My story
A report from the trenches
I was raised to inherit a family cotton business — and it collapsed before I could. I trained in textile technology, found early success in business, and lost it. Later ventures failed too. I have lived the whole spectrum: abundance and loss, the respect money buys and the respect it cannot.
"Money felt like proof, respect felt like safety, success felt like survival. I wasn't chasing luxury — I was chasing legitimacy."
The turning point wasn't a bigger answer to "how do I make more money?" It was a different question entirely: what must I become? Everything I write and build now flows from that question.
Today I'm rebuilding from almost nothing — and charging nothing while I do. The books, the movement, the mission: none of it is a lesson from a pedestal. It's a rescue mission. My own — and, if you want it, yours too.