Justin Grant Powell

CEO: @HuntingtonOD 💸 Co-Founder: @forgeleadership 🎓 💬 “There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@aaron_renn We want evangelical young people to be theologically obedient but culturally daring. Those instincts don’t naturally grow together.

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

The fact that a billionaire real estate playboy who liked to slap his name on steaks and wine has proven to be a better diplomat and military strategist than every other politician and foreign policy expert over the last 30 years is such a damning indictment of the DC establishment I honestly don’t know how they recover.

[Michael Strong @flowidealism]

Many of the entrepreneurial tech elite are no longer putting their children in traditional schools. In Austin, it is a full-on movement.

These parents are not doing this because they are reckless. They are doing it because they understand something that most people miss. In each case where I have seen a young person develop real-world success by their mid-teens, ninety to ninety-nine percent of it is attributable to immersion in the parent's business life rather than to anything learned in school.

Here is what this looks like in practice.

Emilio Tucker's dad buys and sells real estate. As a twelve-year-old, Emilio was given the task of vetting tax-delinquent properties based on a set of criteria. Once he mastered the criteria, he hired and managed a team of virtual assistants to find more properties. As AI agents improved, by the time he was thirteen he had let go of the virtual assistants and was vetting properties using an AI bot that he had developed. He is racing through high school geometry in three months through Math Academy. But mostly he works with his dad and receives performance-based compensation already in the six figures. He is legitimately leading his branch of the family business at fourteen.

My brother Danny buys, remodels, and sells real estate. His children were homeschooled, but their "academics" were trivial exercises done to placate the state. Meanwhile his children were involved in all aspects of the family business from a young age. For high school graduation, he gave each of them the capital to buy an initial house to flip. My niece Emma, now in her early twenties, has remodeled and flipped three houses already, making money on each one. This way of making a living has become second nature to her.

This is not a new idea. This is the oldest form of education that exists. Human beings evolved in small communities where children were fully integrated into daily adult life. They could see firsthand most adult activities. They heard about the rest through gossip, conversations, and stories. By the time they were young teenagers, they were taking on real responsibilities.

The practical recommendations are straightforward. Beyond developing core academic skills outside of school, immerse your children in your business activities from a young age. The overall vibe should always tend towards "I get to observe the cool adult thing" and not "I'm a burden" or "I shouldn't be here."

Consider gathering around the campfire in the evening to read books together, watch documentaries, or talk about meaningful events in the history of your family or your business. Your children are more likely to care about and remember sacred family traditions, including meaningful conversations with their parents, than anything taught in school.

[Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸 @aaron_renn]

Dying to Give - Why parents should financially bless their children now, not after the funeral https://t.co/LtJ9i7GND0

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@Byzness Thanks! You and @UsaRidge are reversing the trend. Keep up the good work.

[Joshua Abbotoy 🇺🇸 @Byzness]

Love this from my friend Justin Powell

[Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸 @aaron_renn]

The Retreat of the Successful - Justin Powell on the disappearance of local businesses - and the people who once built them https://t.co/rbHUcZiiCJ

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

When the successful retreat, towns and communities suffer.

https://t.co/guzAkrD9QH

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@ValueStalker 12-14x

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@andrewtwalker Well said!

[FischerKing @FischerKing64]

Concentration of business and the economy has terrible downstream social impacts. Consider that in a town of small business owners, where people all rely on one another for goods and services, it’s necessary to get along with people and be nice to them. They won’t buy from you or sell to you unless you treat them well.

Now compare this to a world of cartels and oligarchs, which is largely what we have thanks to Chicago School economics and antitrust law. You don’t have people in communities trying to get along. You have CEOs fighting each other aggressively for mass market share, and legions of employees/bureaucrats fairly apathetic about the outcome (because they’re interchangeable, can go other places). It’s a lot of people on all levels who don’t care about one another at all.

And we say this is all wonderful because it’s ‘efficient.’ And people have more ‘goods and services’ in this space of mass inequality which does not correlate always with ability. But we hollow the society out spiritually, which you see on a basic level of no one saying hello or being polite.

And then we paper it over with mass immigration and welfare to keep the inflation and social unrest under control.

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@alexbossert @OttoMaddox42 The best part of billboards is that the capex expense is SUPER low. Besides digital displays a static billboards CAPEX could be nothing for decades.

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@alexbossert @OttoMaddox42 Their BCF is likely 65-70% of revenue. So you can do the math.

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

College graduation shouldn’t be a litmus test for great jobs!

https://t.co/y74QyeJy20

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@iancassel Great article!

[Joseph Backholm @josephbackholm]

The following position is something I can't prove scientifically but have found lots of support for anecdotally:

Opposition to conservative political goals from inside the church is often framed as concern about idolatry or tone. But in virtually all cases, their criticisms won't stop even if your tone is perfect and you prove idolatry isn't an issue. Why?

Because they aren't really concerned about idolatry or tone. They view you as a political opponent. They criticize your efforts to get porn out of school, end abortion, stop genital mutilation as treatment for mental distress, secure the border etc... because they don't share the concern. That doesn't mean they disagree on all points, but they disagree that any of these issues should be priorities.

On the issues that move them emotionally, they align with the left. They would describe those issues as issues of race, poverty, justice etc... They don't see the sexual revolution as a serious threat to anything important to them. It's just non-Christians behaving like non-Christians, which is what we should expect. So, whatever. They're even inclined to believe those who are very concerned about the sexual revolution and its impacts are motivated by bigotry.

As a result, on the things that matter most to them, they see your political success as a threat to their political goals.

They don't come out and say "I hope you lose" because, for one reason or another, their Christian identity makes them reluctant to do so. They know you're motivated by a commitment to scripture, and believe they should be also, so instead of flaunting their opposition they want to position themselves as MORE biblical than you.

To test my theory, try this. The next time someone tells you they're really concerned you're making politics an idol or might be ruining your witness with bad attitudes ask them, "If I can prove that's not happening, will you help me?" You could also ask, "Will you do it with me just to make sure that doesn't happen?"

They'll almost certainly decline. Why? Because they aren't primarily concerned with your attitude or Christian witness. They don't want to make sure you do it right, they want you to lose.

Of course, there are wrong ways to do the right things and we all need people who can see our blind spots and correct us when we need it. Hopefully, you have those people in your life and are humble enough to listen to them.

But the people most excited to critique your approach--especially in public--are probably more interested in your political defeat than your spiritual sanctification.

[Justin Grant Powell @JustinGPowell]

@DeepMoatSociety Their billboard portfolio alone is worth a minimum of $300m

[Jena Powell @JennnnaPowell]

.@GovMikeDeWine failed millions of women and children today by vetoing HB 68.

The bill was well vetted, incredibly effective, and had overwhelming conseus that it was the best policy for Ohio.

We MUST AND WILL override the veto and protect Ohioans.
https://t.co/nHmL1u3wUI