In 1987 Nike had $600 million in revenue. Phil Knight was stuck. The company was losing ground to Reebok, burning cash, and nobody inside could agree on what to do next.
He brought in Les Brown to speak to his executive team.
Brown was found abandoned in Miami at 6 weeks old. Labeled mentally retarded at age 9. Failed fifth grade twice. Had no degree, no connections, no money.
By 1987 he was the highest-paid motivational speaker in America. Marriott paid him. McDonald's paid him. General Electric paid him. Fortune 500 companies flew him in because one session with Les Brown changed how their people think.
Nike's revenue crossed $1 billion two years later.
Brown built all of it on one thing he learned by losing everything.
He made a promise to his adopted mother to buy her a house. Worked years to get the down payment. Found a home on the water in Miami. Signed without a title search.
A registered letter arrived weeks later. A $12,000 lien against the property. The previous owner's debt. 30 days to pay or lose the house.
He lost the house. Lost 23 pounds in the process. Packed his mother back into the old neighborhood while the same neighbors who watched them leave watched them return.
He stood in the driveway unloading furniture with his head down crying.
His mother said hold your head up. You have nothing to be ashamed of.
For weeks he couldn't move. Couldn't think. Couldn't plan.
He said the mind works like a gas pump. You cannot start pumping until the previous bill clears. Anger doesn't clear. Humiliation doesn't clear. They sit on the lever and nothing moves.
He told the story of a man everyone in Columbus called Chicken Man.
Woke up at 3am to a house on fire. Got out the window. Heard his wife and children screaming. Ran back. The flames were too hot. He could not get in.
The screaming stopped.
His brother-in-law arrived and started hitting him. Calling him a coward over and over.
When people pulled him off they asked if he was all right.
Chicken Man looked at them and started making the sounds of a chicken. He never spoke again. Drove around the city for the rest of his life with a toy chicken on his car and a photo of his wife in a baby carriage.
Brown said most people walking around are carrying something exactly like that. An event from years ago still running their entire life.
80% of the people you tell your story to don't care. The other 20% are glad it happened to you and not them.
The question is never what happened. The question is what are you going to do about it.
The lecture is free on YouTube. Just over an hour.
Almost nobody has watched it as a precise diagnosis of why capable people stay exactly where they are.
This house went viral recently. Why?
It's beautifully designed yet, it feels real! It shows the beauty of our villages and regions. It is unique.
This house is a case in point to show that you can achieve world class results with your upcountry home.
On top of it, all the furniture items are proudly made in Uganda by Mama Zaabu and her team @modernliving256.
The house was designed by merging the vision of the client and Mama Zaabu and her team.
Fully Ugandan from the plans to the sofas (and that's amazing if you ask me).
We need to be proud of the talent of this country! UG got talent my friends...
Go and and visit @RuhuukaHome, you won't regret it :)
the engineer who built Claude Code just dropped a 28-minute video on how to write prompts that actually work
I've seen $300 courses that don't cover what he shows in the first 10 minutes
CLAUDE.md files, memory shortcuts, parallel sessions, prompting patterns
all in one video and completely free
works whether you're a developer, a beginner, or someone who's been using Claude for months
based on this, I put together 18 things you can copy and use in Claude today
full guide in the article below
HOW TO BUILD A 100-GOAT FARM IN 18 MONTHS
Many farmers dream of owning 100 goats. Few understand the system behind it. Here's how to grow your goat farm to 100 strong animals in just 18 months using planning, breeding, and proper management.
A small thread
The Japanese way of building motor skills.
See → understand → move → feel.
Children who seem physically slow are often not weak. By repeating this small loop, neural circuits strengthen and movement becomes natural.
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It will reset your entire mental, physical, and emotional state while eliminating parasites and candida.
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Things to teach your kids;
- Chess
- First aid
- Resilience
- Astronomy
- Persuasion
- Adaptability
- Self-respect
- Self-defence
- Cooking skills
- Assertiveness
- Managing time
- A good attitude
- Public speaking
- Problem solving
- Self-awareness
- Gardening skills
- How to volunteer
- How to negotiate
- Living off the land
- Basic home repair
- Starting a business
- Money management
- Good communication
- Don’t watch the news
- Emotional intelligence
- How to manage stress
- Basic car maintenance
- How to make a decision
- How to influence people
- How to be a great mother
- It’s okay to feel your emotions
- Mental frameworks for thinking
- Understanding healthy relationships
- Building others up, not tearing them down
- Problem-solving over memorization
- Exploration over conformity
- Creativity over rote learning
- The value of hard work.
- How to be kind to everyone.
- Why failure is the path to success.
- How to think, not what to think.
- How to adapt, not conform.
- How to lead, not follow.
- How to create, not consume.
- Taking care of animals.
- Good use of language.
- Opposite sex relationships.
- Healhy food choices.
- Music, listening and performing.
- General culture.
- Foreign languages.
- Leadership.
- Stoicism.
- Fasting.
- Sports.
- Video games.
- Spirituality.
- Travelling.
- Copywriting.
- Drawing.
- Self love.
What would you add?