About Me
“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”— Albert Camus
How I Think
The principles that guide my work and life.
Systems Over Willpower
I believe in engineering success through structure—not because people lack willpower, but because good systems free us to focus on what matters. Willpower is finite. Decisions exhaust it. The routines and frameworks I design—for myself and for teams—exist to channel energy toward impact, not burn it on overhead. Structure isn't the enemy of freedom. It's what makes freedom possible.
Focus on the Constraint
Every system—an operation, a life, a day—has one constraint that matters more than the others. Find it, see it clearly, and work there. Most effort is wasted on things that don't move the needle. I've learned to ask: what's actually limiting progress right now? And then to resist the urge to fix everything else first.
Build Things That Outlast You
The best work isn't what you deliver—it's what remains after you leave. I build tools, systems, and frameworks that others can own and run without me. Whether it's a team, a company, or a person I'm helping, the goal is always the same: create capability, not dependency. The code I write, the systems I design, the frameworks I teach—they exist to multiply what people can achieve, not to make them need me.
Excellence as a Practice
I pursue excellence not to prove something to others, but because I believe this life is all there is. There's no meaning waiting to be discovered—only meaning we create through how we spend our time. Excellence isn't a destination. It's a practice. Some days the boulder rolls back down. You walk down the hill, and you start again.
My Story
I named my personal operating system after Sisyphus—the man condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity, only to watch it roll back down each time.
It sounds bleak. But Camus saw something else in that myth: a man who finds meaning not despite the struggle, but within it. The boulder isn't a punishment. It's the work. And the work is the life.
That tension has defined mine.
I pursue excellence because I believe this life is all there is. There's no second act, no meaning handed down from above. Whatever this existence becomes is up to me—and that's both liberating and terrifying. It means I can't waste it. It also means I can destroy myself trying not to.
I've done both.
I've built things I'm proud of: frameworks that helped teams unlock hundreds of millions in value, AI systems that actually ship, transformation programs that changed how entire operations run. I've been in the trenches at consulting firms across North America, led a transformation PMO, authored company strategy, and written production code that runs today.
But I've also watched ambition eat the things that matter. I've let work consume seasons I won't get back. I've felt the pull of achievement hollow out the present moment—trading being here for becoming something. I've had years where I got the outcomes and lost the plot.
What I've learned is that structure isn't the enemy of presence—it's what makes presence possible. Systems free you from decisions that don't matter so you can be awake for the ones that do. Find it, see it clearly, and work there.
Today I build leverage: tools, systems, and frameworks that multiply what teams can achieve. Not because building is the point, but because the right lever at the right moment can change what's possible—for an organization, for a person, for a life.
I live in Brisbane with my wife Sam and our daughter Lola. My greatest hope is to take this mortal coil and every day appreciate I get to spend the remainder of it with them.
This existence—this one, right now—is all there is.
Every day those we love are still in our lives is a gift.
In youth, we strive to arrive at some destination.
But, for me at least, I continue to remind myself, that you will always waiting to arrive. Thats the point. You walk down the hill, and you start again.
The walk up the hill is the life. Every day I strive to fall more in love with it.
What Drives Me
What I keep coming back to.
This Is All We Have
I don't believe in an afterlife, a predetermined purpose, or meaning handed down from above. This existence—this one, right now—is all there is. That's not despair; it's clarity. It means the stakes are real. It means presence matters. It means I can't outsource the question of how to live to some future version of myself or some cosmic plan. The finitude is the gift. It makes every choice count.
Love is the Best Thing We Do
My wife Sam, my daughter Lola—this is the only time we don't get back. I've learned the hard way that achievements can wait; the people around us cannot. Every day those we love are still in our lives is a gift. I try not to forget that, even when the work pulls hard.
Creating Leverage
I get deep satisfaction from building things—but especially from building things that let others achieve more than they thought possible. A framework that unlocks value for a team. A tool that saves someone hours each week. A system that makes a group self-sufficient. I build leverage not because output is the point, but because the right tool at the right moment can change what's possible for someone.
I live in Brisbane, Australia with my wife Sam and daughter Lola. Family is everything to me—being present as a father, husband, and son is a core part of who I am.
My perspective is grounded in existentialist thought. I believe this life is all that there is—there is no predetermined meaning granted by a higher power. The meaning of our life is up to us. I pursue excellence because I can, because I am capable, because I am driven by a relentless appetite to improve.
"My god is the truth. My faith is my love for humankind, and the flickering light of consciousness in the universe. This existence is all that there is."
