The Game I Couldn’t Play (And the Part of Me That Knew I Wouldn’t)

How a simple bar game with Zane Lamprey became an unexpected mirror

Dec 12 • John Raymonds

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The Night Talent Blinked

And What It Taught Me About Curiosity, Comfort, and the Quiet Ways We Choose Smaller Lives

Dec 5 • John Raymonds

November 2025

The Great Equalizer We Pretend Not to See

Why a funeral in Finland, a song called “I Will Fail You,” and a TV host’s comment about air travel might hold the same lesson

Nov 28 • John Raymonds

The Minority That Moves the Mountain

Why a Third—Or Even Less—Might Be All It Takes to Change Everything

Nov 21 • John Raymonds

Battle for the West – Chapter 2

When satire stops pretending it’s fiction

Nov 14 • John Raymonds

The Style of a Turnaround

The sound of leadership isn’t loud—it’s clear

Nov 7 • John Raymonds

October 2025

Lenses to Try On

How We Mistake Loose Threads for the Whole Jacket

Oct 31 • John Raymonds

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No Kings in the Pit

Why Turnaround Leadership Feels Tyrannical in Times of Comfort

Oct 24 • John Raymonds

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Rule Number One: Never Say That to Yourself

The Language of Performance

Oct 17 • John Raymonds

The Next Filter

Cutting Losers, Spotting Weirdos, and Staying Out of Your Own Way

Oct 10 • John Raymonds

Living Better, Measuring Worse

How we gained comfort, lost perspective, and keep asking the wrong questions

Oct 3 • John Raymonds

September 2025

Tickets, Trades, and the Cost of Letting Go

When the sunk cost isn’t worth the ride

Sep 26 • John Raymonds

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