by RogerM | Sep 26, 2026 | Growth & Mindset, Networking & Visibility, Unseen Work
A few years ago, my wife Ana joined an online English meetup group to polish her conversational skills. Students were paired completely at random. She was matched with a woman named Natalia, who lived in Russia. It started as standard small talk—just getting to know...
by RogerM | Sep 26, 2026 | Grit & Perseverance, Growth & Mindset, The Daily Grind
I’ve started this message a dozen times in my head. And every time, I run out of words before I run out of emotions. So let me just try this again… My mom spent her last days at ICESP—São Paulo’s largest cancer center in the largest city in Brazil....
by RogerM | Sep 4, 2026 | Grit & Perseverance, Growth & Mindset, Unseen Work
The odds of dying in a car crash are about 1 in 95. Yet we all jump in our cars every day and go on with our lives without questioning it. The odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in 11 million. And somehow… people are still scared to fly. The odds of winning...
by RogerM | Aug 22, 2026 | Grit & Perseverance, Growth & Mindset, Unseen Work
I didn’t start writing to become an author. I started writing to sell window shades. That’s the honest truth. I needed to promote my business, and someone suggested starting a blog. So I sat down and did it. In broken English, a language that wasn’t...
by RogerM | Aug 6, 2026 | Grit & Perseverance, Growth & Mindset, Unseen Work
She was a teenager when she climbed into her cousin’s truck and rode 3,000 miles to São Paulo. No plan. No safety net. Just a young girl leaving her home state behind, betting that anywhere had to be better than where she came from. A Childhood Built on Grit My...
by RogerM | Jul 31, 2026 | Grit & Perseverance, Growth & Mindset, Unseen Work
The wheels barely touched the ground. The plane was still rolling. Still fast, still loud, the engines throwing everything into reverse to slow us down. And somewhere behind me: click. Somebody’s seatbelt. First one off. Then another. Then five more. By the time...
