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Update: Transitioned over to @rumon@mstdn.ca. ✌️

@michaelgervais random Q: I feel I've heard you share an anecdote about a Seahawk player who was under duress and in response his teammates rallied around him on the sidelines, spontaneously starting to bounce in unison...am I remembering correctly? If yes, can you link source?

“We are all carvers [referring to the totem at the center of she & @Rezadar9’s new book]. … Everyone has a role contributing to making Canada the country that it can be.” ~ @Puglaas, this evening at an event hosted by the wonderful @BolenBooks

While I've continued to do a bunch of work in the #govtech / #publicinteresttechnology space, I've been doing is mostly quietly, my primary focuses elsewhere. A recent call-for-startups has sparked me to re-engage and ask: Is it Time for BCDevExchange2.0? medium.com/in-service/is-…

@shaneparrish @PierrePoilievre @JustinTrudeau 👀

The podcast elections have started. I invite both @PierrePoilievre and @JustinTrudeau for separate, unscripted, and unedited interviews on The Knowledge Project. Each conversation will be shared directly with everyone here on X. Let’s provide the information and let people decide.

Gratitude to our site hosts for the day, Kirby & the @seatoskygondola team - shout-outs also to that crew while here for their generous, innovative @bcparksfdn partnership - and the BC Parks Alice Lake team. 🙏❤️

A gift to be in the territory of the @SquamishNation earlier this week to be part of celebrating an amazing colleague, Leah, who’s a finalist for a @BCPublicService Emerging Leader Premier’s Award. An especial gift to have one of my fave people, @Louise_Hartland, interviewing me.

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@davingreenwell @SInnovatorsNet @HB2cents @DylanSherlock @DerekAlton 💯❤️

@Aerin_J @JennWalkus 👀

Proof of posting, alongside prior “art” including a BC Parks Commitment to Inclusion poster and an “It’s ok to …” list remixed from the Giles Turnbull / @GDSTeam OG.

What are you going to do NOW? Just wrapping a weekend re-read of Jim Collins’ small but mighty “Good to Great and the Social Sectors” monograph. Unintended 💯pairing with my last post, in celebration of UN #publicserviceday today. 👏

👏 to all those working to cultivate value for planet + publics, inside and beyond governments. Gonna print out a large format version of this manifesto on the plotter tomorrow and post it outside my office.

One of our back yard Qowlity Assurance team’s two junior interns is on-task today as I make my way through Saturday chores.

Grateful to the team at the ⁦@exchangelab⁩ for sharing a bit of the story of our work on developing data registers with/in BC Parks, and how we hope & intend this work to contribute to incremental - though meaningful - Reconciliation progress. linkedin.com/posts/rumon_mi…

GOOD morning.

Currently: Fielding test prep texts from my bonusdaughter about the process/timeline of adoption of UNDRIP. Casting back to when I was in grade 11, can’t help thinking the extent to which this little exchange between us is an expression of how far we’ve come. 🧡#paddletogether

@awilkinson 👏. Looking forward to the read. See you at Bolen in a couple weeks.

I wrote a book. It's called Never Enough, and it comes out in 21 days. When I started, I thought I was going to write a business book. You know the type: Here's the cheat codes I used to build an incredible business. Do well by doing good. Start small, think big. Cash is king. Fail fast, learn faster. Yes, there's a million books like this, but I was going to write my own cheat codes. But, as I delved deeper, the book took on a surprisingly personal tone. Writing became a way to sort myself out—a form of therapy. I began pouring my thoughts about business, wealth, and the never-ending anxiety that drives me onto the page. I explored how my complex family dynamics fuelled my desire for wealth and success and how, once achieved, money’s corrosive effects manifested in myself and those around me. Ultimately, I confronted the question I was grappling with, almost two decades into my career, having achieved what I always thought I wanted: WTF are you supposed to do once you've "made it"? Because for me, there was no 'there' there. I felt just as anxious and stressed out with ten million dollars in the bank as I did with ten thousand. And despite having more money than I needed, I was maniacally still going. But why? What I found particularly alarming was that as I met more and more successful people—first deca-millionaires, then centi-millionaires, then billionaires and multi-billionaires—I realized they were no different from me. Most were still going, still striving for more. Dissatisfied and looking up at the next, richer person. The next rung on the ladder. A bigger plane. Another mansion. A superyacht. No matter what they had, it was never enough. This terrified me because all my life, I’d always thought money would solve my problems. That it would stop my parents from fighting. Bring my family closer together. Make my life more exciting. And attract incredible friends. Most importantly, I believed it would finally take away the pit in my stomach. That miserable, anxious lump that I thought would go away, if I just had enough zeros at the end of my bank statement. But that isn't what happened. My book is the story of what it feels like to go from barista to billionaire. Spoiler: It's not what you'd expect. And I'm not a billionaire anymore. And you'll have to read it to find out why. Of course, in telling my story, I also tell the story of Tiny. How @_Sparling_ and I gradually built the business, brick by brick. From designing websites in my apartment, to a public company with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. Most importantly, I share some of our worst horror stories and biggest mistakes along the way, so you can (hopefully) avoid them yourself. Writing a book is a weird experience unlike anything I've done before. Usually, when I write something or launch a company, I get instant feedback. 20 likes or 2,000. Stripe revenue. Charts. SOMETHING. One of the hardest things about writing a book, is that you spend all this time working on it without knowing if it will resonate with anyone. In my case, almost three years. A few months ago, I sucked it up and sent out the first copies to a bunch of writers I admired, then spent the next few weeks in a vague panic. When many of them not only told me they enjoyed it, but that they'd endorse it on the cover, I felt my blood pressure drop. Here's what a few of them said: @MorganHousel, author of The Psychology of Money: “A massively important topic written by a guy with firsthand experience. Everyone should read this.” @JamesClear, author of Atomic Habits “Like going to business school and therapy all in one book.” @shaneparrish, author of Clear Thinking: "A gripping reminder about what’s worth wanting and being careful what you wish for.” Derek @Sivers, author of Anything You Want: “A thrilling and unique story. Humble dude goes from $0 to billionaire with a surprise ending. His choices along the way fill you with envy or disgust, and make you question what you'd do if this happened to you.” In the end, writing this book was one of the most satisfying things I've ever done, and I can't wait to share it with everyone on July 9th. It would mean a lot to me if you'd read it and tell me what you think. You can pre-order it here: neverenough.com Also: if you happen to be in Victoria, BC on July 9th, I'm doing a book launch event at Bolen Books 7-8:30PM. Tickets required (1 ticket = 1 book at the event). Maybe I'll see you there :-)

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Tuesday morning reflections, c/o Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.