invoice.

And here's the part almost nobody talks about saying yes can feel like admitting you waited too long. So take that off the table. Tell them: you're not behind, you just hit the point where it's worth fixing.

That one line does more than any discount ever will.

07/30/2026

07/29/2026

Something's happening with this generation and nobody's talking about it right.
12, 13, 14 year olds are buying flip phones. On purpose. They watched their older siblings get wrecked by the algorithm and they want out.
Look at the data. Concerts. Sporting events. Bowling. Pickleball. Kids are choosing rooms full of people over a screen full of strangers.
This isn't nostalgia. It's a correction.
And here's what nobody's building for it: while everyone's racing to make the next app to keep kids scrolling, we built something for kids who want to put the phone down and make something real with their hands.
That's the whole bet behind GoToddy. Not another platform to consume. A tool to build.
Ten fingers. Real work. Real money. Real pride.
The kids already know what they want. The question is who shows up with the tools before it's obvious to everyone else.
🐾 GoToddy.ai

07/29/2026

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07/29/2026

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07/29/2026

I used to want big things.

A bigger business.
A bigger house.
A bigger boat.
More money.
More recognition.
More.

Somewhere along the way, I realized I wasn't really chasing those things.

I was chasing the feeling I hoped they'd give me.

Today, my definition of success looks different.

Peace.
A slow morning.
A dog riding shotgun.
My boys laughing in the background.
A woman who builds beside me instead of pulling against me.
A road I've never been down.
A campfire.
A fishing rod.
Work that matters.
People who build instead of criticize.

I've learned that peace isn't the absence of ambition.

It's having the freedom to decide what matters.

Maybe the biggest thing I ever build won't be a company.

Maybe it'll be a life.