I heard a quote from @chriswillx on Joe Rogan recently that I can’t stop thinking about: “Americans used to have first line of cocaine level enthusiasm.” Offensive? Probably. But the point hits. That almost irrational level of energy, urgency, optimism and willingness to GO seems to be disappearing. Declining birth rates don’t scare me nearly as much as the decline of the American entrepreneurial spirit. Entrepreneurship requires a little irrational confidence. You have to believe you can build something that doesn’t exist yet. You have to be energized by the unknown. You have to be willing to risk money, reputation, comfort and sometimes years of your life on an idea that may fail. And when it does fail? Learn. Adjust. Go again. I see fewer and fewer people who seem wired this way. I can name only a handful in my own life who carry that level of intensity... When I hosted my podcast, I had several guests from across the pond talk about how differently entrepreneurship and failure were viewed there. Their perspective was that a failed business could become a permanent mark against you and not worth it. America always felt different. We celebrated the builder. We respected the risk taker. We admired the person crazy enough to try. Failure wasn’t the end of the story. It was part of it. That mindset has created companies, industries, jobs and unimaginable wealth in this country. If we lose the enthusiasm to start, risk, fail and start again, we’re losing something much bigger than entrepreneurship. We’re losing part of the American spirit.

@jamesfishback @GovRonDeSantis

Frustrating morning, then my daughter sent me a text…”Don’t be a fucking bitch” A daughter is the greatest gift a man can have.

Just witnessed a grown man plucking nose hairs with steel pliers in his truck. No mirror. No hesitation. No concern for human pain or the optics of a passer by. Just raw commitment. Gentlemen, this is why we’re built differently. Manhood goes hard.

Just instructed all my employees to cancel @SouthwestAir flights. Zero company dollars will go towards disrespecting my people.

WiFi didn’t work till almost halfway through the flight.

Waiting on all the wheelchairs and their entourages to board. Notice time stamps.

Force multiplier. A daughter with a permit. Almost an extra 60 minutes a day of productivity.

#oilfieldX If you consume OCTG and don’t follow Cody, you’re a fool. Too many assume there’s plenty of pipe out there for demand and pricing will come down when Iran is done…this weekend…or next weekend

My opinion of @SouthwestAir and its desire for me to give its employees kudos while they treat me like shit.

Mic drop, welcome #48 @jockowillink