by RogerM | Jun 16, 2026 | Growth & Mindset
When you step into fatherhood for the first time, you have no idea how to change a diaper. You take a deep breath, make a few faces, and somehow the job gets done. Eventually. Then your kid starts growing, while you feed them. Not just food, but education, wisdom, and...
by RogerM | May 28, 2026 | Growth & Mindset
Three years ago this weekend, we packed up Boston and moved to Tampa. Memorial Day weekend, 2023. Courage. A wife. A U-Haul trailer. A few boxes of “we’ll figure it out when we get there.” And the kind of nervous excitement that only shows up when...
by RogerM | Mar 26, 2026 | Growth & Mindset
You’ve probably heard this fable. A carrot, an egg, and coffee beans all go into boiling water. The carrot starts hard and becomes soft. The egg starts fragile and becomes hard inside. The coffee… changes the water entirely. And then comes the question: Which one are...
by RogerM | Feb 23, 2026 | Growth & Mindset
The shift didn’t happen all at once. It started quietly. At my mother’s kitchen in Brazil while she was doing dishes. We were talking casually, laughing about life, catching up. At some point, I said (half joking, half proud): “Mom, now we can go anywhere. We’re...
by RogerM | Feb 23, 2026 | Growth & Mindset
When we lost our home, I was too young to understand contracts, risks, or business deals gone wrong…I was only six. Adult decisions, leverage or liability did not make sense to me. But I understood tension, whispers and boxes that never seemed to stay unpacked. We...
by RogerM | Feb 13, 2026 | Growth & Mindset
I’ve always loved numbers and logic. In school, my favorite classes were geometry and math. Writing? Not exactly my cup of tea. I started writing newsletters out of necessity to promote my business. But then something unexpected happened: my ideas began to flow, and I...
